Comments on: An Underground Gear Review Update: Rubber Sole

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:55:30 +0000

Tom, do a search on AquaStealth and you will find a resole shop.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:44:06 +0000

Thanks for the update. Hopefully they’ll get their e-mail problems ironed out. Shame they discontinued the rubber soles — I like ‘em.

By: fishskicanoe

fishskicanoe — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:23:32 +0000

Tom-

I live about 3 blocks from the Weinbrenner factory. According to Dick Martin in Customer Relations, as long as they are less than 10 years old they’ll redo them for $35 bucks.Give him a call at 715-536-5521 if you have any questions. They are a discontinued stle, BTW.

fishskicanoe

By: Sully

Sully — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:06:36 +0000

Studded rubber soles are extremely easy to hose off and DRY prior to your next outing-
a worthwhile consideration in these times of whirling disease and didymo.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:29:13 +0000

I have a pair of the Korker Wetlands shoes, but found the lack of ankle support a little daunting (not that my ankles are anything but manly brutes, mind you).

I think their newer models resolve that issue some, though their studded rubber sole is a bit aggressive for everyday use.

With Weinbrenner possibly giving up the studded rubber wading boot ghost, guess I’ll be in the market for a new boot manufacturer sometime next year…

By: Heddon 17

Heddon 17 — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:57:52 +0000

I’ve used the Korkers Wetlands Convertible Wading Shoe for a couple years now and they’re great for fishing the Upper Sac since for walking the tracks to the next spot all you have to do is replace the studded felt soles with the rubber hiking sole and away you go. Changing soles takes less than a minute.

The grip on the studded felts is good enough for the Upper Sac and McCloud. They do have a studded aquastealth sole but they’re hard to find.

For heavy duty extreme wading that one encounter on rivers like the Pit and Klamath, I use the Simms Freestone Wading shoe with studded felt soles. Much better grip, etc.