| It is very common to see a fisherman play a | | | | stream or lake a short handled fold down net is |
| good fish till it is tired out, then he makes the big | | | | the best type to use since it is less of an |
| mistake of trying to pull it out of the water by | | | | encumbrance. The fold down net can be hung on |
| lifting or pulling it up using the leader. All too often | | | | your belt with a clip and pulled out ready to use |
| this will cause the hook to tear free from the | | | | when you need it. Speaking from experience I |
| mouth of the fish, and with a few flops he ends | | | | advise you not to drop your metal handled net in |
| up back in the water and gone forever. It is so | | | | deep water or it will sink out of sight in a |
| much wiser and safer to make use of a landing | | | | moment. |
| net to bring your catch ashore. It is very easy to | | | | There is definitely an art to using a landing net |
| play a fish till it is tired, then you can very simply | | | | properly. You definitely must not splash around in |
| submerge the net in the water and pull him over | | | | the water and jab it toward the fish. You will lose |
| the top of it. With a quick lifting motion you have | | | | a lot of fish if you do this. To do it properly just |
| him secure in the landing net, and he certainly will | | | | immerse the net in the water quietly and pull the |
| not make a last second escape this time. It is a | | | | tired fish over it with no quick movements or |
| huge frustration to lose a nice fish at the very | | | | splashing. If you alarm the fish with visible motion |
| last second simply because you are trying to bring | | | | and splashes he will probably make a final try for |
| it ashore without using a landing net. | | | | freedom, and may very well be successful. Just |
| There is a wide variety of different kinds of | | | | ease the fish over the submerged net and with a |
| landing nets available. The simplest have just a | | | | quick lift you will have him securely netted. |
| long wood handle with the net on a metal hoop | | | | You will find that rubber nets are the best type |
| mounted at the end. In actual fact this simple kind | | | | of netting without any doubt. Fish hooks are a lot |
| of fishing net is just what is needed for boat | | | | less likely to get caught in a rubber mesh net. |
| fishing where a longer handle is essential to reach | | | | When you are fishing catch and release, as is so |
| out toward the fish. If you use a short handled | | | | often the case these days, you will want to |
| net you will have to lean out of the boat to | | | | remove the hook from the fishes mouth while |
| deploy the landing net and this is an accident just | | | | doing the least possible harm to him. Fumbling with |
| waiting to happen to you, or whoever has the | | | | a hook which is caught in a net usually causes |
| net. | | | | further entanglement and is no help at all. |
| Fly fishing nets with a shorter metal or wooden | | | | Be sure to choose your landing net based on the |
| handle are just right for wading in lakes or rivers, | | | | type of fishing you are engaged in. It is definitely |
| or for fishing in small streams where there is no | | | | unwise to fish with no landing net unless of course |
| need to reach out very far. When wading in a | | | | losing some good fish is not a problem for you. |