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Old June 21st, 2004, 06:53 PM
riverman
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Default Drying wading boots...


"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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riverman wrote:
It seems that the hum-ditty here in England is a bit higher than many

other
places, because its going on day 4 and my wading boots still haven't

dried.
I'm currently drying them with a hair dryer, because they were starting

to
get a bit stanky. ...


I have a pair of Chotas that stayed wet from late May to late
September with no apparent ill effects. Remember to leave them
somewhere where the air circulates a bit so they don't get
moldy, ie don't stuff 'em wet into a plastic bag except to
travel and then get 'em out of there as soon as you arrive.

I'd be careful with the hair dryer. Why do you want dry wading
shoes anyway ?


Fair question...wasn't it Mark Twain who said "Never trust a flyfisherman
with dry wading boots"? g

It because I'm in a very tiny dorm room for my grad program, and these boots
are making the room stinky. I hung them out the window for a couple of days,
but this is England, so it kept raining on and off and they wouldn't dry.
Then I put them in the bathroom with the ceiling fan on, but that didn't
work either. I don't have any 'outdoor' storage for them, so I gotta get
them dry somehow.

--riverman