Sean O'Flaherty
Senior Member & Supporter
What landing net handle sizes do you use length wise for river
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Graham Elliott
Senior Member & Supporter
Same as I use for barbel 3 metres.
Matthew Thompson
Active Member
Same as graham, i use a drennsn super specialist extends to 3m dependent on my swim so i can cover all angles
Richard Isaacs
Senior Member & Supporter
Same
3m Drennan super specialist for both barbel and pike.
30” and 36” for barbel and 42” for pike all my nets are rubber coated now. Would never go back to a bare fiber mesh again.
3m Drennan super specialist for both barbel and pike.
30” and 36” for barbel and 42” for pike all my nets are rubber coated now. Would never go back to a bare fiber mesh again.
Guy Leeder
Senior Member
Not sure if anyone knows the answer to this but anyway...
I have a Drennan Specialist, which locks just fine for the first half of the shaft, but wont lock at the bottom half.
Do the two sections just pull apart, to enable to me access and clean etc?
I have a Drennan Specialist, which locks just fine for the first half of the shaft, but wont lock at the bottom half.
Do the two sections just pull apart, to enable to me access and clean etc?
Richard Isaacs
Senior Member & Supporter
Yes they do.
Unscrew cap, push collet out the bottom, unscrew collet then push the section back inside and pull it through to extend it till it comes right out. It will feel tight at the yellow lines but it will go.
DO NOT DO THIS UNLESS YOUVE REMOVED THE COLLET COMPLETELY
Unscrew cap, push collet out the bottom, unscrew collet then push the section back inside and pull it through to extend it till it comes right out. It will feel tight at the yellow lines but it will go.
DO NOT DO THIS UNLESS YOUVE REMOVED THE COLLET COMPLETELY
Sean O'Flaherty
Senior Member & Supporter
Thanks a lot I’ve got that covered then
Bill Walford
Senior Member & Supporter
I had a similar problem a couple of years ago and it was after some pillock wanted to get too close while I was unhooking a fish. He assured me that he hadn’t trodden on the landing net handle BUT after that fish my Drennan wouldn’t lock. I put a slight bend in it by anchoring the bottom against my foot and sure enough a crack opened up. I bought some black shrink tube off eBay which has a crisscross weave. I overlapped the crack by about 6 inches each side and it compresses the handle nicely not allowing the crack to open and the locking works spot on now. Hopefully yours just needs a clean but if cleaning doesn’t cure it check to see if it’s cracked. If cracked it’s been trodden on !
Guy Leeder
Senior Member
Thanks all.
I'm assuming the handle can be used at full extension without having to lock in this case then? Without risk of it all sliding out if the inner comes out the back end of the handle?
I'm assuming the handle can be used at full extension without having to lock in this case then? Without risk of it all sliding out if the inner comes out the back end of the handle?
Richard Isaacs
Senior Member & Supporter
No. You can’t use it with out locking it.
you need to read my post again. You can’t pull the inner out the back any more than a few inches because it’s pinned at the other end. Remove the collet out the back remove pole out the front.
Simon Archer
Senior Member & Supporter
I think the trick is to not over tighten the top section in the first place, (guilty your honour) Drennan recommend a quarter turn and that's about right. Over tighten it and the metal screw strips the plastic thread inside the collet and it doesn't then expand the collet and the handle doesn't work very well. Contact Drennan and they'll send you a new one, at least they used to.
Guy Leeder
Senior Member
Get you, perfect, thanks.
Graham Elliott
Senior Member & Supporter
After Thursdays couple of fish including a 19.12 just one take today.
A really hard fighting 23.2.
Had to slide down the bank on my chuff end to play and net it.
A really hard fighting 23.2.
Had to slide down the bank on my chuff end to play and net it.
Richard Isaacs
Senior Member & Supporter
You do get some cracking pike out that river Graham. Very well done indeed
Joe Winstanley
Senior Member & Supporter
You must really regret moving to Herefordshire Graham!
Top angling, your making it look easy.
Top angling, your making it look easy.
Graham Elliott
Senior Member & Supporter
Lots of walking Joe. And common sense tbh
Paul Stockley
Senior Member
Paul Stockley
Senior Member
in the car !!!!
Wayne Pevy
Senior Member
Not good enough, rather not bother with the pic to be honest, but that's up to you!!
Richard Isaacs
Senior Member & Supporter
I agree entirely Wayne. An Impressive specimen fish just dumped straight on the floor.
Pike are 100% sight feeders and fast swimming ambush predators. Why would anyone risk damaging their eyes and fins and potentially her ability to hunt effectively for the sake of not walking back to the car for the forgotten Mat. AND...If that was not possible then certainly the photo should of been the sacrifice not the fish.
Makes you wonder where the limit is!! Landing net? Forceps? Wire traces? At what point dose one think ........“I should go back to the car because it’s not safe to fish without that”.
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