Grip tight spikes

[numbskull]

Here is a link for grip studs Grip Studs™ Screw-In Tire Studs | Traction in Ice, Snow and Dirt | Wader Studs

There are, however, other options that work well in felt, which apparently holds studs better than rubber.

I think these are popular http://carbidetractionproducts.com/i...id=5&Itemid=27

I've also used wearbars studs with some success in vibram boots, but I think the INS product above is supposed to be better.

Simms also makes some low profile studs that lots of fly shops carry.

What length to get depends on what you do. Lots of bubble weed you want long ones. Slippery bare rock you want short ones.

[parker23]

I installed them in felt and rubber soles. Used a washer to stabilize them and prevented them from digging too deep and rolling. Felt boots have been used at least 30 times this season with no loss of studs yet. I have only used the rubber soled a few times and have not lost any.

If your soles are thin, maybe a few washers will build up enough depth so they don't go through the sole.

I drilled pilot holes in both the rubber and felt soles. The tool that I purchased install in a drill and broke after my 1st use. I ended up using vice grips to install the rest. The manual tool might be more durable.

I really like these studs.

So much better than the sandals I have been using for years...

[DZ]

Charlie - the Edge has Grip Studs in stock.

[rphud]

I like Parkers washer addition. Makes a bunch of sense engineering wise.

[puppet]

Originally Posted by rphud

I like Parkers washer addition. Makes a bunch of sense engineering wise.

I added the washers to the grip studs for my felt bottom boots.

I spent a week on the block and three days in newport. Not one
spike leaned over or came loose.

I weigh 210.

Prior to the grip studs, I had been using the wearbars with the
same method on the same model of boots.....over the last two
years. The wearbars in comparison would lean after two
nights....not all but a couple per boot. Some would loosen and have
to be tightened after every outing....some would disappear.

I found that the wearbars from last season were very corroded and
most of those wearbars that disappeared... didn't pull out, but the
threaded shank actually broke, because of corrosion or fatigue.

All I have to say is thank you for guys like GattaFish and DZ who
have spent the time experimenting with these over the years and
then sharing the results. These grip studs rock so far and it has
saved me so much grief.

I do one variation for both the grip studs and the wearbars .
Because I am using felt bottoms...which seems to relax/soften when
wet... I have been using glue to firm up the felt. I use gorilla glue.
First I wet down the whole sole with water. On the wearbars I
would drive the spike in...back it out...fill the hole with glue....then
drive it back iin. With the grip studs, I just place a glob of glue
then drive both the stud and washer in over it. I am hoping that
the auger is pulling glue down with it. The glue expands more with
moisture and seems to really firm up and get absorbed into the felt
fibers. It seems to make a better anchor, but I have not been
adventurous enough to try it without....since my first attempts with
epoxy. It definitely seems to have had better results than the
epoxy I tried a couple years ago.

[Ian]

Originally Posted by parker23

I installed them in felt and rubber soles. Used a washer to stabilize them and prevented them from digging too deep and rolling. Felt boots have been used at least 30 times this season with no loss of studs yet. I have only used the rubber soled a few times and have not lost any.

If your soles are thin, maybe a few washers will build up enough depth so they don't go through the sole.

I drilled pilot holes in both the rubber and felt soles. The tool that I purchased install in a drill and broke after my 1st use. I ended up using vice grips to install the rest. The manual tool might be more durable.

I really like these studs.

So much better than the sandals I have been using for years...

Pics? Having trouble visualizing how this would work...