Retractable fishing net

An improved fish net device comprising:

• a substantially hollow handle;
• a collapsible net frame insertable into the handle;
• a net for engagement with the net frame;
• a reel assembly including rotation means and cable, the cable extending within the hollow handle and attached to a slider, the slider for maintaining the collapsible net frame adjacent the handle when the collapsible net frame is in the extended position and for sliding within the hollow handle, the reel assembly engageable with the collapsible net frame to move the collapsible net frame between an extended position substantially outside of the hollow handle and a retracted position substantially within the hollow handle;
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• a pulley, the pulley near one end of the handle and the rotation means of the reel assembly near the other end of the handle, the cable engaging the pulley and rotation means for moving the collapsible net frame between the extended and retracted positions, the rotation means including a rotatable spool on which is mounted a spool handle, the spool handle for rotating the spool and moving the collapsible net frame between the extended position and the retracted position.