In message , Gandalf
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A quick and stupid question about keep nets. I bought a keep net last year
but never even opened the packet. Took it today but was unable to use it as
it bloody floats and has no weights on the lower end. Am I missing something
here or is there a new idea about keep nets

You'll need to add your own weight(s) to the end of the net - I use
2*4oz sea leads (basically large pear leads). In my 30 years of fishing
I've yet to buy a net that had them supplied/built in. I only normally
use a keep net when match fishing anyway, or very occasionally on the
canal in winter when roach fishing at the bottom of the near shelf as I
feel that releasing the fish straight back into a close in swim can
affect the fishing. On the canal I peg both ends of the net to the bank
to prevent it being moved about by passing boats, but you need a long
net for this to keep plenty in the water for the fish - my main
keepnet's 3 metres long.

Will
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