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Czech, so you would need to watch out for VAT on import plus any other taxes due.

...cheers lads...given me some ideas there...

Is it Simms studs you are looking for? If so, try these instead. Paul Proctor put me on to them years ago and everyone I know now uses these instead of paying the ridiculous prices that Simms ask for.

https://supatracks.com/boot-studs/

The website domain was registered a year ago, 9 March 2023.

never even heard of them Ali

Fishax, has anyone used them, the prices seem too good to be true.
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Made one once from birch and antler, it sat in the garage for about 5 years so I gave it to a gamekeeping friend of mine to use out stalking as he had a bad habit of losing them.

Better used even if it was for a wee while than it catching dust in the garage.

Was a simple construction held together by a double threaded bold and Gorilla glue.

Wrapped some paracord at the handle joint down about 6 inches and tied off on a loop to act as a lanyard.

Paracord is a handy thing to have to hand, even in small sections.

I gave the handle a scrub and a few coats of polyurethane varnish, to smooth it more than anything else, a wee metal cover (like a bottle cap) on the bottom, didn't do any finishing on the birch as I liked the rugged look my grandfather might have had.

I use a Leki walking pole with a lanyard tied to the handle. Compact and very lightweight. I have a "proper" wading staff that I never use now.

...I'm getting tae a fair age and I wade in the Luther Water whcih can be gey treacherous wading...whit wi steps in drap affs an thi like. 

..His anybiddy ever made a wading staff?

Been a fish farm at the south end of Damph for some time but that often gives more big trout.