How to set up your NET with a WAIST PACK 

Thank you for the many clever tips to make the fishing more enjoyable. As in all of your videos I love your emphasis on efficiency and simplicity.

Excellent set up. Thanks for sharing. The second magnet solution is really clever.

Recently been binging your videos and trying to learn the Euro Nymph Game. You’ve definitely been my #1 go to source for information and I love watching your input on all the fishing videos. I don’t comment a lot but just know your doing a great thing and inspiring a lot of young guys out there to get into the Euro Nymph game!!

I’m just loving your videos, great content👌 I tried your micro leader setup. Got the Pezon and Michel line. Finding it difficult in terms being accurate but just started, hopefully time on the water I’ll see an improvement. Looking forward to your next video

Fantastic system. I love the DIY nature of this and the thoughtfulness. Same spirit behind much of fly tying and experimentation on the stream. You and Dom ( from Troutbitten) are the best in the business at this.

Hey Cory! Over the years I’ve tried countless pack/net setups. I think I have finally settled on a fishpond cross current chestpack and I attach my net retractor to the loop on the pack and I have a magnet on my wading belt to capture the net.I still need to settle on a rig up for my big net on big water . This video has given me some good direction in that area. Thanks for the video and Tightlines my friend!

Cory, thanks for the insight. I went from the Fishpond Fanny pack to a Switchback Pro, the pack has a sliding rail it works on, makes access perfect, and the net slot almost unnoticeable. I do agree on the use of paracord, can’t have enough! Appreciate your tips!

Another great video. Really like the magnet system to keep the net close to your side.

Very helpful tips Cory based on your own battle scars :)...looks very efficient and comfortable...thank you for sharing as ever

Wow amazing. So happy to see your engineering skills put to work again. 😄 I fish with a hip pack and have this issue when reeling în a fish and than the fish runs off. Than I'm fighting the net and the rod. Lol I actually laughed when I saw you putting it between your arms or legs because that's what I do. 😄😄 I will definitely give this a try. 👍 Thank you.

Awesome tutorial sir, this will no doubt help a lot of fisherman!

Cory, great tip! My first net magnet I ripped apart netting the first brown I caught after 3 months of fishing! Since then I’ve been just tucking it into my wader belt. I’ll try this set up next time Orvis offers free shipping. 😉Tony

This was so helpful. Have the lumbar pack, I don’t love behind the back carry for the net in the slot, especially because no lanyard option. I’ll be doing what you did here. Awesome idea. Thanks.

Thanks for the advice. Yesterday I went with a guide dry fly fishing in small streams. Caught so many fish but all little 12-15 inch fish. Browns and bows. But today I went on my own. I tried to repeat what I learned the first day. But instead I had the most amazing day fishing a 2 km stretch dry fly fishing (in Australia) upstream and then euronymphing the same stream downstream. I caught all the 14 inch juveniles on the way up and only caught 3 fish on the way down. The thing is I only had a 5 wt. My 3 wt couldn’t fit in my suitcase. I live in HK. Anyway I caught a 3 inch tiny one, then a 28 inch monster that I believe was about 3.2 kg brownie. And a decent 20 inch rainbow. The big one I believe has been caught many times before and it knew what to do to get released. It fought only a little for a fish that size and then it couldn’t fit in the net but once there it stood still for me to take out the hook and let it go. I am thinking I wish I had done the nymphing on the way up. But the 5 wt is not anywhere near as sensitive as the 3 wt.

Thanks for this video Cory…really helps me decide if I want to keep the waist pack or not

Love the content. Please do a video on what you look for in a lanyard and how you set yours up.

Really useful information. Thank you very much.

your videos have been a true education in my early journey into euro nymphing. Thanks for all the time you spend on the water and putting these videos together. I want to implement the net magnet system. Where did you get that bell-shaped magnet? I can't seem to locate anything similar. Thanks, Jeff.

Like that, thanks. A clear winner in net attachments wars!

Very informative video. Many thanks.

i've been waiting for this for awhile, thanks for sharing! follow-up, do you ever wet wade? if so, how do you attach your net retractor then?

I use a similar rigging method for the same Frabill net. The paracord is a better solution to zip ties which eventually break. For those using zip ties, you can file the burr and cap it with a bit of UV resin to avoid the sharp issue, but paracord is a more permanent solution. A side-mount magnet like Corey uses is great for keeping the net positioned where you want it, and the retractor allows you to drop the net when needed.

Great advice. I use the same net retractor and attach it to the back of my lanyard but find it pulls the lanyard down my back and makes accessing the lanyard difficult and uncomfortable. I will change to your suggestion and attach it to the back of the wader strap. I have a pacemaker and defibrillator now after a cardiac arrest on my last Canadian fishing trip so try not to use magnets as they react with the devices. I'll just have to devise a magnet substitute for the wader belt. Kindest regards from down under in NZ.

