Id say, give it a go, if its cheap, how much are you going to loose, when I first started, I used pidgeon proofing net which we use at work it had a 2x2 square hole, made up about to purse nets just by cutting large triangles out, they worked well, but were a bit still, also made a 25yd longnet, which worked too, although only used it once before getting the real ma'coy, theres no substitute for a proper net