Care & Maintenance

There is not a lot of maintenance needed on your net.

Though they are designed for water and for fishing and for light abuse as one might administer crossing a stream or river, some care should be taken.

Remember this is a Quality net and it will last a lifetime if taken care of.

Here are a few things I strongly recommend.

Handle carefully around hard objects, like rocks, trees, truck bumpers, fishing buddies, and other like objects.

When done fishing wipe the wood down with a dry soft cloth. This is not mandatory but a good practice.

You net came in a Flannel bag, this is a great place to store it for long term or short term.

Hang or store in a dry location preferably on the top of a pile not the bottom of the pile. Heavy weight on an uneven surface over time may cause your net to warp or bend.

As with all natural wood products the wood can and will change constantly, most all changes are invisible to the naked eye, but all natural wood products change. Things that cause this are Heat, Humidity, Moisture, Outside physical pressure, constant direct sunlight, abuse and other factors. Try to avoid these.

Other than the bag , the bag hanging twine and the laminating materials, all nets I produce are 100% natural wood and susceptible to these changes. The better care you take of your net the better it will hold up for you.

That said, if all of the above is ignored and the net is not physically abused it can last a lifetime and may someday look like the one my grandfather had hanging next to his fishing creel and fly rod in the boatshed in the bottom of that cabin he built all those many years ago. That net of his had a thousand tales to tell. Someday yours will too.

The main thing I recommend for your net is for you to take time out and go use it. Go by yourself, take a friend, teach your child to fish, take your significant other, just go fishing and if you are ever near Lake Wenatchee look me up I may be free to go fishing with you. I will bring the Rainier beer.

Tim Gellatly