Hey Cory, thanks for sharing the link to this video. I'm going to use this net setup for sure when in waders. Do you do much wet wading. Wonder what your net setup looks like without the waders. cheers!

You can also weld together paracord by melting the ends! Its very strong. A lighter works well to get bothe sides molten before fusing them.

Good tip Cory. I have always tethered my net. As for losses, many of my fishing posse have lost nearly as many spendy nets as they have lost fish screwing around with a teather free net. Thanks for sharing. Hope I run into you onstream some day. Best, Bill.

ty Corey very cool advice!

So happy to have just found this as a new hip pack fan! Question... do you wet wade at all with that pack? If yes, since you wouldn't have your high/wader-strap tether point... what do you do?

Great review.

Cory, I wear a vest and and an older version of a fishpond belt, similar to their Southfork. It seems like I could rig a system like you describe between the vest, waders and belt.....would you agree? This is the first video I've watched of yours....I immediately subscribed!!!! Your presentation style is GREAT!!! Thank you.

That’s some ingenious jerry-rigging there, from a another jerry-rigger.

Thank you Cory! I've been looking forward to this video. Very helpful. My setup has been close to this. I've never used a net retractor, just a leash. I like the option of a quick release that the retractor offers. And the hockey tape with a loop is fantastic! Thanks again!

Well presented and more or less in line with my thinking. There is one question that I would like to ask: do you use a wading staff and if so what methods do you use to keep it clear of the net. I ask this because I am always using my wading staff in my left hand.

Cory, quick question. I bought the net retractor & magnet. I use a vest & will probably connect the net retractor on a D ring on my vest back or add it to my suspenders & add the magnet to my wader belt as you described . I’m a lefty so I’d be working on the right arm to use my net. Thoughts? Don’t know about you but fishings been pretty slow for the last 4 weeks. Tony

Thanks for talking about the net problem with hip packs. No one ever does. The other issue with placing the net in the pack slot - is that the net gets in the way when you slide the pack to your side or front when trying to access it. I like your solution - BUT, what do you do when you’re wet wading? Ie: no waders to attach the net to ?

Great Tip Cory! And again, thanks for being so thorough on explaining and leaving guesswork out….

Love the content when you rotate this around to change flies any issues?

Smart setup

I found this video very helpful. I have an unused Umpqua waist pack that I simply cannot figure out how to implement it in my workflow. I'm presently using a "technical vest" but it puts my pressure on my back when fully loaded. However, I find using a waist pack is more tedious to use since I have to move it around my torso every time I need to change flies. Is there some secret I'm missing?

Quick question, when attaching the para cord to the handle, is it just layed against the handle on both sides forming a loop on the end and wrapped with the hockey tape to hold it in place? or it it somehow attached before the tape is applied? Thanks,

Very helpful video brother! I actually just ordered that 18x13 myself. But by the looks of your netting, you may be able to answer a question I can't seem to find the answer to. Do you know where to find a replacement net for this Frabill 18x13, if it were to ever need to be replaced? It looks as though you may have one on yours, if I'm not mistaken.

Cory I finally was able to purchase a C&F design chest box. this one holds 3 tippet spools. problem is either Rio or Orvis spools are too large in diameter to fit in the circles designed in the chest pack. do you have a suggestion for which tippet to purchase. I have one spool of trout hunter that fits

Great information as alway.tight lines.thanks for sharing

Hi. Great info. Do you still use this hip pack? If so do you use it with the flybox hanging around your neck that you have in the Minimalist video a month ago?

Corey what happens to the net when you rotate your pack to get inside? Do you release the magnet?

Nice tip

Thanks Cory, I happen to have the same waist pack. Any chance we could get a rundown on how you set yours up? Thanks for uploading your videos they have been beyond helpful for me. Tight lines

Do you use the shoulder strap for your waist pack? If not, do find that it slips down?

Any specific knot you find compact and effective w the para cord?

How do you swing the waist pack around on the stream to access it and get in it..I always struggle unloosening my waist strap to spin it to the front?

Great tip with double magnets

What Lanyard are you using? I'm going with the same set up since it's time proven by you.

Where on the wader strap do you put the loop? Why not clip retractor right to wader strap?

What do you do when you wet wade?

I continue to use zip ties…just singe the burred edges with a lighter which smooths them nicely

Cory, how do you stop that bum bag working down your hips. I have a constant problem with at so consequently I do not use one.

Where do you get the magnets?

What net do you use in this video?

What model of Fishpond

What waist pack is that?

Are you sure yours is not the 17”X 22”

Great comment and a good video I like your time you have taken to explain and the time with helpful hints. I've tied some of your fly examples nice I can't wait to use them this spring. Great video thanks