x2 - hope you wear it out. AND, perhaps it will prevent a future trebles buried in the hand incident.
On nets not being "sporting" - here's a comment I posted on an earlier thread:
Sporting has different meaning to different folks I guess. One thing that has always puzzled me is that some anglers will fish for bass in a fancy bass boat, with side imaging, using uber-sensitive big-bucks rods (often medium-heavy or stouter) with 50-65lb superline, and expensive "this will fool 'em" baits, and ski the fish back to the boat. Hunt them bass down like dogs - no mercy! And all that's OK. BUT, if you use a net to land your fish, it's somehow not "sporting"...... just sayin'
Perhaps the only "sporting" freshwater anglers are noodlers...they're also crazy...
