Travel Landing Net Pole Help

[Anthony O'Dell]

Can anyone offer advice on a landing net pole that when collapsed / broken down has sections under 2ft in length?
Am after a 6ft pole either telescopic or unscrews into 3 sections.
I used to have a Fox Stalker telescopic, but mislaid it a while back, and dont think these are available anymore whcih was a shame as it was ideal
Transport contraints mean it cant really have sections longer than 2ft

Cheers

Tony

 

[Chris Jones]

The Fox Stalker might still be out there if you dig enough.
http://www.castawayfishing.co.uk/show_product.asp?id=135
http://www.fostersofbirmingham.co.uk/tourist-landing-net-p2985http://www.climaxtackle.com/fox/landing_net_accessories.htm

Hope that you've got money to burn for the Shimano travel net!http://fish.shimano-eu.com/publish/content/global_fish/en/nl/index/Products_2011/special_concepts/tribal0/tribal/tribal_stc_landing.html

http://www.gofishing.co.uk/Angling-Times/Section/Tackle2/Coarse-and-Carp-Fishing-Tackle/Fishing-Accessories/Landing-nets/Shimano-Tribal-Short-Session-STC-landing-net-and-handle/http://www.englandangling.co.uk/displayProduct.asp?prodCode=TLSTCLNhttp://www.total-fishing-tackle.com/shimano-tribal-stc-landing-net-pole

 

[Derek Funcks]

Anthony, buy the cheapest handle you can find, cut the sections in half, then put the thinner sections back through the wider sections.

Does that make sense. :confused:

 

[Tony Rocca]

I bought two 6ft telescopics poles last week from Chapmans, a fiver each, less than 2ft long when down.

Ok so they are not the strongest poles in the world but will suffice.

 

[Steve Hayward]

Greys have a new one out according to my local dealer in their Prodigy range - waiting to see it he said it was better than the Fox Tourist one he sold me.

 

[Brian Willson]

Hi Tony,
i dont know if this is suitable, but i bought a cheap short telescopic pole,just as a spare.
http://www.daiwasports.co.uk/products/coarse/accessories/544/1/landing-net-handles
2.25m ( 7.5 ft ) 4 piece telescopic................2feet long when closed.
cost about £10.
hope this helps.
Brian.

 

[Will Smith]

Don't bother with cheap multi-section telescopic "match" style handles. I went through three different brands of these last season in succession. They might seem like a good idea at the time but just invariably split where the metal thread meets the handle. I nearly lost a net head when one snapped off with a chub in it under the force of the river flow.

The other annoying thing with them is that even though they are short when closed up, as soon as you start moving around with them the handle ends up sliding out at the most annoying moments (usually when you are climbing over a fence!).

This was one of them:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TUBERTINI-2M-...tingGoods_FishingAcces_RL&hash=item56424f4ec6

Looked good on paper but pants in practice.

 

[Brian Willson]

Hi Will,
you are absolutely right, i did say i kept it as a spare, it's kept in the motor when i travel, you only get what you pay for.
When i was roving, i used the fox stalker, i adapted the end using some very tiny diameter bungie elastic which you can buy from camping shops, this was used along with a clip taken off an old measureing tape, they were whipped on to the end of the handle, the clip was used to hold the short handle onto the belt and the elastic stopped the handle from extending, yes i know it sounds complicated but it worked a treat, the net was one of those folding ones, the whole set up cost around £80 but at the end of the day it was worth while, i have had it years.
Brian.