A few years ago all the manufacturers changed their wading boot soles
from felt to rubber. This seismic moment in the industry was not
prompted by new materials or consumer demand but rather by a threat to
fisheries; Didymosphenia geminata. The assumption that didymo was being
carried from far off places to domestic streams via angling equipment --
felt soles were the great demon -- prompted the action. It turns out
that greater forces than anglers may have had a larger effect on the
increased presence of this nuisance diatom. According to recent research
by Queen's University in Ontario global climate change has a hand in
didymo blooms. Climate change induced changing ice cover and nutrient
loads both create more favorable conditions for the blooms. I don't
think this lets anglers off the hook, but it's worth considering for
many reasons.Read the rest of the review (yes, I get to the actual review in the next paragraph) over on Hatch Magazine.
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