Popular Design Combinations After looking through the pages on creating your own net, wood choices, and custom features, if you are still overwhelmed, here are some  suggestions. I have observed at the fly fishing shows that the following nets are some of my most popular design combinations. These are the styles that are the first to sell. I try to keep a selection of these nets avaliable for quicker delivery. By far the most popular combination is the Western style handle, with a standard sized hoop. Constructed with a walnut hoop and a light wood handle inset of spalted maple, quarter sawed sycamore or boxelder all seem equally popular.  A catch and release bag  makes this a great working net for the trout fisherman. Two other excellent combinations are nets with either a hoop and handle of walnut or nets with a combination of  mahogany and sycamore for the hoop and handle.  They seem popular in a the Beaverkill handle style with a standard sized hoop.                                              Another popular combination is a cherry wood handle inset with a hoop of sycamore and walnut. This seems popular in a varity of handle and hoop styles.