Felt Soles For Your Soul

[laker67]

Oh @#$%! Filamentous algae is coming! A/K/A 'Fool's Didymo'.

Sorry I yelled out that false alarm Ness. Hope you didn't run out and burn your felt soles.

[fishinwrench]

And didymo is much worse than any other type of algae, because.... ?

This is beginning to sound familiar. Someone earlier mentioned Bird flu, didn't they ?

[Outside Bend]

I don't want to fish in that. Nor does it look like a particularly healthy stream to me.

Didymo covers the stream bottom. Bugs live on the stream bottom. Fish spawn on the stream bottom. Fish eat bugs. Fish spawn to reproduce.

[troutfiend1985]

All right, last post on this thread and I swear by it.

Outside, I have no doubt that this is nasty stuff, but that post you had ignores what is causing the spread of this species, and why MO is seemingly not getting didymo. You say there is a substantial difference between the water of spring creeks and tail waters, purportedly to show that spring creeks aren't conducive to supporting didymo. To me, it seems that is shooting from the hip in order to support you're argument. Look, I'm concerned about didymo, but I'm not throwing the baby out with the bath by sounding the hollow drum of media inflated concern. I know that this crap is nasty, don't want it in my stream. But, the more you look around on this sites which discuss didymo, the more the conclusion becomes clear that either 1. everything spreads didymo, or 2. someone has left some homework out. Yes, felt boots are tied to this, but so have boats, float tubes, kayaks, waders etc. That's a pretty sweeping conclusion, a catch all. It would be like the statement "guns don't kill people, people kill people" in that it states at best nothing but a truism. Really, all these things cause the spread of didymo, or is it that we really don't know and we are going to take our best guess?

I'm done, but I have enjoyed it. Hope you have as well Outside. Until next time. . .

[stlfisher]

I don't want to fish in that. Nor does it look like a particularly healthy stream to me.

Didymo covers the stream bottom. Bugs live on the stream bottom. Fish spawn on the stream bottom. Fish eat bugs. Fish spawn to reproduce.

That is nasty stuff.

[snagged in outlet 3]

I was the one who called Phil with a report that I saw didymo near KOA. I've fished in that stuff on the White for years now. But, the man said no Didymo in Taney. I disagree.

For the record, I think didymo was discovered in the White since the 1980's. Some say it was there a lot longer than that. During that time, me and my buddies would fish the White and then head back through MO fishing Bennett, The Current, Taney and many other trout streams on our way home. No one had any idea then that what we were doing was bad. Of course the bloom wasn't as big either.

But I can tell you with absolute certainty that fisherman have been fishing infected waters for years and then going to other fisheries. Because I was doing it, and so were my buddies. Crane included!

They have hashed this out several times on Wilson's site since 05 or earlier.

I'll take all the felt boots in size 10.5 to 11.

http://flyfishingarkansasandmissouri.yuku.com/topic/1102/t/The-curse-of-didy.html

http://flyfishingarkansasandmissouri.yuku.com/topic/1140/t/Didymo.html

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[Outside Bend]

I'm not ignoring didymo can be spread by other means Troutfiend- I've said again and again and again and again that boats and other contaminated fishing gear can spread didymo. That it can be spread via those other means doesn't mean felt soles don't spread it too. And since their are effective ways of cleaning boats and other fishing gear, and the same can't be said of felt. You want evidence it's spread to other streams where boating doesn't occur then fine, Dry Run Creek.

They say ignorance is bliss. If you want to ignore the issues associated with felt that's fine, just realize their are consequences for the decisions you make.

[Chief Grey Bear]

Chief, you are dead on with the fact that if I thought I was going to spread didymo into crane I would burn my boots. No doubt about it, but I’m not convinced that only felt is at issue here.

Sorry my friend but, this just doesn't jive??????

We're going to have to agree to disagree on the position of felt. I have no ill feelings to this and I enjoy open forum debate, personally I like everyone being concerned about the state of our fisheries. I hope I haven’t come off as a jerk, Chief and Outside I like both you guys . But I still stand on the idea that banning felt won't stop this.

And I certainly have no ill feelings towards you either. Or anyone else for that matter. Hell, we are just having a converstaion here. Although some seem to have very sensitive feelings.

But you are right, banning felt most likely won't stop it. But it will put a big whoa to it. And isn't that better for all concerned. Well, except for the human factor. But then again we allegedly have the superior intelligence. We should be able to figure something out. Like not wading on slick rocks.

[troutfiend1985]

But then again we allegedly have the superior intelligence. We should be able to figure something out. Like not wading on slick rocks.

I would think a true expression of intelligence is to be able to express you point of view without resorting to insults.

[Chief Grey Bear]

That insulted you???