Best way to carry and fish using a wading staff?

[okflyfisher]

How to you guys carry and fish while using wading staff?

[rainbowchaser]

I made a staff from the butt of an old broken fiberglass rod with a foot from a heavy steel punch. I tethered it to my wading belt with a six foot dog leash. I carried it twice and found that it was always tangled in my legs or my fly line. Now I carry a folstaff collapsed in its holster on my belt. It still tangles the line once in while but I can live with it.

[oldfrat]

I carry a Folstaff in a holster while walking. I extend the Folstaff and use a magnetic net holder to keep the handle attached to my wading belt while fishing. That way I can grab and use the staff rapidly if needed. I have permanently numb feet and need a wading staff more than most, so this fast deployment is important to me.

[NewTyer 1]

I would either tether it as proposed in the previous answer or, you could put a strap on it and sling it over your shoulder while fishing, like a sling pack.

[Uncle Jesse]

I have a staff made from a golf ball go getter. I left it long enough to handle any water I was likely to encounter and attach it with a curly cord and made a big clip like on a ballpoint pen that I put on my wader belt. Seems to work pretty good.

[Fly Goddess]

I use one of these
http://www.fishusa.com/Pro-Line-Coll...g-Staff_p.html
I wear it in the holster to the river but when in the river I leave it hang but I have it attached to a larger Key Zinger
http://www.das.com.au/en-au/Products...-key-holder-ch

[CoachBob]

I am tall (and wide) and have a large wading staff that is big enough to have a crutch rubber foot on the bottom. The solution I found was to create a shoulder strap and carry it across my back when i am wading to the fishing spot. If i need a wading staff while fishing I should not be standing where I'm standing.

[maodiver]

I loved my folding staff until the bungee started going out...then I hated it with an undying passion...funny, I don't have that problem with my solid staff.
I carry it on a SCUBA retractor...heavier duty cord and spring. I switch it to my downstream side as necessary, at wading belt level.

Whatever the staff, the current vibration is annoying

[Prairieschooner]

Mine has a weighted end that sinks and keeps the staff pretty much where I put it; I loop the cord around my body or over my shoulder; seems to work for me.

[Silver Creek]

How to you guys carry and fish while using wading staff?

I use a 30 yo Folstaf. The end of the Folstaf cord is attached to a french clip

I also have a dual D ring that is a part of a velcro hook and loop system. The upper D ring is on the hook portion and can be removed and the lower D ring is integrated into the loop section. This is sewn on the lower left side of my fishing vest.

When I deploy my Folstaff I clip the end of it to the permanent D ring with the french clip so I can let the staff go. It will remain attached to my vest. I release the staff if I want to tie on a fly or use my landing net, etc.

The other D ring is attached to the handle of my net by a coiled net holder. The top of my net is attached to the by a magnetic net release to the D ring on the top rear of my vest.

This double D ring system allows me to drop either my net or my wading staff and they will remain attached to my vest. I can never lose my net if it gets hung up by a tree branch and falls off while walking to or along the river. Yet I can use the Velcro release to free it from my vest if I want to let my fishing partner use it.

I bought this Double D ring system at a fly shop but it has been years since I have seen it for sale. It can be easily made with plastic D rings and velcro webbing.

In the photo below you can see the two D rings. The net is attached to the up one that is attached by velcro and the lower on is the one that is permanent and used for the wading staff.