Mdc Felt Ban Info

[drew03cmc]

I would think that covering felt with cement would cause them to be very slick. I guess if you added studs to the boots they would be better than just rubber cement.

Those would be super slick. My rubbers are pretty slick on really slick rocks, however, the studs are getting used tomorrow, I will let you know if they are a worthy replacement of felt.

[eric1978]

You won't need the studs at Taney. You'd be better off in snowshoes.

[dryfriomonroe]

Those would be super slick. My rubbers are pretty slick on really slick rocks, however, the studs are getting used tomorrow, I will let you know if they are a worthy replacement of felt.

Thanks...hope they work out. I might play around with some coatings to try on my felt soles to see how they work out. I'm thinking of trying some of the abrasive coatings they use in industrial flooring or maybe truck-beds to keep it from being slick or porous.

[drew03cmc]

Eric, you are right. I had the studded soles on until lunch and took them off to go into a fly shop, put the Kling On unstudded back on and fished in them the rest of the day.

[eric1978]

Eric, you are right. I had the studded soles on until lunch and took them off to go into a fly shop, put the Kling On unstudded back on and fished in them the rest of the day.

Yeah if all the streams were as gravelly as Taney I wouldn't worry about the felt ban a wit. I still need boots. Pretty brown, BTW.

[drew03cmc]

Thanks bud. Taney is all gravel, but certain other streams I fish in the Spring River system and the Elk system are loaded with slick rocks that will put you on your butt pretty quick. In Kansas, all of our streams have a moss covered rock or sand bottom and it gets kind of slick (the rocks that is).

[Midwest troutbum]

Its a global world we live in today... rapid transportation and access, fish this location, later here, then there... all in one afternoon... Could this be a major contributor to the spread of didymo? Travel from countries abroad has always been a issue with the spread of disease and or biological leading potentially to environmental catastrophe. Look at the emerald ash borer happening right now in the horticulture/arboriculture worlds, dutch elm disease, japanese honeysuckle, kudzu, asian carp, etc. All of these can be contributed to mostly human introducing exotics from the transportation of a plant, insect, disease, from one place to another either legally or illegally.

Either more legislation and or enforcement limiting transportation and import/exports, or no legislation. Anything in between is just placing a bandaid on the situation or slowing the inevitable.

Lets see more proactive educational opportunities on these topics open to all people. The first step in prevention is education.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Treating them would seem to have it's problems. Here is the video on treating and the perils that it may bring.

http://mdc.mo.gov/media/video/treating-felt-soled-waders

[dennis boatman]

Did I hear it wrong, or did KY3 get the felt sole ban wrong? they said it only applied to trout parks....? That aint right...

[fishinwrench]

The folks at KY3 wouldn't know a trout park from a petting zoo, much less the difference between a trout park and a trout stream. So there's no sense in expecting them to be taken literally.