[bekko]

If I had any testosterone left I wouldn't need a net - just jump in and grab them suckers Tarzan-style.

I'm really into nets though and must have several dozen of various shapes and sizes. Almost all are hand made and several even have hand-tied mesh. The smallest is a 2-inch hoop net, largest is a 40 ft x 8 ft seine. For koi over 12 inches, its a 4-foot shallow hoop net with a 10-foot pole. Used to have a larger one, but could not handle it.

For those interested in making their own, Memphis Net and Twine
http://www.memphisnet.net
sells all sorts of mesh and, for an extra charge, will dip it in a black latex coating so it will not catch a fin ray. I buy stainless or galvanized steel rod for making hoops at a local hardware/marine supply (Kilgo's), along with hardwood poles and seine twine. Big hoops really need to be made with stainless or hardened aluminum tubing, but solid rod works fine up to about three feet diameter.

-ste vehopkins