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Originally Posted by alanw
Nothing wrong with using a net... it's just that the net usually goes in the water and the fish is led into it, making for a nice C&R without harming the fish, or to land a fish too heavy to lift out. I've never used one to catch flying fish 
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makes sense.. I used to just haul the fish up onto my my landing skirt. Someone told me to get one of these sof-nets by Frabill that are less traumatic than the mesh landing skirt. Plus, I used to have a habit of overwinding

and leaving my line too short.. making the "flying fish" lol..