Heres 6 of the long nets poles that i have just finished off.
First i cut them off at 5 ft lengths and then put them on the radiator for 3 weeks, then i sanded them off and then cut some points sanded them too. On the bottom and then cut them into 3ft lengths. After that i cut the bark off of the top of the stick and sanded them smooth. After that i then started to straighten them out, i watched the video of the man straightening the hazel long net poles, can remember his site name sorry, in the video he uses a flame but i havent got one of those so i used my mums electric hob and that wor