Wading Boot Studs Forum

Beyond the purpose built wading boot studs available in most fly shops there are also a handful of diy options available that offer huge cost savings.

Wading boot studs forum.

I installed them on an old but bullet proof pair of danner river gripper boots that needed to be re felted. Stripers online forums. Buying your own screws to use as studs on wader boots sign in to follow this. However boots may come pre studded which may not be.

What people are saying about grip studs. Since 1975 kold kutter has been making ice racing screws of all shapes and sizes for drilling into your dirt bike tires. As it so happens these ice racing screws make excellent wading boot studs. I purchased the 3000 stud based on your suggestions over the phone.

I have cableas boot that take screw in studs but they stopped taking them in a couple of the holes i just kept losing 30 studs. I ordered a couple hundred kutter screws and they work good but they keep falling out as well. Thrifty fly anglers over the years have discovered that aluminum sheet rock screws with hexagonal heads grip rocks just as well as the pre packaged options but at a tiny fraction of the price. I was skeptical but not any more.

Adding studs to your boot helps to give you that little extra bite when it comes to wading traction and safety. In addition the best rubber soled wading boots come with metal studs or the ability to screw in studs for extra grip on slimy rocks. The 3 8 studs turned out to be perfect for my simms guide boots if your wading boot has thicker soles you could probably go with the 1 2. Nh s thread wading boot the bees knees for rock hoppers is a definitive must read for anyone thinking of adding studs to wading shoes.

I used gorilla glue but that didnt work. Most boots do not come pre studded with metal studs because the placement and number of studs depends largely upon the personal preference of the angler and their own wading needs. The core benefit of rubber soled wading boots is that they are much more grippy on the banks and trails around rivers and streams and they aren t affected by the aforementioned felt bans. Buying your own.