New net last year

[Driftless]

Had a fancy lacewood net made for me with a ghost bag in black and the first tree that I got snarled up in part of the bag tore. I retired it the same day and have been staring at it for a year in my closet. I tried to fix it with some power pro it looked terrible. Something that I spent so much on shouldn't tear on the first thing that I catch it in. Is it hard to rebag a net?  The one on the left. the only reason I purchased it was because of peer pressure folks telling me my net causes too much damage to the trout.

Edited December 26, 2020 by Driftless

[Mike89]

didn't know a net could injure a fish??

[Driftless]

The knots on old style nets can remove the slime coat from a trout when you're netted but the ghost nets can also. I think it's just a new thing and I was influenced. I wanted a different kind of net made of a different kind of wood but now it's nothing but an ornament and a waste of money.

[Mike89]

makes sense, thanks!