I fish with a backpack, and I attach the net to the backpack. I’ve tried attaching the net with carabiners (too fiddly) and magnets (not strong enough; I’d often find myself bushwhacking alongside a stream only to find my net caught by a branch several feet behind me). For the past six months or so, I’ve been using a side lock buckle. This is your standard webbing buckle, the kind that you squeeze on the side to open up. This is the exact buckle (3/4″ size) that I use. I have the net dangling off the bottom of the left shoulder strap. To both attach the buckle to the backpack and attach the net to the other half of the buckle, I’ve used a couple different sizes of zip ties.
This works really well. I can easily clip and unclip the buckle to grab the net, and the buckle never accidentally comes undone.
Hi Tristan,
Thank you for introducing me to tenkara fishing. I live in
Maine and prefer fishing smaller brooks and streams and it’s difficult here using a regular fly rod. I got frustrated and stopped and then I found your videos. I just got my first tenkara rod last week and am waiting somewhat impatiently until April 1 so I can get back to small stream fishing. It’s been a lot of fun scouting out potential fishing spots while I wait for the season to open.
Thank you also for recommending the book about beavers, Eager. My local library had a copy and I just started reading it and am enjoying it.
Keep up the good work with your videos and best of luck with all of your fishing trips!