Toss the net up-and-out forcefully, at about a 45-degree angle, similar to throwing a Frisbee or discus. Outdoor Life Online Editor
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Start by making a slip knot in the end of the net's "throw line," then slide it over your left wrist and tighten (for a right-handed person). Outdoor Life Online EditorMake loose coils with the throw line from the slip knot toward the net, and hold the coils with your left hand. Outdoor Life Online EditorNow grasp the top of the cast net just below its large, round "horn." Hold the net by its horn so lead-line weights are lightly touching the ground. Outdoor Life Online EditorGather the net in your right hand just below your waist… Outdoor Life Online Editor…and place the gathered net in your left hand, which is also holding the throw line coils. Outdoor Life Online EditorCollect about half the net mesh in your right hand. Outdoor Life Online EditorReaching toward the net "lead line" with your right hand, slowly gather the net in your right hand. Outdoor Life Online EditorThere now are two halves of net; a high half and a low half. Outdoor Life Online EditorWith the net half in your right hand, roll that portion of the mesh over your left thumb and net horn and temporarily rest it there. Outdoor Life Online EditorWhere the two net "halves" meet, grab the lead line (not a lead) with your right hand. Outdoor Life Online EditorPut the lead line in your lips (not in your teeth), and hold firmly. Outdoor Life Online EditorReach down and using the small finger of your right hand, secure the lead line. Outdoor Life Online EditorWhile still holding the lead line, reach up with your right hand and grab the portion of net resting on the thumb of the left hand and the horn of the net. Outdoor Life Online EditorYou are now ready to throw the net. Outdoor Life Online EditorMake a left-to-right twisting motion to begin the throw, then reverse the twist (now right to left) quickly toward the target. Outdoor Life Online Editor
The fastest and least expensive way to catch live bait is with a cast net.
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