Chip
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> From: Sajjad Lateef [SMTP:sajjadlateef_at_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:23 PM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: RE: NANFA-- RE: Shiner Scoop net
>
> I tried out Ray Wolff's shiner scoop as well on the last trip.
> It's pretty decent, but, I wish the handline was longer. Easiest
> way to catch shiners, ever.
>
> Also, you have to either weave the handline end through your
> fingers or make a loop to hold on to. When thrown as far out
> as possible, the weight of the hoop may jerk the handline
> out of your hand. If you do loose it, pray that you have a
> long fishing rod and an experienced fisherman to hook the
> net back out :)
>
> Sajjad
>
> --- Chip Rinehart <crin_at_glassmaster.com> wrote:
> > Dustin Smith and I had the chance to make a quick trip to the SC
> > upstate
> > Sunday morning and I was able to try out the shiner scoop I got from
> > BG. On
> > the first throw I pulled in some nice red-finned yellowfin shiners
> > (Notropis
> > lutipinnis). We took turns tossing it and pulling it in, finding
> > more
> > yellowfins, as well as some stunningly colored fieryblacks
> > (Cyprinella
> > pyrrhomelas) and rosyface chubs (Hybopsis rubifrons), which were
> > immediately
> > released as we were only after fieryblack and yellowfin shiners.
>
>
>
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