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Landing nets are essential tools to get the carp from the water to the bank safely.
There are many sizes, and types available, suiting many budgets.
We recommend a net of at least 40 inches, and these are now available from around the £35.00 price mark.
An inexpensive 42 inch landing net from Chub.
The things to consider when buying a landing net are as follows.
- Size - We recommend 40 inches as a miniumum, however
unless you are fishing for catfish and need a larger net, a bigger net
is more cumbersome, and tricky to use.
- Mesh - Some nets
have a mixed mesh, the smaller the mesh, the more fish friendly it is
however, moving the net through the water is more difficult. Mixed mesh
nets have finer mesh at the bottom of the net, and larger mesh at the
top for ease of moving through the water
- Depth of Mesh - If
its too deep it will be tricky to move through the water, but if its
too shallow you will loose fish at the net, as you think the fish is in
the net, but it isnt.
- Quick Break Down - The more expensive nets have a quick release mechanism to release the mesh from the handle in one easy action
- Lenth
of pole - Again the more expensive nets usually have a pole which has
more than one section enabling it to be broken down more easily.
- Shape
of the net - Triangluar is usually the norm as it will give you a
bigger "target area" to net the fish, however round and pan shaped nets
are also on the market.
- Designed for Carp? - Trout fishing nets are usually too small, and are not recommended for Carp Fishing
The last point about nets is there is a fairly new standard mark
that we are aware of but at this time do not know what it looks like.
This mark indicates the net has passed some recommended standards, and
it may be worth asking your local tackle shop about this to find out
more.
Our recommendations are as follows;
Chub Storm Landing Net - £34.99
Fox Xtreme Net - £99.99
JRC Roamer Landing Net - £99.99
We
have also heard good things about Trakker, and Nash nets. In this day,
its harder to buy a bad net, than a good one, as long as you are not
trying to cut corners by using a net designed for another species
(match fishing nets spring to mind here), then it will be ok.
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