Stack your coiled rope in a sling
To manage extra rope at your belay, whether it's the lead rope or a haul rope, one simple method is to butterfly coil the rope and put it in a sling.
This makes a tidy package of the rope, keeping it within reach, and out-of-the-way.
I find this to be vastly more convenient and less hassle than the more common method of making a butterfly coil, and then plopping on top of your harness tie point.
There are a couple ways to coil the rope into a sling. The one you choose might depend on conditions and what you intend to do with the rope after you coil it.
Method 1: Basket hitch the sling around the coils
This is the more common way to do it, and better for lead climbing because the rope will feed out nicely as it’s not pinched.
The use of two carabiners is optional, but handy. Green is clipped to the anchor, and purple is clipped to green. This lets you unclip purple and lower the sling if needed without ever unclipping it from the anchor.
Method 2: Girth hitch the sling on the coils
This method can better if it’s a really windy day, or you’re at your big wall bivy, and you want to snug the ropes down for the night and don't want coils flopping around or falling out. Probably not a good choice for lead climbing, because the rope will be hard to feed out.
