EXHIBIT 10.1

                            ROCKY SHOES & BOOTS, INC.
                              OPTIONS GRANTED UNDER
                             1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                 400,000 SHARES

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  NAME OF OPTIONEE              NO. OF         DATE              DATE              DATE              PRICE
                                SHARES        ISSUED          EXERCISABLE         EXPIRES           PER SHARE
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<S>                             <C>          <C>               <C>               <C>                  <C>  
William S. Moore                25,000(1)    09/07/95          09/07/96          09/06/2003           $5.75
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William S. Moore                 2,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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David S. Fraedrich               4,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Robert A. Hollenbaugh            3,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Theodore A. Kastner              3,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Allen Sheets                     3,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Barbara Brooks Fuller            2,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Jason Brooks                     1,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Charles S. Brooks                1,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Alex Cruz                        2,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Gene Diaco                       2,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Rinaldo Diaz                     2,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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David Dixon                      1,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Andy Grindstead                  2,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Ann Henderschott                 1,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Jerry Linn                       1,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Jim McCumber                     1,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Joe Nudo                         2,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Becky Oliver                     2,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Patricia H. Robey                1,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Roger Schultz                    2,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Bud Simpson                      2,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Kitty Soto                       1,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Mike Steele                      1,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Tim Thayne                       2,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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 NAME OF OPTIONEE                NO. OF        DATE              DATE               DATE              PRICE
                                 SHARES       ISSUED          EXERCISABLE          EXPIRES           PER SHARE
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<S>                              <C>         <C>               <C>               <C>                  <C>  
Alan Young                       2,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Diana Wurfbain                   1,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Curtis A. Loveland               3,000(2)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2001           $6.00
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Stanley I. Kravetz               3,000(2)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2001           $6.00
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Leonard L. Brown                 3,000(2)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2001           $6.00
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Mike Brooks                      5,000(1)    01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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Dennis L. Disser                 7,000(1)    06/13/96          06/13/97          06/13/2004           $7.50
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(1)Shares vest 25% per year beginning on first anniversary.

(2)Shares vest 100% one year from date of grant.