Custom Landing Nets For Sale

[Brian K. Shaffer]

nice nets.... quality above most i've handled.

idea to make an " Ozark Anglers 2010 " net ?

Brian

[vanven]

Those nets are great Jeff. Have you given any thought to replacing the cloth net with one of the new rubber nets?

[jeffr]

Those nets are great Jeff. Have you given any thought to replacing the cloth net with one of the new rubber nets?

Thanks for the compliment. I did some digging and, yes, i think i might be able to add something like the Brodin "ghost" rubber net (http://www.brodin.com/Ghost_Bags.html). It would add about $30 or so to each net (cost + their shipping). Jeff

[vanven]

Thanks for the email Jeff. I will check out the nets again and get back to you.

[eric1978]

Jeff, do you use marquetry on those, or are the handles jointed some other way? I assume you steam bend the veneer to make the hoops? They sure are beautiful pieces of woodworking.

I love wood, too. Here's an ash rod holder I made for my canoe. Don't mean to hijack your thread, just thought you might like it.

[Gavin]

Those are really nice nets. Great work!

[jeffr]

Jeff, do you use marquetry on those, or are the handles jointed some other way? I assume you steam bend the veneer to make the hoops? They sure are beautiful pieces of woodworking.

I love wood, too. Here's an ash rod holder I made for my canoe. Don't mean to hijack your thread, just thought you might like it.

I wish I could do marquetry. The handles that have multiple colors like #30 (purple & yellow) or #23 (Red-black swoosh) are made by cutting the curves, sanding (and sanding and sanding) to fit them together, then glueing with Titebond III waterproof glue. I make a block of multiple colors, then cut to size for the handle. On ones like #20 with the spots, I drill shallow holes in the handle then insert a piece of wood it cut out using a plug cutter. On #20 I used Smoketree (a yellow-wooded local tree from the cedar glades) to make a yellow spot, then I drilled a smaller hole in the yellow spot to add a black Ziricote plug. I show my steam box and form for steaming and bending the frames on my website.

And nice cup holder. The ash made some nice figure. Jeff

[eric1978]

And nice cup holder. The ash made some nice figure. Jeff

I just used ash because I think that's what the factory thwarts were made of, and I was surprised, too when I put some Tung oil on it that the grained popped so much.

Have you considered using a bandsaw for your patterns? Stack two pieces of planed stock on top of each other (one of each species, say, walnut and tiger maple, or whatever combo you like....you seem to find some good ones). Use masking tape to keep them stuck together, draw your pattern on the top piece, and cut both of them together on the bandsaw. Now your top left piece of maple will fit together perfectly with your bottom right piece of walnut. You'll have enough material to do two identical (but opposite) net handles. You know what I mean?

I'd love to be able to do some bigger projects, and it's always been a dream of mine to build furniture. But machines are so expensive, that every time I wind up with a few hundred bucks to spend I wind up buying more fishing gear.

I'm pretty much a novice, and you seem to know way more than me, but this website has a lot of great tutorial videos from basic to advanced techniques:

http://thewoodwhisperer.com/

The guy who runs the website is a young guy and he does some killer projects, and is a very good instructor for doing it through webcasts.

Keep up the good work! If I was a trout fisherman I'd definitely have one of your nets!