Fly Fishing's Great Wading Boot Debate: Felt vs Rubber The first decision that you’ll have to make when selecting a new pair of boots is the type of sole: felt or rubber? While this choice may boil ...

Utah – Appealing to anglers to voluntarily discontinue use of felt. Colorado – Phasing out felt for use by state agencies. Some fishing lodges, such as the Patagonian BaseCamp in South America, have ...

“A felt-soled boot that has been cleaned represents far less risk than a rubber-soled boot that has not been cleaned,” Wiltshire said. Wiltshire declined to comment specifically on whether banning ...

The Eagle River and other rivers around the state are starting to experience the annual runoff and with the cold water coming down from the mountains, and a good pair of waders and boots are going to ...

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Maryland will become the first state to ban the felt-soled fishing boots that an invasive algae uses to travel from stream to stream. But the ban will have consumers scrambling to ...

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