Korda Spring Bow 5ft + 5ft Landing Net 42"

Korda Spring Bow 5ft + 5ft Landing Net 42"

This new addition to the Spring Bow range was designed for those anglers who require a longer landing net handle but also demand the lightweight strength of a premium net like the Spring Bow.

The Spring Bow 5 + 5 has all the premium features expected from the original Spring Bow; reverse taper handle, the ability to float without a net float and ultra strong lightweight carbon. However, on this extendable version we have strengthened the ribs on the JAG engineered spreader block, giving even greater strength and reliability.

The key difference is the multi-piece net handle. The net comes with a standard 5’ spigotted handle, with the option of adding an additional 5’ extension or a shorter 2’ extension, creating a longer 10’ or 7’ net handle. Utilising these added extensions gives this net its versatility when fishing waters with shallow margins or with large drop-offs down to the water’s edge. Furthermore, utilising the full 10’ when zig fishing makes netting fish much easier. Worthy of note, the 5’ spigotted handle is not meant to be fished in isolation at 5’ and should always have an extension fitted at either 7’ or 10’ as these extensions have a beautifully turned stainless steel point to protect the end of the landing net handle.

Available in 42” shallow mesh version only and comes complete with a heavy duty dark kamo storage sleeve with separate pocket for the net.

The Spring Bow Journey:

Like rods, landing nets can be a very personal choice. Aesthetics, function and price always influencing most anglers’ decision making when purchasing a new item of tackle. 

We took our inspiration from a classic design from the past. Available in the early eighties by a shop in North London, Dons of Edmonton. Their Spring Bow was a brown fibre glass net, featuring a very unique, heavy stainless spreader tube, but that said it was the net of the era and the only serious choice for the carp fisher of the day!

The fashion of today seems to be for very thin handles similar to or matching an angler’s carp rods. 

We have gone completely against this trend. For performance it was incredibly important that both the arms and pole had inherent stiffness. By having a very low diameter pole, you increase weight because you must increase wall thickness, thin handles are simply not as good to hold in use. A higher diameter handle increases stiffness, is easier to use and more comfortable to grip. We can utilise a thinner wall section without having to compromise on strength or weight. 

Manufactured from ultra-light, high performing carbon fibre in a stunning satin black finish. With a beautifully turned 316 stainless steel point in the end. This has helped to create a net that is so light, that when fully assembled and in use, lays perfectly on the surface of the water without having to use any kind of net float. 

One of the key design points was to make a ‘statement’ spreader block. Something extremely light, very strong and unique in appearance. From concept to production, we updated the design four times over a period of about two and a half years. The final version is stunning to look at. Engineered by our friends at JAG, it’s incredibly light, but more importantly so very easy to use and assemble the arms into. As you offer the arms up to the block, you’ll notice inside it has a slight oval shape to it, we have machined the block so that it has what we call a “leading” edge. This makes additional space for the arm as its flexed and pushed into place. The arms exit the block at the perfect angle of 91 degrees, this along with using the stiffest arms we could make without compromising assembly give a truly lovely shape to each assembled net. Each arm has an oversized machined, anodised aluminium, rounded end, designed so that it won’t push through the mesh and damage it. This part holds the thick green cord between the arms, with zero stretch and a perfect curve in the arms this keeps everything as tight as possible and helps reduce drag as it’s pushed through the water.  

The aluminium spreader block is machined out on both front and back faces, (you can see the arms sitting inside).  This feature further reducing weight and giving its “chassis like styling”. We’ve added a small slot on the front face that fits a 15mm isotope (NOT included) and engraved on the back with the Spring Bow logo. The final touch was to spray the block in a hard wearing, ceramic, gun smoke finish.