Minshaws73

Could any of the experienced netters explain how they keep the clove hitches from slipping and coming loose on a preset longnet. On fiberglass poles in grommets and also on hazel pegs secured with innertube bands, as when driving pegs into the ground it seems to disturb the band and the footline comes loose. Any advice would be great or even pictures as how to set up properly ? I look forward to your replies. ATB Mins73

Would any of you be interested in squirrels for hawk food, a good friend of mine is a professional trapper and allways has an abundance of squirrels that are all trapped and not shot. He is interested in possibly selling them to falconers as hawk food. He is east Manchester/Derbyshire areas. If any one is interested, please feel free to pm me for details. ATB Mins 73

As well as making up two traditional 50yrd webs, i am going to make a quickset basket method as well, i will be using hazel wands for the poles so wondered what size they should be. Are they the same size as traditional web pegs or are they longer, as the fiberglass poles on commercially bought quickset nets seem larger ? Also do i attach these with a rubber band over a clover hitch. What is the best size and design for the basket as i will be welding one up for my self, some seem to have the poles on top of the basket and others are sat behind in a hoop, also some of the baskets look huge an

Thanks fatferret and smithie for your speedy reply, would you suggest 10 pegs for a 50 yard web and also working solo would you suggest two 50 yard webs or a 50 and two 25 yard webs or what combo would be best. I am a little bit concerned about using 4z as i am worried maybe to light for a novice and tangle and pic up crap on the drop, your thoughts on this please gents ? ATB

I am thinking of putting together two traditional 50yard webs out of sheet netting for solely for netting at night, i am thinking of using two and an eighth mesh in either 4z or 6z which do you old hands recommend. And what size mesh either two or two and an eighth, also i will be using hazel wands so what is the ideal length and thickness for these. Can someone also explain why the top and bottom lines have to be free running in the net and end pins, when i would of thought when you run the web out and start pegging up you are actually tie,ing the head and foot lines in. Last question what is