Exhibit
32(a)
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002, OF THE
CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
In
connection with the Quarterly Report of Rocky Brands, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Mike
Brooks, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) The
Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,
the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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/s/
Mike Brooks
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Mike
Brooks, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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July
31, 2009
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