Guys who wade how many rods do you take?

[gall]

Hey guys so it's more of a interest question. This time of the year the river and creeks are super low and clear. So wading becomes my go to. I try to go lightly with gear. Usually one spinning and one casting. I'll work top water and I'd no bites I'll usually leave behind the casting wirh my gear on the bank. I was wondering what everyone else does and if they do carry more then one rod how do you guys go about doing that?

[J Francho]

For wading, just one.

[roadwarrior]

8 minutes ago, J Francho said:

For wading, just one.

[MN Fisher]

Back when I did do wading of creeks, streams and small ponds (my old trout-fishing days) - one rod. Trying to carry another and switch off was a pain in the rumpus.

[OkobojiEagle]

One rod and only enough tackle I can carry it and fish at the same time... 

 

 

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[Fallser]

Usually just one.  The only time I carried two with me was when I was switching over from ultra-light spin fishing to fly fishing.   Figured if I kept carrying the spinning rod, I'd never learn to fly fish, so I started leaving it home.  Just carry the fly rod and a couple of boxes of flies these days.

[Sphynx]

Fly rods is often a pair, but my vest can hold one in a tube for me, 99.9 times out of 100 those are both 9' rods, one in a 5wt and the other an 8wt, this allows me to fish for whichever species is more interested in feeding at the time, 8wt for bass/pike etc, 5wt for panfish and trout; very rarely if I am fishing a river I KNOW is feeding on a specific dry fly hatch I'll take an 8'6" 4wt instead of the 5, but usually it's more trouble than it's worth changing them.

 

For conventional gear, usually a medium or lighter spinning setup, I have a couple of Shakespeare rods, one in L and one in UL that can work for trout or small bass and panfish, I am still working on an appropriate system to carry two rods in this category, but so far the best bet has been to go with a 7' MF spinning combo and watch line and get closer than I otherwise would, that rod doesn't cast my spinners and stuff very well because they are far too light to load the rod effectively. 

[MarkG52]

Usually two. Always a fly rod and generally a medium casting rod. Some of the places I wade are too bushy to use the fly rod, or the flows a little to high, so it's nice to have a backup plan. 

[Herbert Lorenzo]

Only one and carry as many other lures as possible in pockets . That's in saltwater . Too many gators to wade freshwater down here .

[gall]

Ok so I'm not going crazy I bought a dlt fishing fanny pack for my terminal soft plastics and a few hard baits and everything else I need. My issue was on my back cast always hitting the other rod or it getting in my way. 

[Manly Studson]

I carry a medium/light spinning rod and a sling pack. I’ll leave a casting rod in the car just in case. But only one rod makes it to the stream.

[TnRiver46]

1

[Bluebasser86]

Usually 2, 1 light and one heavier.

[gall]

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Usually 2, 1 light and one heavier.

How do you carry the other one? 

[Bluebasser86]

41 minutes ago, gall said:

How do you carry the other one? 

Walk until I find a spot I want to fish and then lay whichever one I'm not going to be using down on the shoreline.

[redmeansdistortion]

I carry only one rod plus a small box with an assortment of baits that I keep in my wader chest pouch.  I don't want to be weighed down in the event something happens.  We recently had a wade fisherman succumb to a logjam in a river on the other side of the state I live.  He was hung up by his backpack and couldn't free himself.

[West Fishigan]

26 minutes ago, redmeansdistortion said:

I carry only one rod plus a small box with an assortment of baits that I keep in my wader chest pouch.  I don't want to be weighed down in the event something happens.  We recently had a wade fisherman succumb to a logjam in a river on the other side of the state I live.  He was hung up by his backpack and couldn't free himself.

Where was this?

[redmeansdistortion]

44 minutes ago, West Fishigan said:

Where was this?

On the Pere Marquette a couple weeks back.

[NYWayfarer]

One medium light spinning setup. Sling pack with gear.

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Walk until I find a spot I want to fish and then lay whichever one I'm not going to be using down on the shoreline.

You have to walk in the water the whole time down here in the jungle. And sometimes swim 

[Bluebasser86]

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

You have to walk in the water the whole time down here in the jungle. And sometimes swim 

I've seen rod slings with just a strap and a tube to put the butt of the rod in and sling it over your shoulder but I'd probably just roll with 1 if I had no shoreline access. Plenty of gravel bar access on the creeks and Ozark streams that I've done my wading at.

[TnRiver46]

Just now, Bluebasser86 said:

I've seen rod slings with just a strap and a tube to put the butt of the rod in and sling it over your shoulder but I'd probably just roll with 1 if I had no shoreline access. Plenty of gravel bar access on the creeks and Ozark streams that I've done my wading at.

I’ve put the rod in the back of my shirt to swim through long deep pools with both arms free. Also swam a long ways biting the rod blank. Neither are very comfy haha. 

[Bluebasser86]

7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’ve put the rod in the back of my shirt to swim through long deep pools with both arms free. Also swam a long ways biting the rod blank. Neither are very comfy haha. 

I've done the rod in the teeth for swimming deep holes, it's not fun.

[J Francho]

There's a couple spots I wade for trout that you can't just get to without wading a deep hole.  You really gotta watch the flows, though.

[gall]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’ve put the rod in the back of my shirt to swim through long deep pools with both arms free. Also swam a long ways biting the rod blank. Neither are very comfy haha. 

I've done that along with the try to hold rod above water and do a weird one arm doggy paddle