Spro rubber dip landing net

[Ramram]

I'm looking for a landing net that packs down nicely to fit in a quiver and have been looking at the spro rubber dip net here

http://www.thepikeshop.co.uk/nets-2/spro-folding-landing-net-new-2015-detail

I want a smallish net for roving on the rivers catching silvers etc, and thought the 50 cm would be a fair size?

Does anyone have any feedback on these nets? Is the mesh fine enough at 5mm and how are they measuring the dimensions... Would the 50cm be equivalent to a 20'' pan net?

 

[stillwater blue]

I bought the same net around 5 years ago as a lure net and apart from tightening the screws on the flip head it's still as good as new so it's a tough net.

I wouldn't like to use it as a silvers net because it's short handled, heavy and the mesh is far too deep. The diameter of the mesh doesn't seem overly large to me but then I've never used the net with small split shot.

For river roving I tend to use a standard net on a drennan super specialist landing net handle.

 

[Ramram]

Thanks Stillwater Blue

That's the kind of feedback I was looking for... I do have a drennan handle so will get a suitable net for that.

It's always difficult to carry a pan net, I usually carry a gardner net with my chair when I go barbel fishing but won't have that luxury when roving...

The collapsible pan nets from korum etc don't really appeal either, being banana shaped when collapsed they won't fit a quiver.

 

[stillwater blue]

Why does the pan net have to go in the quiver?

Can't you leave it screwed into the landing net pole and carry the pole in an external pocket?

 

[Another Dave]

The net in the OP looks perfect for me. Has to be a fold up net for me because a couple of my swims involve going through thorny shubbery.

 

[Ramram]

Yes as Another Dave says, bankside obstacles and a rather long walk mean having a net out is less than ideal.

I did see they offer a 2.0m handle with the net in the link, is it really quite short or actually 2 meters? I rarely extend the drennan to a full 3 meters when barbelling the same stretches.

 

[maggot_dangler]

Looks the same as the Maver folding net i use that suffers from the screws coming loose the same .


PG ...

 

[dave m]

use a standard net [korum 30" latex is ace] and fit it to your pole with the prologic quick release connectors. it'd go in in less than 5 seconds, makes it dead easy to weigh fish in the pan net head too.

 

[stillwater blue]

Yes as Another Dave says, bankside obstacles and a rather long walk mean having a net out is less than ideal.

I did see they offer a 2.0m handle with the net in the link, is it really quite short or actually 2 meters? I rarely extend the drennan to a full 3 meters when barbelling the same stretches.

That'll teach me to look. I must have the model before this, pretty much the same net but a redesigned spreader block.

 

[Ramram]

I was wondering if I was missing a trick just ordering a net head but in the end that's what I've ended up doing.

Went for a 20" drennan super specialist in the end for £13.20 delivered.

I already have a 30" gardner barbel spoon so should have all eventualities covered

Thanks all!