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Wooden Fly-Fishing Landing Net - LeGrand - 03-28-2011 For those who have gone steelhead and/or salmon fishing. A fly-fisher on the salmon River showed me his landing net (a Brodin make), I was impressed and saw that net as perfect for steelhead landing (as for salmon, well you first have to catch a huge one to consider the problems of landing it). Which would you recommend (one day I'll surely get one) a Brodin, a Leland or a Loyd H? Or, do you have any other recommendations. I have big ordinary fishing nets, but they don't hold confortably hanging on your back while wading. Thanks. Brodin web site [url "http://www.brodin.com/"]http://www.brodin.com/[/url] Leland web site [url "http://www.flyfishingoutfitters.com/p/p.aspx?mlid=2277&gclid=CMPsmf7O8acCFcm8KgodXQwcWg"]http://www.flyfishingoutfitters.com/p/p ... KgodXQwcWg[/url] LDH web site [url "http://www.ldhnets.com/steelhead.htm"]http://www.ldhnets.com/steelhead.htm[/url] [signature] Re: [LeGrand] Wooden Fly-Fishing Landing Net - flygoddess - 03-29-2011 I use three different sized wooden and one Bamboo. One net is Orvis and has a very long handle for drift boats. The other two wooden nets, ly are no longer available as the company is no longer. They are Tropical Lightning Creations , and real works of art. One of them is a long handle pontoon boat net as in the picture (rubberized net), the other is a big rectangular sort of shape, with a shallow rubberized net for C&R and it hangs off the back. The bamboo is a great river net. Smaller net but can handle 20" fish. The cool thing about it, is the handle if bent over forming a hook. Just hang it off your belt or even the upper part of your waders. It is made by William Joseph http://www.cabelas.com/nets-wading-staffs-creels-william-joseph-hook-3.shtml?type=product&WT.tsrc=CSE&WT.mc_id=GoogleBaseUSA&WT.z_mc_id1=744632&rid=40&mr:trackingCode=CF889052-F5D2-DF11-82EF-001B21631C34&mr:referralID=NA I love wooden nets. Hubby lost his longer TLC net while at Henry's last year.....[:/][] [signature] Re: [flygoddess] Wooden Fly-Fishing Landing Net - LeGrand - 03-29-2011 Thanks flygoddess, Nice net. I do have a small wooden one for float-tubing and stream fishing, but I'm eventually looking at the possibility of one that I would be confortable of handling a bigger fish (e.g., steelhead). Love that idea of bent wooden handle. Noticed on the web site provide by you that they only have one size. [signature] Re: [LeGrand] Wooden Fly-Fishing Landing Net - flygoddess - 03-29-2011 Yea, they are smaller river nets. I will probably replace my hubbys with a Brodin. I like this one: http://www.brodin.com/Pro_Cut_FT.html But I am thinking the ghost netting. [signature] Re: [flygoddess] Wooden Fly-Fishing Landing Net - MatchT - 03-30-2011 I have been looking into a net recently as well. I wonder how easy it would be to replace my existing cloth net with a rubber coated net? I have read reviews that the rubber coated nets are lighter then the heavier 100 %rubber net(ghost). any thoughts? suggestions Match [signature] Re: [MatchT] Wooden Fly-Fishing Landing Net - flygoddess - 03-30-2011 Rubber nets are heavy. Alan likes the bigger holes in the Ghost net. I have mixed feelings. I see the hooks going through the holes and wrapping around something. The holes on my net are smaller, so hooks "HAVEN'T" fallen through. I would think, if the net is the right size, it wouldn't be that hard to change out a net. [signature]