Folding pan net for Barbel

[Nigel Whittingham]

Anyone recommend a folding pan net suitable for Barbel?
No shops near me have any to look at and have been put off the Korum ones with bad reviews. (I’ve got a plain pan net i use for Tench etc which seems ok?)
Larger the better as long as it folds but imagine 30” is the one to go for?

 

[Alan Palmer]

Replaced my Korum one with this Gardner target net 30”, had a decent drop on it for resting fish and solid metal spreader and arms. Folds easy and lightweight. Not got it wet yet, first time on bank with it now, so not really a user review but impressed with build quality

 

[Nigel Whittingham]

That sounds like the one! I generally like Gardner stuff too. I’ll order one to try.Thanks

 

[Christian Tyroll]

I had one of these and really liked it, a little more awkward to carry about than a triangular net but I guess that's the trade off. I stupidly let some kids use it on a park lake, one of them wanted to get a towel out of the margins. They scooped it up and lifted the landing net, with a couple of them holding the handle, that was the end of the net. The wet towel was massive and must have weighed 10+ kg. I have taken the net off though and crammed it on to a drennan specialist frame as I like the depth of the net.

Wychwood Specimen Quickfold Net - Large 30ins

Wychwood Specimen Quickfold Net - Large 30ins

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