Net

The Bug Catching Net is an item used in A Link to the Past. It is received early in the game from a sick girl in Kakariko Village, as long as Link has at least one bottle when he talks to her. Link can use it to catch bees and fairies in empty bottles. Unlike other games in the series, in A Link to the Past, Link cannot swipe an empty bottle through the air to catch things, he must use the Bug Catching Net.

As a bizarre easter egg, the Bug Catching Net can also be used to reflect Agahnim's magic bolts back at him.

Trivia
This item also appears in Soul Calibur II as Link's "Funny Weapon" (each character's final weapon, which is worse than any other one). Some examples from other characters are: a galley oar, calligraphy brush, feather broom, and a shephard's crook, with a brief description of "I guess there are no fairies in this world..."