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[koidaddy]

I have large oak tree's in my yard and they will do the final leave drop in a few weeks. I had this old cast net in the shed and it covered it perfect. I just cut the lines at the top and use those for side tie downs. Pond has only been set up a couple months and is still cycling some. Keeping the leaves out has been a pain. I do not have a skimmer set up on this one but do have a mag drive 1800 with the foam prefilter about 4" under the surface that keep's what does get through in one area. The large pvc pipes are just temporary untill I biuld a 3 part folding frame from 3/4" pvc and attach the net to.

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[DrDave]

What a great idea! Where do you get a casting net?

[koidaddy]

At any bait shop here in Florida. This 7' one was about $40 new and was about 15 years old.

[koikeepr]

yep, perfect use for such a net! Nice! In my neck of the woods, those openings would be too big--we get those little seed pods (my son calls 'em helicopters beause they spin when they fall), and those suckers even find their way through regular bird netting.

[koidaddy]

I now what you mean koikeeper. Some of the small ones are getting through but it stops a majority of them. The good thing is the leaves drop when the fronts move through and the wind is usually blowing which blows everything across the top of the net.