Hiking(wading) staff or Monopod

[Adam McDowell]

For wade fishing, what are you guys using?
I am looking at getting a telescopic hiking staff like this one
http://www.moontrail.com/brunton-monopod.php

But I don’t know if I would be better off with more of a photographers monopod like this one
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/5535-REG/Manfrotto_680B_680B_Compact_Monopod_Black_.html

Is a manfrotto going to hold up as a wading staff when I am not shooting or am I pushing the boundaries?

I have not converted grams to ounces but I would suspect the Brunton is lighter

[Roy Conley]

For wade fishing I would get a purpose built wading staff.

[Michael Phillippe]

I bought the Fish Pond this past year and used it extensively in Montana for wading and Alaska for hiking, wading and a little as a monopod. It’s a good product. It’s one fault is that there is no attachment point for a lanyard – definitely a requirement for a wading staff. I use 3 mm (climber’s) accessory cord (3 ft) and attach to my wading belt with a small carabiner and to the wading staff with a slip knot. I can then take the cord off and use it for hiking and photography alone.

[Anonymous]

I know EMS made (maybe still does) a telescoping hiking/walking staff that has a screw off ball on the top of it.

[anonymous]

Mountainsmith hiking stick. carbine tip, replaceable, camera mount in the head, and also you can get a “V” thingy to rest your rifle on to shoot with too.

I found mine at the North Branch Potomac, underwater.

[John Bennett]

Adam, a mono pod can serve as a wading staff. Ive used my manfrotto

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