Shoe lace tip

mark tinsky typed:
I ve always been plagued with shoe laces coming loose once or twice
while fishing. The problem got worse after my intregal gravel guards
broke. One day I hit upon this idea and so far it s worked well.
After lacing up thru the last speed buckle I do the first part
of a shoe lace tie( without the bow) and thread down thru the
bottom two speed buckles and then tie off at the bottom one.

Perhaps with the knot being in the middle of the shoe it s not
catching on things, also boot stays tighter as it s gripped at top
and middle. Anyway seems to work for me for what it s worth ...

Mr Siedman's "rabbit goes around the hole twice" also works very well.
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On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:27:04 -0700, mark tinsky
wrote:

I ve always been plagued with shoe laces coming loose once or twice
while fishing. The problem got worse after my intregal gravel guards
broke. One day I hit upon this idea and so far it s worked well.
After lacing up thru the last speed buckle I do the first part of
a shoe lace tie( without the bow) and thread down thru the bottom
two speed buckles and then tie off at the bottom one.

Perhaps with the knot being in the middle of the shoe it s not
catching on things, also boot stays tighter as it s gripped at top
and middle. Anyway seems to work for me for what it s worth ...

MT

Sounds like good advice. However, try a pair of Chotas; no shoe
laces. Instead the "laces" are elastic cord with an adjustable
stopper. They are the only wading boots I'll ever buy not only
because of the easy lacing (no knots), but because they go on and off
so easily. Lots of boots I've owned over the years had to be wet to
put on. Not so with the Chotas. Also, the studs are removable for
those times when you *can't* have studs (i.e. drift boat).

Dave (still in Maine, recovering from a big lunch.....)

I ve always been plagued with shoe laces coming loose once or twice
while fishing. The problem got worse after my intregal gravel guards
broke. One day I hit upon this idea and so far it s worked well.
After lacing up thru the last speed buckle I do the first part of
a shoe lace tie( without the bow) and thread down thru the bottom
two speed buckles and then tie off at the bottom one.

Perhaps with the knot being in the middle of the shoe it s not
catching on things, also boot stays tighter as it s gripped at top
and middle. Anyway seems to work for me for what it s worth ...

MT

mark tinsky wrote:
I ve always been plagued with shoe laces coming loose once or twice
while fishing. ...

I thought this was gonna be an aglet thread. ;-)

I agree with Louie, the Chota elastic laces are a great
innovation in wading shoe design. I had to ruin a pair
of elastic laces before I figured out how they worked
but the replacements were cheap and easy to install.

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Ken Fortenberry

Tim J." wrote in news:12f8rkbisbvsv39
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mark tinsky typed:
I ve always been plagued with shoe laces coming loose once or twice
while fishing. The problem got worse after my intregal gravel guards
broke. One day I hit upon this idea and so far it s worked well.
After lacing up thru the last speed buckle I do the first part
of a shoe lace tie( without the bow) and thread down thru the
bottom two speed buckles and then tie off at the bottom one.

Perhaps with the knot being in the middle of the shoe it s not
catching on things, also boot stays tighter as it s gripped at top
and middle. Anyway seems to work for me for what it s worth ...

Mr Siedman's "rabbit goes around the hole twice" also works very well.


I'm pretty sure I read that one in the Klutz Book of Knots.

Thread's a little bit of a letdown for me. Given the subject, I thought
for sure I would be reading of aglets.

There, that's better!
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Thanx Dave
May try a pair next year MT

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:39:36 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

I had to ruin a pair
of elastic laces before I figured out how they worked
but the replacements were cheap and easy to install.

How the hell could you ruin the laces? My first pair lasted longer
than any shoe I've ever tried, and just plum wore out before tradin'
'em in for a new pair (three years ago from Waldo hisself). Gonna
save those old laces, however. d;o)

I'm at Lakewood fishing the Rapid. Fished only this morning - few
salmon all greater than 14 inches, on dries, but no brookies. I have
the river to myself. Only one other fisherman.

Dave

On 29 Aug 2006 19:50:20 GMT, Scott Seidman
wrote:

Thread's a little bit of a letdown for me.

No pun intended, though, right?

Given the subject, I thought
for sure I would be reading of aglets.

Tie and burn if you're in the woods. Throw 'em away otherwise.

Dave

Dave LaCourse wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
I had to ruin a pair
of elastic laces before I figured out how they worked
but the replacements were cheap and easy to install.

How the hell could you ruin the laces? ...

I tried to tighten them the same way I would regular
shoe laces and I shredded them into tiny rubber bands.
Once I figured out that I only had to put a little
tension on them to hold just fine, me and the elastic
laces have got along famously.

Sounds like you're having fun up there. Good for you.

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Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote in news:YJ0Jg.12953
:

I thought this was gonna be an aglet thread. ;-)

Me too, Ken. Liberal minds think alike.

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