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Right guys, I feel that I have some valuable input for this thread as I have just returned from a good session on th BA at Avoncliffe during which I failed to record the weight of my PB fish due to landing net issues. Having landed a very good fish which I reckon would have gone somewhere between 12.5 and 13 pounds I took the fish up the bank in my NEW Dean Macey spoon and removed the hook, I then returned the fish to the water to recover in my NEW Dean Macey spoon net and prepared my scales and camera for weighing and pictures. Another angler then arrived and was kind enough to offer assistance with photographs, thank you if you are a BFW user, I didn't get his name. Upon lifting the fish clear of the water to be photographed and weighed, my NEW (brand new, first time out of its cute little green bag) Dean Macey net proceeded to snap cleanly in half at the spreader block and send the fish straight back to it's watery home. So in my humble opinion, I wouldn,t touch them with a f****n barge pole!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was slightly annoyed. However, I also own a latex Korum net (not a spoon but a triangular giant thing).Although this net has been very good since I have had it, I find the latex covered netting very bulky and awkward if you are trying to walk about with it or pack it away. In esscence, I would recommend a spoon with a good drop to it and a strong spreader block as well, no need for latex as we have coped with smelly nets for years(unless you intend to use it for a bit of piking as trebles do not penetrate them so easily) I won't go as far as to tell you what make to get, but you would probably do well do spend an extra few quid on it. In the mean time I'm off to sulk with my glass of Rioja and contemplate whether Mr Macey should retire from the tackle game as well as the decathlon.........!? Hope this is of some use to you,

Tight Lines (and strong nets)

Andy.

PS still sulking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!