brickies line

[andyrose 8]

Got fed up of coming back from ferreting, a net or two light. so i'd been toying with the idea of using orange nets for a while. I picked up a spool of brickies line yesterday, paid £1.95 for 180m, and is bright orange. Only managed 3 nets out of it, and went for the thickest i could get but on hind sight could probably done with going a little thinner.

Has anyone else tried it and what do you think? Does anyone have any alternatives?

[lamping rabbit 11]

i wish i could nit my own nets mate .....lol

[longnetter 32]

Yes mate...one alternative is to buy bright yellow nets from me...pm me or as you are a net maker, contact agouti who sells spun poly in various colours at a very reasonable price (£7.50 I think)

 

ATB

[bouncer 51]

yes i tried it and it works fine atb.

[andyrose 8]

just looked at the agouti website, looks a cheeper option, about 15 nets for from a £7.50 spool. And looked at the tutarial whilst i was there, seems to use a quicker, tidier method to me . Thanks for the advice, i'll have to give it a try

[longnetter 32]

You're welcome mate

[andyrose 8]

i wish i could nit my own nets mate .....lol

give it ago mate, i got myself a needle and a handful of rings from one of the many fieldsports suppliers that sell them, and then i got myself a ball of gardening hemp from the local pound shop( it's not top quality, but it makes serviceable nets and you don't mind cutting it off the ring and starting again). I watched a few of the net making tutorials on the net and then had ago. i was definetly glad i only paid a pound a ball for the hemp, because it took a few attempts. But it certainly gives you a sense of achievment when you nit your own, although the time it takes me i'd never be able make a living selling them lol

[oxfordblue 0]

paint the top of your net pegs in a bright colour it helps

[ace32 4]

you hit the right spot there with,

http://www.agouti-nets.co.uk/shop.htm,you wont go wrong with his gear and i can vouch for the yellow nets,i make my own with agouti,s yarn and you cant miss em,and the bunnies dont mind,

[8shot 192]

just looked at the agouti website, looks a cheeper option, about 15 nets for from a £7.50 spool. And looked at the tutarial whilst i was there, seems to use a quicker, tidier method to me . Thanks for the advice, i'll have to give it a try

 

 

how do you knitt urs

do you use shape or straight nets

how many rows do you put on the ring??

 

atb

[Jamie m 668]

paint the top of your net pegs in a bright colour it helps

yep or try counting how many you put down Edited March 1, 2010 by Jamie m

[PETEWINN 5]

Paint your pegs a bright colour, mine are yellow.

Change the draw cord to either yellow or red, it makes a big difference.

[cjw 1]

put laggy bands round your net then as you put them out put laggy band on wrist then you now how many nets you laid

works for me a treat

 

keep hunting

 

cjw

[Mick C. 229]

Some good ideas on here

[ellir0305 9]

i have been using the laccy band trick this season but a broke so many bands whilst ferreting it never worked as a tally and just ended up cutting of the circulation to me fingers lol. there was a chap on here a while back saying about cutting a notch in the peg so you could tie them up with bands and they would stay neat in your bag.

 

does anyone have a picture of said notched pegs and how you bundle the nets with them?