Re: Sand spam

[Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>]

unclescott wrote:

snip...

> 
> Soft nets cushion the impact. Those same fine meshed nets are great not only
> for harvesting eggs and live foods, but for netting fish, especially those
> with larger spines which might get tangled in the net mesh. Of course those
> nets don't last quite as long as the heavier, more convention ones.

A little trick I have found useful for softening the usually-stiff green 
nylon (?) nets -- boil them. A quick dip into a pot of boiling water does 
marvels for making them soft, yet does not seem to hurt their longevity. 
[Seems to me I read that in an old aquarium book -- Axelrod and Schultz, maybe?]

Wright

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