Felt sole ban in RI

[tlapinski]

Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler

1.17 It is prohibited that any person use foot gear with external felt soles in any state
waters, inclusive of freshwater, tidal, or marine. This shall include any waters
shared with adjacent states in which any Rhode Island Fishing Regulations apply.

Taken from the RI DEM website. Is this a new rule for this season? Just when we thought Korkers were on their way out... I will stick to my felts and wearbars. How many times have you seen a green cop after dark?

Where on the RI DEM site did you find this? Looked around and came up empty.

[JohnR]

So what creative ways do you have for replacing felt soles on existing boots?

Originally Posted by tlapinski

Where on the RI DEM site did you find this? Looked around and came up empty.

http://www.dem.ri.gov/pubs/regs/regs...d/fish1213.pdf

[DZ]

Originally Posted by JohnR

So what creative ways do you have for replacing felt soles on existing boots?

Boy they snuck that rule in without any warning.

Maybe just call them synthetic soles when asked?

I'll continue to use my Cabelas Ultralites in the surf until I hear someone getting warned.

This impacts a lot of people - wonder if you could write it off as a loss.

DZ

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by DZ

Boy they snuck that rule in without any warning.

Yeh - I heard ZERO scuttlebutt on this.