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Mar 1, 2017 · The staff is also a constant companion for feeling my way along while wading at night were a wrong step over a channel edge or into a shellfish dig could get ugly quick. Beyond removing the basket, the only other thing I did was: a) seal the pole end so that it doesn't flood and b) add a 2" cork float to a 8" lanyard off the grip.
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Aug 12, 2015 · When landing a big fish, if you have to drop a permanent wading staff into the water; even if it attached to your wading belt, it is one more thing that the fish can take the leader around. If you put the staff under the rod arm, it hampers what you can do with the rod. There really is no good solution, because God gave us only two hands.
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Oct 29, 2017 · Fishpond also makes a wading staff that does not break down completely: Fishpond | Product | Detail | Slippery Rock Wading Pro | 1965 Simms has had their collapsable wading staffs recalled twice...in 2010: Simms Fishing Products Recalls Wading Staffs Due to Fall Hazard | CPSC.gov and their Pro Wading Staff, the latest offering, has also been ...
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Sep 15, 2022 · I have yet to break down and buy a wading staff to use while wade fishing. I do use a wading staff (sometimes 2) while hiking into the marsh to duck hunt. Nothing expensive, just a pair wooden of 5' replacement tool handles from Home Depot. It is a rare trip when they don't save me from falling or being struck on the mud.
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Nov 24, 2020 · I prefer a folding wading stick, as I only use it for difficult wading, and most of the time is folded on my attached to my wading belt out of my way. My first Staff was a cheap $30 folding staff which I used for years till it broke, and now have upgraded to a Riverstick custom wading staff made by Rick Humphrey which are extremely well made ...
how do you secure you're wading staff | The North American Fly …
Dec 10, 2013 · My wading staff is an adjustable trekking pole much like a ski pole. It has a wrist strap to which I affix a four foot piece of half-inch webbing strap with small carabiners at each end. The other end of the strap I attach to my waders. I also have a regular sized carabiner that I attach to the wrist strap.
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Feb 18, 2013 · A good wading stick is a lot cheaper than taking a tumble and hurting yourself. I like the Fishpond wading staff. It's very light. Good advice about getting a ski pole. A lot of ski shops have single poles they're trying to get rid of. The important thing: The wading staff should be as high as your arm pit. Randy
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Jan 13, 2011 · Generally when I hit the water and feel the need for my wading staff, I don't "re-collapse" it but instead let it drift next to me. I keep it close by use of a belt attachment that has a two-piece magnet (similar to net magnetic attachments) which has an adjustable-length shock cord connected at each end to the two parts of the magnet.
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May 9, 2020 · The "Hammers" staff that I bought for very little money (probably under $30) three years ago continues to serve me well. There are a lot of things where spending more money gets you significantly better functionality, but my cheap wading staff has turned out to …
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Feb 10, 2017 · Wading staff,one piece, made for me in England, long enough to come up to my chinie-chinn-chin;probe the water ... next step Mr Cole's, wading water, holding my hand, taught me many things ... 'Don't be stupid was one of those.'