|
02-26-2009, 08:56 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2008
100 posts, read 51,449 times
Reputation: 36
|
|
Mud season: Which boots?
which are best: the LLBean gumshoes (above ankle), or wellington boots (knee length) for mud season?
|
|
02-26-2009, 09:46 AM
|
|
Having All The Fun I Can Stand
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Rhode Island
936 posts, read 596,134 times
Reputation: 898
|
|
|
Depends on whether you are in a very wet area (near wetlands) and if there is heavy snowmelt, with localized flooding. For town wear, obviously the gum shoes would do fine. If you are out in the boonies, you may need something calf-high. Not sure you'd need knee-high for anything short of a flood. The Muck Boot Co, not sold by LL Bean, puts out a nice line of waterproof boots in many heights, including a calf-high barn-type boot.
Rubber boots can develop leaks. Why not buy more than one pair?
|
|
02-26-2009, 10:05 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
4,221 posts, read 2,500,443 times
Reputation: 2822
|
|
|
I live in Mucks during mud season.
|
|
02-26-2009, 10:44 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Northern Maine
2,941 posts, read 1,770,928 times
Reputation: 1649
|
|
|
Muck boots are the way to go. They cost more than cheap Red Chinese boots, but they last a long time. I even have a pair of low cut Muck Boots like loafers. I can step into them and go to the mailbox in slush. Buy them big enough to wear wool socks. The only down side to any rubber boot is that they don't breathe.
|
|
02-26-2009, 11:01 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: downeast
363 posts, read 97,564 times
Reputation: 197
|
|
|
we prefer lacrosse- they make a really warm (you find that is unusual in a rubber boot) high cut boot, great for the boat, clam flats, and mud season. kids even use them as winter boots.
|
|
02-26-2009, 11:06 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Argyle, Maine
11,881 posts, read 6,933,795 times
Reputation: 2895
|
|
Waders.
Suspenders up over your shoulders, where the boots reach up connect and continues to about chest level.
During fiddlehead season, I just figure that I am going to get wet. 40 degrees, standing in a marsh, with it drizzling, and generally chilly.
 |
|
02-26-2009, 11:42 AM
|
|
Senior Member
Status:
"Are we there yet? I gotta go."
(set 23 days ago)
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Way South, ME
1,606 posts, read 669,205 times
Reputation: 949
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by forest beekeeper
Waders.
Suspenders up over your shoulders, where the boots reach up connect and continues to about chest level.
During fiddlehead season, I just figure that I am going to get wet. 40 degrees, standing in a marsh, with it drizzling, and generally chilly.
|
Gee, where we go fiddleheading the best picking is in late May. More blackflies than mud. |
|
02-26-2009, 11:47 AM
|
|
Being "impartial" is not necessarily a bad thing.
Status:
"Enough with the spruce needles already!"
(set 1 day ago)
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: On a slow-sinking granite rock up north
1,491 posts, read 534,578 times
Reputation: 636
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by forest beekeeper
Waders.
|
 Preferably chest waders...whatever you wear (I think up to the knees at least) - they should fit well for when you sink, and run the risk of losing your boot to the mud. |
|
02-26-2009, 01:09 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Argyle, Maine
11,881 posts, read 6,933,795 times
Reputation: 2895
|
|
|
Oh, yes. Flopping over in the mud, your waders filling with muddy water does make it interesting attempting to get up again.
Try to avoid doing that.
Waders full of water are slightly difficult to stand up in.
|
|
02-26-2009, 08:07 PM
|
|
Eddie Van Halen Wanna Be
Status:
"It's all about Eruption....baby"
(set 25 days ago)
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Deer Park, WA
657 posts, read 309,523 times
Reputation: 420
|
|
|
Muck Boots are a fantasic boot, the whole family has a pair, we can not do without.
|
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
|
|
Welcome to City-Data.com forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with 700,000 other registered members. User profiles and some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your free account you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 15,000 posts/day about local topics and you will see fewer ads. 
Linear Mode
