Heres the deal.  I do most of my bass fishing while wading medium sized streams to bigger rivers.  I'm one of those guys that likes carry a lot of different lures bc I always tell myself "You never know what will work"  Anyway, as of now I carry a large creel with stuff, but I seem to spend more time fishing stuff out of my creel than actually fishing. Basically I feel like I'm trying to carry 5lbs. of crap in a 2lb. creel.  Not to mention it kills my shoulder and neck from the "Strap Burn".

Anyone have any CHEAP alternatives that they like to use to store baits in while wading?

A small backpack or a fly fishing vest.

A small backpack or a fly fishing vest.

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If you are wading...I'd go for the vest.  You can fit little mini plano boxes in the pockets.  Check this deal out...

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20166-cat20451&id=0030108942772a&navCount=3&podId=0030108&parentId=cat20451&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IJ&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat20451&hasJS=true

A vest is the way to go.