Just ordered a Brodin "Coho" net with ghost bag.
Will let you know what I think of them in March.
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Just ordered a Brodin "Coho" net with ghost bag.
Will let you know what I think of them in March.
I carry a net on the off chance I catch a good fish and won't a pic of it. It's easier for me to get the pic while the fish is in the net. I also have a catch and release tool, that I always carry for smaller fish or in case I don't want to take a pic. I think its probably better to use the catch and release tool than a net for the fish, but if its a good one I want a pic. :)
that's my @ cents worth,
hNt
I used to have a net attached to the back of a vest, always dangling at the ready, and I used it a lot. About 15 years ago, I quit carrying the thing for some reason, and have never looked back. I have not needed a net while wade fishing anywhere in the west. As has been said, I can simply reach down with the hemos and twist the fly out without even touching the fish most of the time. Sometimes, I hold the fish in the water with one hand while taking the fly out with the other. If I'm standing in some stronger current in the middle of a larger river, like the Henry's Fork, I bring the fish into the "eddy" created by my legs, downstream of me, and can get the largest of fish close enough to reach the fly. Eliminating the net and the bulky vest makes my wade fishing/brush busting much more enjoyable too.
In my drift boat, on the other hand, a net is a necessity to get quick control of a fish boat-side and get the hook out so they can be on their way.
I use rubber nets because they don't eat hooks like other nets. Even when I've crushed the barb, I've had times when I couldn't pull it out of a nylon net without some work. The ultimate tool is the Ketchum Release.
I only carry a net if I think I have a good chance of catching fish over about 16 inches. Any fish under this size is easily released without removing it from the water using a Ketchum Release tool that I keep on a zinger.
Yes, I carry a net. I probably use it about 30% of the time on trout. Mainly determined by the cooperation of th efish and type of water I've hooked it in. It's a 20yr old Brodin and has a traditional net bag. Don't plan on ever buying another one actually, unless this one gets lost or stolen. I always wet the net or hand first, and never have a problem. I don't use a release tool. if I want to catch fish without touching them, I'll fish for marlin :)
Yep. I've been looking for one as a wall decoration.
Bobby, that ironic, I was at my local Goodwill store not long ago. There in the old tennis rackets, etc., was a fairly old looking net. I paid the two or three dollars they wanted for it. Took some Fireline and patched the broken strands and intended to use it before deciding it looks better on the wall in my office. I have an old alumnum frame that works okay when I do need one, its just not cool, works well for a log anchor on my float tube. I have another frame I am restoring, found it on a log in the river no net and abused. It will evidentally become my working net, now if I can just find a reason to use it.
I haven't carried a net in years, especially since I moved away from steelhead. It is just one more thing to lug around, and a trout big enough to need a net requires a net big enough to be a PITA to have strapped on all the time. I very seldom find myself wishing for one.
In the order of hairwings I am more inclined to roam free and easy with my brothers the Rhyacophiliae without the net, I would be more inclined to carry a net if I were Hydropsychidae since my evolutionary life depended on it!
I don't know what you stoneflies or woolybuggers do. Sup to you.;)