On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:02:00 -0700 (PDT), george9219
wrote:

On Aug 6, 11:20*am, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
Alex Bell, a fly fishing guide in Sylva, North Cackcalacky reviews
some new wading boots with the non-felt soles in today's Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...806-phys-slide...

I guess he likes the Korkers better than the Simms.

Has anybody tried the Chota RockLoc with the rubber soles and
optional cleats ? I love my Chota STL Plus but they're showing
their age and I want to replace them with something that's
not felt. And I ain't paying over $200 for a pair of Korkers.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Not exactly a ringing endorsement of any of them. At best he said they
were almost as good as felt. The Korkers, he indicated were good along
the banks.
As far as cleaning goes, if he is concerned about getting small
amounts of sand out of the uppers, I would question his cleaning
procedure. Felts aren't really a problem to properly clean once you
understand that you are not going to manually remove all traces of a
one celled organism....you have to concentrate on killing it. Maine
has been doing a lot of research and has found soaking in a 5% salt
solution is adequate, and has set up cleaning stations on popular
trout streams. Freezing is also effective. I am 68 and can't afford to
break any bones, so it looks like I'll be buying another set of felts
before they stop making them.

A quick soak and rinse through a _mild_ household bleach solution (a coupla
tablespoonfuls worth in a half-gallon Gatorade bottle of water) will kill all
sorts of nasties. If you're really concerned, use a half-cup of bleach to a
half-gallon of water, but be careful with it around anything you don't want, um,
bleached...

TC,
R