Mike, a 'leaf rake' will help. They are deep nets, ~18' x ~8" x ~18" deep net to hold lots of leaves before needing to be emptied, that clip onto your skimmer pole just like the regular (flat) skimmer net.
There's a bit of a learning curve for using them heres a few poential problems:
Though the leaves themselves don't weigh too much, the water trapped with them does, so if you try to pick the full net up out of the water in the middle of the pool, the pole could bend or break - pull the net back to the wall and lift it straight up out.
The leaves will try to escape if you don't keep the net moving to trap them in the bottom (a quick upward jerk will also seal the net)
The 'slip stream' of the net passing across the bottom will stir up adjacent leaves - you can either wait for them to settle out (by going to another area of the pool for a few minutes) or you can 'herd' the leaves to the shallow end for easier removal or you can start by pushing the rake out, when you get to ~max reach, quickly flip the net 180 deg and pull it back into the stirred up leaves - whem you get to the wall, flip it again and push into the entrained leaves...
If you have to walk to the edge of the yard or fence to dump the leaves, you can make it a little easier by stepping on the bag first (to squeze the water out making the net lighter) then grab the pole just behind the net with one hand - when you get to the dumping area, use the other hand to hold the bottom of the net up so all the leaves fall out.
Hope this helps - it's not a 'miracle' answer but is easier than vacing them (though you do have to do a lot of laps around the pool) if you decide to get one and are having any trouble with it, let me know and I'll help as best I can