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The net doesn't open to it's full circumference but at least I'm getting a small O on most casts. By that, it looks like about a 4' to 6' diameter.

Now is the time to get the conditioner out, and soak the net some with fabric softner. Part of what is happening is that the net has memory in it from being too stiff. As you let it go and it starts to spread, it begins to pull back together. Happens to me with Betts cast nets. So I do the soak thing and they go right back to a larger spread.

Second, experiment now with speed. Sometimes going to fast in the throw creates enough spin that it actually causes the net's memory to slam it back shut. Sometimes, a little slower wind up and throw is all it takes.