How many people..

[PennypackFlyer]

This maybe the weekend that I will need it

 

[Canoetripper]

I bought a folding wading staff several years ago on a fishing trip to the Elk River in West Virginia. It really helps me get to where I want to be and then I can get it out of my way.

 

[acesedgley]

Got one for a present several years ago...specifically for use on Penns. It's collapsible and came with several types of tips which of course are gone now, but I did not need it for any of the waters I usually fished.
Wanted to fish the Lehigh a couple of autumns ago and thought I should take it along cause I had never fished it and knew it was bigger water than I was used to.
Got to Bowmanstown, suited up and headed for the river. Got to the bank and prepared to enter the water in a pretty fast riffle....discovered that the staff was frozen and could not be extended to a length that would do me any good!
Of course I went out anyway...not sure how I survived as I nearly went down several times.

Nowadays I need a hip replaced, so I use it every water I wade (yes, its fixed), and am grateful for the support and confidence it gives me!

 

[SmoothOperator]

Never used a staff on any river ...Madison , Big Hole ( all the rocks are shaped like bowling balls), Penns Creek and even the Yough....Then in "09" I fell off a ladder and snapped off my leg right above my ankle ....... Now I made a 1 1/4" diameter turned round oak that I put a small diameter rope grip on and rubber tip.....Use it almost everywhere now.....( wish it had a sword that pulled out of the staff to deal with the " lo-holers" and "a** holers "I sometimes run into in Pa.

 

[allan_s]

I think there is a bayonet attachment for the the Folstaff

 

[Hook_Jaw]

I have never used a wading staff but I am getting older it's not far around the corner.

 

[notan641]

I started using one when a guide took me on Penns for the first time, and he loaned me one and insisted I use it. I thought it was so useful I made one out of a broomstick and I carry it every time I fish. It is great for fighting off geese, retrieving flies in trees, retrieving flies on the bottom, getting up and down steep banks. And hiking out at the end of the day.

 

[WetWader]

I'm going to second the ski pole as a wading staff!