Measure Net vs. Brodin Net

[Rossflyguy]

I was wondering if any of you own a measure net. I was thinking of purchasing the measure net but I was afraid it wouldn't be very strong compared to a wooden net. Any insight would be appreciated.

[joshfish]

I don't have a Brodin but I have a wooden handle net and my brother has a measure net. I haven't seen any issues in terms of the strength of either net. I like the measure net because of how easy it is to get a quick measure of the fish with very little or no handling of it.

[joshfish]

The net on a measure net is also replaceable. I believe it was on here that some one took and old wooden handle net and replaced the net with a measure net one.

[donkeyhunter007]

I love my measure net. Keeps The fish from getting bigger every time a tell a story. Measure nets dont lie. I had an old measure net and hooks got caught in the net material and it was a pain. For a few extra bucks they make a rubber net for measure nets and now I am in heaven hooks don"t get stuck and rubber seems better for the fishies.

[AbelBoy]

I saw a guy on the river with a Measure Net bag on a wooden handled net.

Brodin net bags can be replaced even though it takes a little more work. I plan on replacing my Brodin mesh bag with a Ghost Net bag in the future.

AB

[Cmcculloch]

I had one of the smaller measure nets that came unhinged while landing a really large trout. A friend caught a photo of my struggle. I called it the fish that was bigger than the net. So exaggeration is still possible with the measure net. It was easily fixed.

[Scott V]

I use the measure net and have not broken it or needed to replace the net. I have held bass in it up to 7 pounds. And tons of trout up to 25 inches.

[roywest]

I got a wooden handled net when I started fly fishing again a couple of years ago.

I wanted some notion of the size of the trout I started catching, so I got a tape, a file, and a Sharpie.

I measured out 2-inch increments, starting from the handle edge of the net, working up to the handle.

I filed/sanded a bit at each increment and drew a line and marked the length: 14", 16", 18", 20".

Looked good.

I measured again and discovered I was off by two -- so 16" at 14", 18" at 16", etc.

Hilarious. I was lying to myself with instrumentation before even getting to the water.

[Mike O]

I bought a measure net replacement net, and put it on the wood handled (el cheapo) net. They come with a zipper, and just zip right on over the frame. They come in multiple sizes, too. Measure your net, buy the appropriate size.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

We sell lots of both and have not seen any failures.