Ten Years In, Nobody’s Built a Better Mousetrap
Category: Product Announcement
Jul 17th, 2026 by sworrall
Modified Jul 17th, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Ten Years In, Nobody’s Built a Better Mousetrap |
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EGO® Fishing marks a decade-plus of its patented S2 Slider landing net system — still unmatched |
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Caldwell, ID (July 16, 2026) – More than a decade after the S2 Slider’s patented handle-extension design first launched, nobody in the landing net category has topped it. EGO’s S2 Slider won ICAST’s Fishing Accessory award back in 2010, and while other nets have picked up awards since, that’s mostly a function of the rules — a model can only be considered once, not a sign that anything’s actually surpassed the S2 Slider’s design. If ICAST ever created a legacy innovation award, EGO would be the shoo-in. Sixteen years is a long shelf life in an industry that reinvents a “revolutionary” net design every season. Most of those nets solve one problem and create two more — a hoop that’s great for bass but wrong for panfish, a mesh that’s tough on line but tougher on the fish being released, a handle that’s either too short for boat work or too long for the kayak. The S2 Slider was built around a different idea: instead of picking one net and living with its limits, build one system and swap the parts. |
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One handle, dozens of configurations The core of the S2 Slider is a twist-on, twist-off system that lets anglers change net heads, hoop sizes and mesh types on the same handle — more than 30 interchangeable components in total, spanning 19 hoop-and-mesh combinations. An angler chasing bluegill off the dock in the morning and largemouth off the bank that evening doesn’t need two nets. They need thirty seconds to reconfigure one. Handle length scales the same way. The Compact extends from 18 to 36 inches, the Standard from 29 to 60, and the Reach — built for the boat-shy fish that won’t come close — stretches from 48 all the way to 108 inches. Press the release button, pull to length, let it lock. No tools, no wrestling. Hoop sizes run from a compact 14″ x 16″ up through medium (17″ x 19″), large (19″ x 21″ and 22″ x 23″), and extra-large (24″ x 27″), so the frame can be matched to species as easily as the handle is matched to reach. |
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Photo courtesy of St. Augustine Kayak Fishing |
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Netting options — built with the fish in mind Not every mesh treats a fish the same way, and that’s the part anglers tend to overlook until a fish comes up bleeding from a knotted net that scraped off its slime coat and damaged its fins. EGO built the S2 Slider system around that problem as much as any handle feature. The lightweight rubber and clear rubber mesh options are the ones built specifically for catch-and-release: soft, non-tangle material that won’t hook fins, gill plates or hooks, and won’t strip away the protective slime coat a fish needs to survive release. Clear rubber goes a step further by staying nearly invisible in the water, reducing the stress of a fish seeing the net coming. For anglers who need more abrasion resistance or are keeping fish, EGO also offers standard nylon, rubber-coated nylon, and PVC-coated nylon mesh, including a PVC-coated version with a built-in fish-measuring ruler, useful for length limits and personal-best documentation without needing a separate tool. Every mesh option is available across the full range of hoop sizes, so the choice of material never has to come at the expense of the right-sized frame. A grip built for the fight The handle itself carries EGO’s ergonomic grip design, shaped to stay comfortable through a full day on the water and engineered so fishing line doesn’t catch or fray against the shaft during the netting attempt — a small detail, but one that matters most at the exact moment a fish is finally boatside. |
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A system, not just a net EGO’s handle tools carry the same twist-lock fitting as the net heads, which means the S2 Slider handle doubles as the base for a deck brush, a deck mop, a lure retriever, or a boat hook — turning one purchase into a small toolkit for boat maintenance and end-of-day cleanup, not just fish landing. It’s the kind of detail that rewards anglers who buy in once rather than piecing gear together from four different brands. Every net and accessory in the lineup carries a two-year limited warranty, backing up a design EGO has had a full decade to refine. From the top “We hear from anglers who bought their S2 Slider the year it launched and are still running the same handle today, just with a different head on it,” said Grant Cobett, President of EGO Fishing. “That’s the whole point of building a system instead of a single-use net — it doesn’t become obsolete.” |
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Photo by Chris Granrud |
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Ten years of feedback, one consistent theme Across hundreds of verified reviews, the same points come up again and again: an extension system that locks in smoothly and doesn’t fail mid-fight, a net that feels noticeably lighter than others in its class, and a build quality anglers describe as sturdier than anything else they’ve owned. Guides who depend on their gear holding up trip after trip have become some of the S2 Slider’s most consistent repeat buyers — proof that a design built for the everyday angler holds up just as well under daily professional use. Built for the weekend angler The S2 Slider wasn’t designed around tournament pros alone. It was designed around the angler who’s out twenty or thirty weekends a year and needs gear that keeps pace with whatever water they’re on next. That everyday focus, more than any single feature, is what’s kept the design relevant a decade in. Availability The full S2 Slider lineup — Compact, Standard and Reach handles across rubber, PVC-coated, clear rubber and nylon mesh options — is available at egofishing.com and through EGO’s dealer and distributor network across the U.S. and internationally. |
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S2 Slider FEATURES:
MSRP’s $106 to $180 |
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