Well Friday the water levels seemed to drop but with all this rain today (Sunday) and the predicted rains for Mon and Tue the creeks will be rising again I guess.

I'll have to check out Bluegrass to see where the water levels are and report back.

Get your rain suits out and the chest waders as the creeks are going to rise again.

I got my Chest Waders out today and tried them on for the first time since I last went to the Smokey Mountains to fish for trout. That was way back in the early 1990's. Then I found that the sole of my wading boot was coming off. Got the Gorilla Glue out and tried to glue the sole back onto the boot. I forgot to wet the boot's surface and just applied the glue to sole and then clamped it back on. Gorilla Glue expands ( I forgot about that too) and it foamed up and out of the boat's foot area and dropped a big pile of foam onto my kitchen floor. I had set the boot up over the hot air register in the floor to help it cure faster. I was able to scrape up the foaming glob of glue off the vinyl floor before it setup. In two hours I should have the sole of my wading boot back on the shoe. I did clean the sole and the bottom of the boot with some 70% alcohol to make sure that the surfaces were clean and dry.

Anyone every tried to use gorilla glue without wetting one of the surfaces first? I have had problems with these soles staying on the boot every since I bought these wading shoes from Bass Pro Shop back around 1980. I only used them about 4 times total before the felt sole came off the rubber part of the sole. Now the rubber part is seperated from the Shoe part.

I went to Gander Mountain Friday and tried on a pair of the Size 8 boot foot waders by Frogg Toggs. I got my right foot stuck in the boot and could not get it off by myself. Had to have someone help me pull the boot off my foot to get free of those darn things. I was all set to buy some before that happened. Wore me out just trying to get my foot out of the darn things and I was about ready to pass out before I finally got some help. Even the guy who helped had a lot of trouble getting my foot free from the boot. Next time I'll put some socks on first. I was wearing sandles that day and didn't have any socks with me. My foot was sucked into that boot like I had applied Gorrilla Glue in there.

I'd like to be able to wade out along the ramp area to fish the shallow waters close to the shorelines. But If it keeps raining I may need them for my yard just to get into my truck.

Saturday was nice and dry and warm with little winds. I would have fished Saturday but the water was so high it made it hard to launch the boat at the only ramp avaible that day. Water was way up on the top part of Bluegrass's South Concrete Launch ramp so launching required the tow vehicle to get well into the water on the ramp before the boat would float off the trailer.