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 ISSUED          DATE               DATE              PRICE
                                          SHARES                          EXERCISABLE          EXPIRES           PER SHARE
          ----------------                ------        -----------       -----------          -------           ---------
<S>                                       <C>             <C>               <C>               <C>                  <C>  
William S. Moore                          25,000(1)       09/07/95          09/07/96          09/06/2003           $5.75
William S. Moore                           2,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
David S. Fraedrich                         4,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Robert A. Hollenbaugh                      3,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Theodore A. Kastner                        3,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Allen Sheets                               3,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Barbara Brooks Fuller                      2,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Jason Brooks                               1,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Charles S. Brooks                          1,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Alex Cruz                                  2,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Gene Diaco                                 2,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Rinaldo Diaz                               2,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
David Dixon                                1,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Andy Grindstead                            2,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Ann Henderschott                           1,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Jerry Linn                                 1,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Jim McCumber                               1,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Joe Nudo                                   2,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Becky Oliver                               2,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Patricia H. Robey                          1,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Roger Schultz                              2,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Bud Simpson                                2,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Kitty Soto                                 1,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Mike Steele                                1,000(1)       01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
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          NAME OF OPTIONEE                NO. OF        DATE ISSUED           DATE               DATE              PRICE
                                          SHARES                           EXERCISABLE          EXPIRES           PER SHARE
          ----------------                ------        -----------        -----------          -------           ---------
<S>                                       <C>             <C>               <C>               <C>                  <C>  
Tim Thayne                                2,000(1)        01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Alan Young                                2,000(1)        01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Diana Wurfbain                            1,000(1)        01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Curtis A. Loveland                        3,000(2)        01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2001           $6.00
Stanley I. Kravetz                        3,000(2)        01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2001           $6.00
Leonard L. Brown                          3,000(2)        01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2001           $6.00
Mike Brooks                               5,000(1)        01/01/96          01/01/97          01/01/2004           $6.00
Dennis L. Disser                          7,000(1)        06/13/96          06/13/97          06/13/2004           $7.50
Randy Hayes                               1,000(1)        08/07/96          08/07/97          08/07/2004           $7.50
Gordon Lauderbach                         1,000(1)        08/12/96          08/12/97          08/12/2004           $8.25
                                          
<FN>
(1)Shares vest 25% per year beginning on first anniversary.

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