The head of the net is oval with a width of approximately 8” and depth of 16”.
The handle is 8” long from the net to the base and is 1 1/4” wide.
Total length of the net is 25.5”
Veteran Landing Net is a design named in honor of all those that served our great country. In the first few months of startup Rustic Angler Forge volunteered to provide net frames to the local Project Healing Waters for a net building project. Project Healing Waters is a group designed to help get disabled Veterans out fly fishing and help rehabilitate them. It was a great honor to provide those first net frames to this project and felt naming a net frame to honor veterans would be fitting. Being part of a family that served during and since WWII in the Army, Navy, and Air Force it felt only appropriate to honor veterans. The Veteran features an 8-inch wide 16-inch-deep net area with a large radius top. This is a great net honors all that have, currently are and will serve this country to provide the freedom to fish in peace.
Net frames are composed of 3 separate layers of hardwood approximately 1/8” thick that are steamed, glued, and bent around a frame to form the net. Nets are finished with two coats of tung oil and 6 coats of Spar Varnish. Each net comes complete with an aged brass D-ring to be able to attach to any type of lanyard or carabiner of choice. The hole the D-ring goes through is lined with brass tubing to provide long life of wear and to seal the wood from taking on moisture. This handle design on the base of the net is designed to avoid splitting issues that come with the use of eye hooks. The net itself is a rubber net that is the safest for the fish and each net is triple stitched to the frame to provide a long life of use. Each handle is made from hardwood to provide long, comfort and an individual look no one else will have on the stream. The landing net frames finish thickness is ¾” thick. Brass pins in the handle are set and approximately 2” intervals to aid in the measurement of your catch.
All Rustic Angler Forge nets are handmade one at a time in my shop located in the San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado. The San Luis Valley is where the Rio Grande and the Conejos Rivers provide some of the finest trout waters in the state and the headwaters to the Rio Grande Cutthroat. Each net is individually designed and there are no two nets produced alike. The simple changes in wood grain provide a different look and personality to each net. Purchasing one of these nets is choosing an heirloom that is one of a kind at a price that doesn’t limit taking it to the stream every trip to land that perfect trout and making great memories.
