Felt soles or studded soles?

[dwhee87]

What's best for N GA streams?

Boots or just water shoes?

 

[Meriwether Mike]

I prefer felt soles or the Korkers Alumi-Trax. The studs make my back ache after a couple of hours.

 

[Jimmy Harris]

Felt sole in my opinion

 

[NCHillbilly]

Felt or aluminum cleats. Steel studs don't hold on freestone rock. Rubber soles are useless and dangerous. A lot of places are outlawing felt now. Get some good wading boots. You will never regret it. Falling down in a trout stream can kill you after you whack your head on a rock, and the rocks are slick as ice in a lot of them.

 

[gobbleinwoods]

Clean the felt between streams using a 10% bleach solution.

Felt!

 

[swamp10]

Rock treads on the left for rubber soled boots.
They really stick to slimy rocks.
I just use felt soles now and they work pretty good..

 

[NCHillbilly]

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Rock treads on the left for rubber soled boots.
They really stick to slimy rocks.
I just use felt soles now and they work pretty good..

I really like the rock treads.

 

[Para Bellum]

I busted my u know what today on Noontootla with steel studs. First time I’ve ever done it but I did it.

 

[Taxman]

I haven't tried the rock treads yet. Felt for me usually. I do
have a pair of rubber soled boots that work well. Not all rubber
is created equally!! The rubber on my 2020 flyweights works better
than other rubber I have tried.

 

[trout maharishi]

I only wear rubber when I'm forced to

 

[NCHillbilly]

I haven't tried the rock treads yet. Felt for me usually. I do
have a pair of rubber soled boots that work well. Not all rubber
is created equally!! The rubber on my 2020 flyweights works better
than other rubber I have tried.

The rubber soles on my Simms Freestones were about exactly the same as gluing a sheet of glass to the bottom of your boots, then rubbing it down with lithium grease. You couldn't take two steps in them without almost falling.

 

[dwhee87]

Thanks for all the input.

 

[Richf7]

I really like the rock treads.

Ordered some today. The older I get the more important safety is to me.

 

[Raylander]

I only wear rubber when I'm forced to

#metoo

 

[HarryO45]

Work best for me.
But with these you can change em to what ya want / need in 30 seconds

 

[Richf7]

Rock Treads didn’t work out for me. Followed the website instructions to the letter. The screws were either too long or too short. I may have been able to find the right screws somewhere but got tired of messing with them. Rock Treads will install them for you but I didn’t want to spend any more time and money on it. I’m sure it’s a quality product. Disappointing.

 

[almoore]

Felt soles and a wading staff tied to my belt with old fly line so I can grab it in time to stop a fall. My current staff is an aged bamboo with a rubber cap glues to the end. It just floats in the water below me.

 

[Tentwing]

Felt with aluminum studs……… the rubber soles darn near killed on the first afternoon I wore them (in fairly easy wading stream I might add.) I replaced them by the end of the week. The rubber soled boots are now a very expensive pair of (working in the garden boots)……

 

[duke13]

felt Korkers with a trek pole caribineered to my belt. Without that pole i'd be dunked!