Sling Packs & Nets

[Buzzy]

The bottle pocket on this one is deeper than the one on my old William Joseph sling. This one fits over the right shoulder which took some getting used to after twenty years of going the other side. The waist strap is nice. My other one didn't have one. The pockets are ample for carrying a lunch and several fly boxes. Lots of attachment points for dangling things from which I don't use but others might. And it has a net pocket.

At $30 it's a good buy.

Thanks, Wayne! I've littered the shoreline of a local lake when wading with a water bottle in the bottle pocket of my fanny pack; slipped out and didn't notice. My bad for buying bottled water. I like the price.

 

[Brian Miller]

I went to a fly shop and tried out various packs. The slings that have a net sleeve are by far the most comfortable to wear. However, you cannot get the net back in without spinning the bag around first. I’m like totally ridic good at fly fishing and just non stop catching fish and babes, so it’s not a practical system for me.
What really shocked me is how, in 2024, half the slings have literally no net solution. Who is buying that crap?
Anywho. I guess I’m just going to have to buy a chest pack and eat shit sometimes, because I can’t see my feet while I’m wading. C’est la vie.

I cast right, and reel left. A right shoulder pack puts all the weight on my casting shoulder. Plus a net hanging from a right shoulder pack is going to hang to the right, and I want to have the net at the fingertips of my left hand. A net on the left in a belt (holster) is going to be in the way when bringing the pack around to the front. An integrated net holster *on the sling pack* is going to get in the way of getting into the pack.
There were a few ambidextrous fishing packs that could sling right or left, but their external (spare) rod, net attachments, and absence of water bottle pockets were not well thought out.

Vedavoo makes left shoulder sling packs but I need something a bit larger to carry a jacket, lunch, food, flashlight, and a small emergency-first aid kit.

Sling Packs // Made to Order in Leominster, MA, USA

Vedavoo Slings keep 1) your front clean, 2) your gear secure, and 3) are worn over your non-dominant shoulder. All sling packs are made to order in the USA.

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I have this tactical ambidextrous sling pack that works real well, has tons of storage, well thought out pockets with U zippers to open from either side, side patch pockets with external lash compression straps to secure rods and a net when bushwhacking, molle webbing for an add-on water bottle and other accessories pockets, and can comfortably carry a lot more weight than any fishing sling pack I've tried, which in itself can be a disadvantage because I will carry too much stuff.

https://hazard4.com/products/planb-17.

This year I grew tired of having to sling my pack around to access my fishing essentials and went back to my old Fp Tundra backpack that with an integrated Deep Creek small chest pack just large enough for those essentials. When I hike in I clip the chest pack to the clips on the back of the backpack. To fish I clip the chest pack to the backpack harness or the separate back harness with a net holster and D ring and can put the backpack on or set the pack down and fish one spot.
A lightweight vest with a mesh back also works nicely and doesn't conflict with the backpack.

I use a chest pack but just slip the net handle under my wading belt. Easy to get to and out of the way. Putting it in the net holder on the pack makes it too high and behind my head for my liking.
SF

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I have a long handled net and the Fp chest pack with a net holster moderately high on the back harness works but *that might interfere with tilting my head upwards, and might catch on branches I have to duck under* , plus after use it drips onto my head-shoulders-back . Thankfully it also has a D ring and I clip a long-strong net retractor to it and suspend the net by a soft shackle through the handle.

*clarification-correction

 

[stillreleasing]

I have seen a few people using the Broder net clips and they look intriguing.

 

[Chonay]

I have seen a few people using the Broder net clips and they look intriguing.

Oh ya I have one on my Broder net that I use with my vest and I LOVE it. It doesn't come undone if you hop down something or bump a tree or bush the way the magnets will sometimes let go. Not too hard to undo either when its time to use it. I do have the magnets on my backpack tho to hang my bigger fishpond net.

 

[Flyrig]

I have a Simms and Orvis sling pack that I setup with extra D rings and a net magnet that will let the net hang on left side that allows for quick access tucks out of the way while fishing and wading. No net sleeve required.

 

[Tom Butler]

I have seen a few people using the Broder net clips and they look intriguing.

That clip looks like the one I tested for the guys a couple years ago. I found it really handy on a belt (not a stretchy wading belt unless placed by a loop). I'm just old and trained to a net on a magnetic release for my vest and found it hard to change.

 

[Dave G]

I have a Fishpond dry (sling) pack and the net sleeve works quite well. I've never had it come free and its relatively simple to unsleeve when its needed. The only disadvantage is the height of the net above my head when I'm crawling or threading my way through brush.

I can't say the same for any other method, whether magnetic catch, net holster, or simply tucking it into my belt.

 

[Brute]

I don't think they've cracked the code on that yet. I've magnetically attached a net next to my sling pack before but it tends to pull the sling pack down and gets uncomfortable after a while. I use a chest pack with magnet net in the back, balances out really well.

Another method is to hook your net on your belt with one of these, I have it and it works well.

Products

Broder Fly Fishing, the makers of the patent pending Broder Net Clip. Unlike any other fly fishing net holder, the Broder Net Clip uses both mechanical and magnetic connection to keep your net securely attached yet out of the way until you need it.

www.broderflyfishing.com

that's pretty slick...