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Maryland, the Latest to Consider Banning Felt-soled Waders and Boots

May 20, 2010 -- Maryland will seek to ban the use of felt-soled waders and hip boots by anglers beginning next year in an effort to prevent the spread of an invasive algae to the state’s trout streams, according to Jonathan McKnight of the Department of Natural Resources. Read the following two articles to get the details.

"I want to get the word out about this possible regulation change because I don’t want fishermen buying felt-soled boots that will become illegal to use. And I don’t want dealers, especially the small dealers, stocking them and then not being able to sell them."

"Felt soles are popular because they prevent slippage. But the DNR says the algae called didymo (DID'-ee-moh), or rock snot, clings to the material and is spread by unwitting anglers."

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