I've seen magnetic clips, not sure how well they work when you are crashing around in the brush but that might be an option. I usually only have one with me if I am in a tube or canoe. Sometimes I'll strap one on my fly vest, but hardly ever use it when wading.
Quoting Rene Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Bo, I use a net. I put some velcro on the handle, (wrap it around the > butt) and I placed chunck of the fuzzy material on the back of my vest. By > grabbing the end of the net you can very easily flip the handle onto the > velcro and keep it there. I also use a line that a got in a casino for your > check in card and I attach one end to the net handle and the snap end to the > loop at the top and back of my vest. That way I merely reach bck grab the > handle snap it off the velcro and when I don't want to hold it I drop it as > it can't go anywhere. It works pretty good. Rene > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Tail First > > > I was wade fishing in the lower canyon of the Yakima a couple days ago and > hooked what I thought was a very large trout or possibly a whitefish. From > the way it pulled I thought it might be 18" or 20". When it surfaced it came > up tail first. I was using a nymph with a #18 dropper. As it turned out > several minutes later, when I finally worked the fish in close enough to > remove the hook, the tiny PT dropper had snagged the fatty adipose fin. The > chunky bow turned out to be a respectable 14" or 15", but not the lunker I'd > at first thought. As I clumsily released the fish, it returned the favor. > The PT dropper snapped up and became embedded in the crease of my thumb. All > these years, I've never used a trout net. Usually, I have no trouble > flicking the hook loose, but there are those other times when I'm standing > in knee-deep water, trying to take a very tiny hook out of a large, flopping > trout when I really wish that I had a landing net. Is a net an indispensable > item for most o! > f you, or just another fishing gadget that weighs you down and gets tangled > in the streamside brush? > > Bob Martin > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
