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"Gandalf" wrote in message
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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

keepnets are unfortunately made that way now unless you pay the big bux, i
have 2 that dont sink well
i have stitched a couple of small weights onto the opposite ends of the
bottom in order to sink them.
nothing worse than trying to land with them if the water is on the move,
more fighting than the flamin
catch hehe. if it has the straight seam on the bottom you may be able to do
same as me with a small
weight each end the seam, if its a round bottom then a single wieght in the
middle should do it, perhaps
a small 1/2 ounce ledger type weight or something like that?

1/2 lb would be better. I use a sea weight but a mate uses a section of lead
pipe on a short cord which seems to sit very well.

I mean to experiment with a length of lead cored rope (commercial
skate-netting bottom-line) threaded into the net to stabalise it and add a
little stiffening. Problem - depending on which bank of the river I'm
fishing - On one bank I'll want it on one side of the net - on the other
bank, the other side - and I haven't worked out how to deal with that aspect
yet. The idea is that it holds one side of the net on the bottom and
prevents it rolling with less need to peg it out.

Cheerio,

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