Making a Long net

[Guest world.hunters]

alright lads

 

iv made a fair few of purse nets but all with hemp and its very niceto work with i am now moving onto making rabbit, hare gatenets and long nets, iv got a few questions

 

-whats the thinest nylon that can be used for hare gate nets

-how many knots with nylon as i know it can slip quit easily

[Branch 0]

If your making gate nets my advise is to make them in hemp as nylon is a real arse to keep tangle free in short pieces and they also double up as end nets for ferreting those awkward thorny hedges.

As for long nets if your making 25 yards then hemp isn’t to heavy though 30 yards plus is nylon territory. I use 4z or 6z .as for hares I have never had problems using 6z and I cant see one getting out of a 4z either but any debris on the ground and you will be making one a week!! As far as knots go you need to be tightening them right then they don’t slip but doubling is better than finding two weeks in to a long net that its got a slipped diamond and the jobs going tit ways!

Let me know how you fair.

[Guest world.hunters]

thanks alot branch

 

what mesh sizes do you use when and what death when making them from nylon

 

cheers

 

merry christmas mat

[Rabbithunter 456]

if you are hand knittign a net, i wouldnt use nylon as you can buy nylon sheet netting.

 

i use a 4 1/4" mesh, but other lads use 4", 4 1/2" its what you prefer

 

only need to make them about 12-14 meshes deep

 

i wouldnt use anything less than 6z for hares

 

with twisted nylon twines, you have to double knot.