Rocky Brands (RCKY) 10-Q 2011 Q3 Quarterly report

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 September 30, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, David N. Sharp, President 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.

/s/ David N. Sharp

David N. Sharp, President and Chief Executive Officer

October 28, 2011