FOLDABLE STAFFS ARE FINE FOR AIRPLANE TRAVEL, BUT
At the stream, after you extend it, you will leave it extended for the rest of the day.
When the tip gets stuck between rocks, foldable staffs can pull apart, leaving you stranded in treacherous water.
If you have ever shattered a rod, you know what can happen to carbon fiber.
Staffs of metal and carbon fiber vibrate in the current, and sing like a violin, alerting fish and disturbing your peaceful fishing and concentration.
Metal tips click on underwater rocks, transmitting warnings to fish.
So why not do what professionals do?
Choose Ron Hart's River Stalker Wading Staff.