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Landing net
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:22 pm
by Harry H
I'm sure we've all had a few of these nets go through our hands but I don't think this one has seen the light of day since it was purchased you can even still smell the linseed oil in the mesh.
Re: Landing net
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:49 pm
by Olly
And now illegal?
Re: Landing net
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:19 pm
by Jeremy Croxall
I had one in my youth, weren't they alloy framed?
Re: Landing net
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:58 pm
by Harry H
Jeremy Croxall wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:19 pm
I had one in my youth, weren't they alloy framed?
That's correct
it hasn't oxidised at all it was in the bottom of an Eefgeeco holdall along with a hardly used 11ft Rodrill float rod which is probably due to having a split ferrule.
Re: Landing net
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:48 pm
by Grumpy
Blimey!That net takes me back,my very first landing net was identical to that.
Re: Landing net
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:29 am
by Catfish.017
Grumpy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:48 pm
Blimey!That net takes me back,my very first landing net was identical to that.
And mine too! I have one now in very good condition and occasionally I take a deep whiff of the mesh and that oily aroma takes me right back to the first time I used the original to net a half pound Carrot Pond Rudd.