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A poke net spread out to it's largest diameter. Hope that helps. TC
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If it is over ten yards then the 4ply poly will be too heavy. Personally I would go with Agouti's long net twine. http://www.agouti-nets.co.uk/ If you use agouti's long net twine you can then use the 4 strand poly as a selvedge. 3/ Yes.... But I would go for 14 meshes without the selvedges with a 4.25" mesh when the selvedges are added that would give you a 65" drop which is ample without being overly deep. Here is one I made earlier this year 100yards double stranded with 100% bagging. With selvedges it is 14.5 meshes deep. Adding the selvedges. Ready for dyi
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If you have never trained a dog before then training a GWP would be no different to training a spaniel or lab as you would have to learn how to train the dog. However, if you have gotten into the mold of training Labs & Spaniels, training a HPR dog can come as a shock to the system. You do not want the dog to stay close, you want them to range, thats how they find game by covering a lot of ground. If you are not comfortable working a dog up to half a mile away then leave the HPR breeds alone for your own sanity. I have a mate in Canada who works HPR on their grouse, they follow the dog
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Found these videos today a good watch. Enjoy. TC
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Some 10 years ago I saw my first GWP working, she was working with a MHHawk and boy did they make a good team. A couple of years later I had a pup of that bitch that turned out to be one of the best working dogs that I have owned. He would work with the HHawk, pick up duck while out wildfowling, point Woodcock, ferreting marked warrens from 20 yards away sometimes and I used him in his last season picking up on a shoot. I have never seen a breed of dog that can adapt so well to most disciplines, not only do them but do them well. Sadly I lost him when he was only 4 to lungworm. I have ano
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Only you can answer that, as you know or should know your ground. For night time netting I use 25 and 50 yard nets. For ferreting anything between 5 and 50 yard nets depending on where I am working. TC
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http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/172322-longnet-material/ TC
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Here you go. http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2085/barneys-confit-of-duck Enjoy. TC
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If you want to catch rabbits, go for the 4z. However, if you want to spend less time cleaning the nets and more time watching rabbits bounce off the net, then get a 6z. TC
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Just count the meshes, there should be 900 if there is 100% bag in the net. If it is less than 900 every 5 yards should have 90 meshes in it for 100% bag. TC Edited to add: However many meshes there are just divide them by 18 and that will give you the number of 100% rigged yards the net will make. TC
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I don't see why a net 12" in height will not catch rabbits at night. Snares are set a couple of inches lower and they seem to do all right. The only problem I could see with a 12" height is that the rabbits would be hitting the top of the net before they are standing properly on the net. My nets are usually between 15 and 18 inches all depends on how hard the ground is. TC
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Advice needed on quickset longnet, Brian brinded model
Tiercel replied to no ban's topic in Longnetting
when you say orange rubber grommets, they sound like castration rings to me. If they are make a loop in the running line and loop it over the ring. Then simply slide the ring down the pole. TC -
There is no need to add selvedges to sheet netting they are made with the net. You need to add selvedges to hand made nets because of the way they are made. TC
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I have used Steve @ Advanced since 1989 and found their service good. But their prices are not always the best it does pay to shop around. TC
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No offence mate,but ive fished for salmon sea trout alot of years and they are both salmon maybe the picture does it no justice at all they are off my mobile and the suns shinning on it both salmon ive had a 14lb sea trout 2 years ago though! Thanks though Not wanting to get into an agument, just have a scale count diagonaly from the rear of the adipose fin to the lateral line.10 to 13 Salmon 13 to 16 Seatrout. In the photo have a look at the maximil plate in relation to the eye. The fish in the photo the maximil plate goes well past the eye. Although we cannot see the end of the
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I think you will find you have caught a 17lb Salmon and a 12lb Seatrout The last photo is definatly a Seatrout. And at 12lb that is one good fish. Top marks for sticking it out. TC
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I remember an article about that quite a few years ago, I have had a search on the net for it but can't find it. I will keep on looking though, might try google cache. AJ
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Pigs are far more intelligent than dogs. I think they rank 4th in the animal kingdom for intelligence behind Man, Monkeys, and Dolphins. They are definatly more intelligent than some of the posters on here. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218472/The-700-teacup-sized-pigs-latest-celebrity-pet.html
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Over the last 30 years or so the type of work a ferret is expected to do has changed. To most people now a ferret that kills and moves on is no good, why? Because it does not give them time to dig to the ferret. Where as before the advent of the locator a ferret that either killed and moved on or simply left a rabbit was more desirable. TC
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How far away do rabbits need to be from you when you're setting a net?
Tiercel replied to StephOC's topic in Longnetting
I'm from the same time and another place. Y.I.S Leeview Spot on Leeview. -
I don't know if he has kissed the blaney stone or swallowed it. But a mate up in Pershire has told me it is lifting with rabbits in places. From his other posts he seems to have a grasp of how to longnet, a lot of what he has written is oh so true. He could have gleaned that off of any forum of course, but if he has, he has remembered well. There does seem to be some greeneyed monsters lurking on the forum these days looking for things to pounce on and riddicule. If he is catching those numbers then good luck to him I say. If he is not, does it really matter? If he is getting those num
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How far away do rabbits need to be from you when you're setting a net?
Tiercel replied to StephOC's topic in Longnetting
hi good on you for trying night netting, i dont know how far away rabbits are from me when ime netting its dark, but i would be looking to set the net about 2-5yards from the headge if the wind is blowing into the net and its a good wind then as long as you are silent then the rabbits wont bolt and if you set the net as you go, then any that do bolt will still be traped by the set net even if you havent finished setting, however with the wind we have up here its rarely perfect so it may be blowing along the net this is ok as long as its blowing to the already set part of the net where you have -
A grilse is a one sea winter fish. A salmon is a fish that has spent more than one winter at sea. You can have Salmon weiging 6lb and a Grilse that weighs the same. The only way to tell is to look at the scales, they have growth rings the same as trees. If the sacle has two or more narrow bands then it is a Salmon if it has only one narrow band then it is a grisle. As a bye, Most of the big fish caught in our rivers are maiden fish IE: They are returning to the river for the first time. Most after spending three, four or even five winters at sea. TC
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Not strictly long netting, but with nowhere else to put it I am posting it here, please feel free to move if you think it is not eligible. Yesterday I was bored out of my skull, so I made up a traditional square meshed gate net. Just because I had not made one before. The net is 12.5ft long and 5ft deep. Making the net was not plain sailing and a few problems had to be overcome. A chat on the phone with Netrigger with a few ideas bounced about and this morning I managed to sort the problems out. I set the net up on a gate to see how it hung and to my untrained eye it looks alright
