First fish landed with my new gear. I purchased the Nash dwarf mat and sling and a 36” NGT net, and NGT handle.
The Nash sling is incredibly well made, and has some nice padding for the fish. (My 8 year old actually fell asleep on it last night.) It worked perfectly for unhooking, weighing, and sliding the carp back into the water. I can also use it as a bag to carry extra stuff to and from the bank.
The 36”NGT net is nice and big enough for what I am doing. Glad I didn’t go 42” or 50”
The NGT Quickfish 3.0meter handle however failed on landing this 5 pound fish. Upon lifting the fish out of the water it snapped in half. It seemed quite flimsy with just the weight of the net, but I assumed it could handle a fish. Maybe user error, maybe I bought the wrong handle for the application? Anyhow I will be contacting customer service asap. If you have any good recommendations for a quality handle, please let me know.
Thanks for reading, and tight lines!
Posted by DistributionTotal756
2 Comments
Most handles will be ok if you slide them back through your hands with the weight of the fish still in the water and grab hold of the spreader block instead of the handle. I’ve snapped plenty in my time trying to lift with the handle haha.
Edit: lovely fish by the way
Generally speaking carp handles are not designed to lift the fish out the water, you should be getting the fish then just keeping the arms of the net above the water and bringing it to the edge, then you want to break down the net and roll it to lift the fish out with it. I dont know if the net you have does this though