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You can argue about cane being better than carbon (I don't think it is)
and silk being better than plastic (I don't think it is)

but one thing that's useless is those daft wooden nets. I've got one.
It looks pretty. It's a design disaster. (I do use cane rods and silk
lines, tho. Quite often. I like them. )

For trout, you need a Slovroken net (sp?) folded in two, slung in a
loop at the nape of the neck. You wash it roughly for the slime after
you've caught something (but my fishing clothes aren't that smart to
begin with.)

I tried the orvis magnets but every so often they'd come undone.

For salmon, I try to do without a net, and most of them I've tailed.
The trouble is that every so often you really need a net.

That's my 2cw

Lazarus

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On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Steve Sullivan wrote:

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?

Yeah, rub it in why doncha.

Mu, in Ventura county

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On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 23:58:42 GMT, 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 ?


Carried at the back of my neck from a D-ring, handle down, on a small
plastic clip that pops off as needed. The handle has a french clip
that is attached to a 1" elastic strap that serves as a lanyard. The
elastic strap is attached at the other end to the same D-ring.

At the handle end of the elastic strap, I've sewed velcro hooks and on
the lback left panel of the vest, of sewed a double row of velcro
wool. The strap with the handle of the net then velcros to my left
side, just off my hip where it's close at hand when I need it. Since
the handle is canted off to the left, if I sit down anywhere, I don't
get the net jammed into the back of my head. With the velcro
attachment, the net doesn't swing about as I walk.. The only
downside, occasionally the net bag gets velcroed too but it pulls off.

Peter

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I use the magnet clip too. Once in awhile it pops off going thru brush
but not a big problem. For nets this is the second year I ve used a
rubberized one. There are two advantages. It s easier on the fish and
if you are using a double rig or the fish spits the hook in the net
the hooks dont get snagged in the net. It s a little more expensive
but well worth it MT

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"Peter Charles" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 23:58:42 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

How do you carry a net ?


Carried at the back of my neck from a D-ring, handle down, on a small
plastic clip that pops off as needed. The handle has a french clip
that is attached to a 1" elastic strap that serves as a lanyard. The
elastic strap is attached at the other end to the same D-ring.


I just clip mine to the d-ring at the back of my neck. For most fish, I find
the elastic the net hangs on is stretchy enough that I can pull the net
forward under my left arm and use it at almost full arm's length. If I feel
like I have a big fish on, I can reach behind my head and unclip the net.
The worst part is hiking through brush, as the net often gets snagged when
I'm ducking under a branch or something.
--riverman

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On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:29:35 +0100, "riverman"
wrote:


"Peter Charles" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 23:58:42 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

How do you carry a net ?


Carried at the back of my neck from a D-ring, handle down, on a small
plastic clip that pops off as needed. The handle has a french clip
that is attached to a 1" elastic strap that serves as a lanyard. The
elastic strap is attached at the other end to the same D-ring.


I just clip mine to the d-ring at the back of my neck. For most fish, I find
the elastic the net hangs on is stretchy enough that I can pull the net
forward under my left arm and use it at almost full arm's length. If I feel
like I have a big fish on, I can reach behind my head and unclip the net.
The worst part is hiking through brush, as the net often gets snagged when
I'm ducking under a branch or something.
--riverman

The veclro and elastic strap keep it from bouncing around and snagging
stuff.

Peter

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Ken How do you carry a net ?

My net has a fairly long rubber cord attached to the handle. I carry
the net on my left side, at the height of my hip so that the rubber
cord crosses my chest (the upper part of the rubber cord loop is on my
right shoulder).

I guess this is an ancient method, but it's not too bad. The net will
of course get tangled to all sorts of bushes, but I can easily remove
it from obstacles since the handle tends to be where my left hand
is. I can also easily carry the net in my left hand if I pass
difficult terrain. This method wouldn't probably work if I had to
climb a lot among bushes.

I've never tried those fancier locking systems.

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I simply use one of those oversize zinger thingies clipped to a D-ring on the
backsrap of my chest pack. I chose a zinger with a weak return spring, so that
if the net does get caught in the brush, it won't whack me if it suddenly
breaks free. Thhe net hangs close to my back, and doesn't often get snagged.

If I am fishing light, using a small hip pack, I will sometimes attatch the net
to the belt that holds the pack, but most of the time, on "light" days, I will
be fishing small streams for small fish, and will not bother with the net at
all.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

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Ken Fortenberry wrote in
:

lid
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

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.

Definately go for the magnetic hook release. It's well worth it. The
nylon holder should be slipped around the part of the net that holds the
bag, so the handle hangs down. Reach to the small of your back to grab the
net. To return it to stow, just get one magnet near the other magnet, and
physics does the rest

Scott

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lid wrote...
How do you carry a net ?

I tuck mine into my wading belt to keep it secure and out of the
way. Doing so also seems to provide some back support and I
desperately need every bit I can get.
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