The snares you have bought, are not among the best that are made, and sold,there was a thread on these some time ago ,and the genral opinion was ,they are crap,buy some off of Woodga ,or another reputable snare maker off this site.i have allways found with any job ,if you start off right ,with the right tools ,,and kit ,everything else will fall into place, look at snaremans sketches,theres enough in those to get you going,then in a week or two you will be catching more than all the lampers in Nottinghamshire,because theyve all got crap dogs
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