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Large net this time!  With a 33 inch handle, it's ready for some serious boat time fishing the salmon and steelhead waters of Idaho.  Even though the handle was made of some "plain" black walnut, it still had some amazing figure and color variations in it.  A bright red bubinga outer hoop really makes it pop.  The black walnut I had was not quite long enough, so I extended the handle with another piece of black walnut.  Maple, and bubinga thin strips make a nice accent to the lower handle.