Will be taking my girls (now almost 11 and 7) camping starting this Wednesday. We will be sure to get some mountain crick stompin' / fish chasin' in.

I have Megalo-mart seine and never had real brails for it. I want to use it with my girls, but given their lack of size I thought shorter brails would work better for them. Larger brails would obviously suit me better. So I have a ~6' tall, ~1.5" diameter dried bamboo brail on the "daddy" side, and a repurposed street hockey stick on the "daughter" side. My logic is the girl working the brail wouldn't have to worry about choking up on it to maintain best control like she might if she had a full sized brail.

Anybody ever tried this type of set up? Any other suggestions?

I use 6 foot long cedar 2x2's for brails, and always have. I think they work great for kids, as they can rest them on their shoulders, and use the added length for counter balance, as they pivot the net. Just my take, and my younger son has done this since he was 5. Do whatever seems to work for you and your kids, but get rid of the rigid Walmart seine and order a proper net. Jonahs, Douglas, or Memphis. They will do you much better. Many even go so far as stitching chain to the bottom, so that the net lays much better on the substrate.

I use 6 foot long cedar 2x2's for brails, and always have. I think they work great for kids, as they can rest them on their shoulders, and use the added length for counter balance, as they pivot the net. Just my take, and my younger son has done this since he was 5. Do whatever seems to work for you and your kids, but get rid of the rigid Walmart seine and order a proper net. Jonahs, Douglas, or Memphis. They will do you much better. Many even go so far as stitching chain to the bottom, so that the net lays much better on the substrate.

Good points. I don't know if I'll have time to switch up the brails now. Maybe I'll try it with the girls on the "tall" side, too. Thanks,also, for the pointers on where to find better nets. I suspected Jonah, didn't know about the others.

I buy mine from Jonah's because Mark Binkley is a friend, and a NANFA member.