Terry Stewart had the cm net and lost it. He saw us net a few fish and asked to take a look at it. The next tournament I saw him he had the monks pole but he had put a rubber net on it. So yea, you can get creative. I'm not sure what the price will be but that's the direction I'm heading. The monks is around $40 or $50 and then you gotta find a good rubber mesh net the same size and replace