AMEN!!! I've done the duct tape for years and you can't beat it. Korkers stay on and a BIG roll of duct tape at Ocean Stae Job Lot is 3 bucks. I replace the tape maybe every 3 trips. As for studs falling out. I wear em out before they fall out. A bag of 60 from Korkers is $18.00 and will last you a couple of seasons

Not sure id this link will get edited... If it does PM me for it. It's on SOL...

It's for making the Korker Mod...
http://www.stripersonline.com/Pages/...fication.shtml

I've seen that on SOL, isn't that the same as DZ's method though? Or very very close to it?

Yup. same I think.

I thought DZ's had the screw heads on the Bottom? Where those have the heads on top

screw heads on the bottom? :huh:

I would think screw heads on the bottom would suck more than nothing at all.

I saw Dennis's last fall on BI and I am going to try something like that just a little different

You could read that two ways:think:

Dirty Boy :whackin:

Make that three ways:eek5:

I love my 1100's. Just replace the laces with good parachute cord. Only had to replace 1 stud last year and added a few more studs last week for good measure. I've heard of problems with the 5000's.

I don't want anybody getting hurt on my advice,but have you tried just felt soles,I'm like a mountain goat on wet rocks with them.el-cheapo might just buy the replacement felt soles and glue them onto your sneakers.

Tatoobob.............where did you get the D rings??????

Wal-Mart in the sewing crafts section, they were a little big, I just squeezed them together

:btu:

If you think you'll be fine in felt soles fishing the Rhody shore - your fishing is probably confined to a small area....north of Narraganset Pier - my guess. There are a lot good spots in that area that are high enough so they are not submerged long enough to grow slime....If you start fishing the rocks south of the pier without Korkers, you're asking for it. Korkers saved my life on two occasions.

Yes - I sell them, but I could care less if you bought them off me - they are one of my lowest margin items. Korkers are a necessity - on your way down the face of a slimy rock, you're gonna remember this.

I know Steve M does not use them - he's forgotten more than I know, so I'm not going to diss him. It's a huge mistake for the vast majority of people to assume they can do something just because someone else can. If you look close at his collar you'll see a faint outline of what I think is a gill plate.

LOL...
yeah I totally agree with Joe here, I have found that I have no problems at all with just felts on wet rocks WITH NO SLIME OR WEED, but if either of them are present, korkers are an absolute must. On the North shore at least, every rocky area is unfishable at low tide without korkers in my opinion.

Replace the studs with #10-24 x 3/4 long machine screws with Nylok nuts and flat washers...works for me out at Montauk. Also, to keep them from slipping off, put a 2" long s/s or galvanized screw thru the plate in the rear into the heel of your boot...I've never lost a Korker. (I'm talking about the old ones...with laces. (replace them with 3/16" parachute cord)