How to carry a net
 

Attached to the back of my vest, handle down, using a quick disconnect at
the
head. Just pull on the handle hard enough and the net pops free.

It rarely bothers me enough to not carry it - unless I know we're gonna be
into tiny - or freaky huge - fare...

/daytripper

What do you do when you've caught some fish, and the net is wet and
slimy(slime can easily be washed out of course)? Smear the back of your vest
with slime and soak the back of your vest with the water?

Just a thought :O)



/Thomas

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Stan Gula wrote:
"George Cleveland" wrote:

$1.38

Tree Fitty.

Hey !! That's a Chicago accent. Standard primer on how to
talk Chicago; remember dese tree tings. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

How to carry a net
 

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
. ..

How do you carry a net ?

I don't carry a net as much as I once did, when I do, my net has a 1/8 inch
bungee cord hooked to the handle end with the other end attached with a clip
to the D ring on my waders between my shoulders. I then have a quick
disconnect net release (mine is a Brodin) that connects to the top of the
net and that also connects to the D ring on my waders. It works pretty well,
the net will lay against your back and does not get tangled in brush, etc...
too much and is easy to reach up and grab the handle when landing a fish.
The 1/8 bungee works well, many times I will pull the net off my back and
let it lay in the water next to my side until the fish is ready to be
landed.

JT

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Chester the Molester wrote:
...
I always hire a personal net-caddy to carry my net for me. Cost is no
object, when it comes to preserving *our* WILD trout!

Geez Chester, I sure hope you didn't skip a session of your bed wetter
support group just to post THAT nonsense.

Now go crawl back under your rock, you despicable cracker.

--
Ken Fortenberry

How to carry a net
 

Ken Fortenberry wrote:

Willi's thread Some C&R Information spawned a related
discussion that I think deserves its own thread.

I don't carry a net anymore. I know that, in the interest
of the fish I plan to C&R, I probably should but it's a
pain in the ass. I've tried carrying it on a big huge
Orvis zinger, on a "french clip", I've tried carrying it
handle side up, handle side down, I've even tried a big
honking piece of elastic rubber band over one shoulder
and under the other arm. Pains in the ass, each and every
one, the damn thing is always getting hung up and in the
way.

How do you carry a net ?

--
Ken Fortenberry

I, like you, threw mine away. I got a pretty good lick on the back of
the head while carrying a net on one of those elastic carriers. The net
hung on a branch and when it released, it got me pretty good.

How to carry a net
 

Naw, I make it to all THOSE sessions, regardless of the nonsense I post here.

I know how one's pot fogged mind can become forgetful though, so remember to feed your
k_d.

Now go back to your drug stash, you hypocritical elitist wannabe.

Mark
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
.. .
Chester the Molester wrote:
...
I always hire a personal net-caddy to carry my net for me. Cost is no
object, when it comes to preserving *our* WILD trout!

Geez Chester, I sure hope you didn't skip a session of your bed wetter
support group just to post THAT nonsense.

Now go crawl back under your rock, you despicable cracker.

--
Ken Fortenberry



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On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 15:18:50 +0200, "fish.iddx.net" wrote:

Atttached to the back of my vest, handle down, using a quick disconnect at
the head. Just pull on the handle hard enough and the net pops free.

It rarely bothers me enough to not carry it - unless I know we're gonna be
into tiny - or freaky huge - fare...

/daytripper

What do you do when you've caught some fish, and the net is wet and
slimy(slime can easily be washed out of course)? Smear the back of your vest
with slime and soak the back of your vest with the water?

Well, soitenly! Getting the back of your vest all wet and gooey makes it easy
for others to tell you had a great day fishing...

/daytripper (rookie! ;-)

How to carry a net
 

Ken Fortenberry wrote in message ...
Willi's thread Some C&R Information spawned a related
discussion that I think deserves its own thread.

I don't carry a net anymore. I know that, in the interest
of the fish I plan to C&R, I probably should but it's a
pain in the ass. I've tried carrying it on a big huge
Orvis zinger, on a "french clip", I've tried carrying it
handle side up, handle side down, I've even tried a big
honking piece of elastic rubber band over one shoulder
and under the other arm. Pains in the ass, each and every
one, the damn thing is always getting hung up and in the
way.

How do you carry a net ?



Agree that nets are a nuisance, especially for fishing in small overgrown
streams & barbed wire fences. More than once has my net been a terrible
hazard to wading in difficult stretches of water. I remember once my net's
mesh fastening onto my waders' studs as I was treading downwards with that
foot ~ result is that the leg cannot be fully extended, and being
off-balance on a rocky bed with reasonable current, over you go! If I am
wading up a stream, I don't bother with taking the net ~ it is simple to
bring the fish to the lee created by the presence of your legs in the
current, the fish can be brought to bay and carefully inverted in the water,
so as to make the brown trout docile enough to unhook and release with
little fuss at all. The fish is virtually none the worse off, as he doesn't
even need to be removed from the water. However, lately I have become a
member of a river that is in general too deep for wading, and here a net is
a must. A few weeks ago I landed a 3lb fish that I would have had no chance
of at all had I been without a net. In fact, in reaching for that
particular fish I was cursing my net for its handle being too short!

For carrying my net, my bag has a ring on it on the forward face ~ my net
fits here very nicely, although if fishing in welly boots, then the net has
a nasty habit of making your left trouser let slimy from direct contact.
Thigh waders are fine though, and I really ought to consider thigh waders as
the bare minimum for flyfishing foorware, and forget about wellies.

How to carry a net
 

In article ,
eric paul zamora wrote:

i don't think i really NEED a net. most trout i catch are from sierra
streams and seeing how i'm a beginner, i'm hooking into fish 3-12inches, at
most. SO FAR.

whoah. too many words. sorry.

eric
fresno, ca.

Just wait till you wait a couple hundred feet into a big river to catch
steelhead. Being 50 feet from shore with a 25 inch chrome steely is
alot different that a 10 inch trout in a small creek. Isnt their a
good steelhead stream near Fresno? Maybe the merced?

How to carry a net
 

In article ,
George Cleveland wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 07:57:08 -0400, Jeff Miller
wrote:

i bid $1.25...

jeff

NattyBumppo wrote:

Anyone wanna buy a barely used net and a few attchment gizmos?



I will bid $10, you pay shipping.