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Okay ... I'm guessing this pricing is a bit out of date as I just called Simms last week and the price for just the felts was $80 USD. Add in the cost of shipping them your boots there/back, plus whatever they charge for the labor ... probably more than I'd want to pay.

UPDATE: I called Simms USA and the cost for them to re-do the felt is $150 USD, plus you are on the hook to ship them the boots. However, included in the price is return shipping within the USA. I still decided to just order the felts and glue them on myself.

I removed the last of the old felt off my G3 boots with a 40 grit flap disc (used on an angle grinder). Cleaned up the job with an 80 grit disc on my palm sander. Have not picked up the felts yet in Sumas, WA, but when I do my plan is to give the soles a wipe with acetone, and glue then on using E6000 ahhesive.


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I have Simms G3s and the felt was worn to nothing (over about 10 years or so)…I tried a couple of places in Maple Ridge and the felt fell off while fishing….I sent them back to Simms in Montana and for about $100 they did a great job…just like new…

Yaaaa, personally I think soaking them in anything like that would greatly compromise the grip of the felt on smiley rocks and similar. I get what you are thinking, as clearly the OE felt is not 100% felt; rather, they obviously soak the felt in something, or the material it's self is a blend of felt and resin or something that adds in durability but maintains its grip.

A couple of years ago I couldn't find any replacement felt at any tackle store at any price, so I went on line and bought the toughest, high quality industrial felt I could find, 3/4 inch thick, from a business called The Felt Store. The smallest portion they would sell is enough for 4 boot re-fleltings.    Went on great, looked great, worked really well, but did not last even half the summer beach fishing.  Ended up buying new boots because of the required drying time.

I still have enough for 3 more sets of felts. 

What I'm thinking I want to do is, before I put the felt on the boots, I want to soak the felt in some kind of liquid plastic stuff that will will soak all the way through, and then cure in to a flexible plastic.  Probably polyurethane.  I think that is what's done to the store bought felts.  My question though is, does anyone have any idea what particular product I could use? 

Any thoughts on this will be helpful.

Huh, interesting. I DO actually have a decent amount of indoor/outdoor carpet let over from redoing the bunks on my boat trailer. I can see it gripping alright and being reasonably durable. I'll probably just stick to using actual felt for now.

back in the day people used indoor/outcarpeting. I have no experience with it however.

I have also heard recommendations for the felt used in conveyor line belts.

Okay ... I'm guessing this pricing is a bit out of date as I just called Simms last week and the price for just the felts was $80 USD. Add in the cost of shipping them your boots there/back, plus whatever they charge for the labor ... probably more than I'd want to pay.

I have Simms G3s and the felt was worn to nothing (over about 10 years or so)…I tried a couple of places in Maple Ridge and the felt fell off while fishing….I sent them back to Simms in Montana and for about $100 they did a great job…just like new…

     The BC Sport and Wildnerness Show is on at TRADEX ( March 6-8 ) and the BC Outdoors is at the Chilliwack Heritage Park  March ( 13-15 ). If you only wanted to attend one of these events, which one would you go to ? 

Well the truth is.     If you use the right moth!  You will notice the time doesn’t matter it’s all about that moth.     

do a search on "Cultus"

one of Rod's videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0pl-NrKrnk

I heard of Cultus Lake being a good spot to try for Smallmouth Bass. This is my first time bass fishing and want to try this spot . I have two questions:

1. What moths and times are good for fishing in this lake for bass?

2. What should I use to target these bass? I know the commons answer is worms on a hook but I want to do lure fishing, so should I use plastic worms, crankbaits, chatterbaits, etc...?

Yes for sure, it is not as common in the tidal fraser, but you can catch pikeminnows in some lakes and rivers that are 2-5 lb and bigger.

I had a crazy experience with one of my cousins. One day about 2 years ago, me and my cousin went out fishing near the Annacis Island. We usually catch peamouth chub and sculpins with the occasional northern pikeminnow. However, that day my cousin had pulled a HUMONGOUS pikeminnow. This was approximately 1ft and 5 inches in LENGTH . The max width of the fish was about 4 inches. I only hear pikeminnow reaching lengths of 1ft so this was surprising for me. Also this fish was thick in girth but we did not measure. Before you ask for photos, my phone was at home and his phone was dead. As soon as I bring that up, people think I am lying . However, is there any way that a pikeminnow can reach that size?