Boompoles & Fishpoles

Boompoles are extendable or otherwise collapsible wands that hold microphones. Audio technicians use them for electronic news gathering (ENG), electronic field production (EFP), documentary video (DV), and other field recording applications, such as reality TV shows, to record the audio components of interviews and footage. The poles enable technicians to get the mics as close as possible to the subjects while also keeping the mics out of camera view. Since technicians have to hold them above their heads, the mic holders must be lightweight.