Longnets, knitting the mesh square

[Guest The Big Fish]

Just wondering of those that make thier own longents, how many knit the mesh so the net hangs square, rather than diagonal?

To explain exactly what i mean i have illustrated a couple of cheesy diagrams

 

Square mesh diagram:

 

Diagonal mesh diagram (typical machine made type):

[OldTrapCollector 377]

Fish,

 

I have always knitted diagonal meshes but I thought that the early trammels had the larger windows of square mesh (?)

 

I would think the net would handle better with extra bagging if the net was diagonal rather than square as it would bunch up so much easier, rather than ending up like a tennis net.

 

OTC

[DUCKWING 302]

WELL LADS ,

 

IVE MADE QUITE A FEW TRAMMELS FOR LADS , AND A FEW FOR THE FISH MYSELF ...... ALWAYS USED THE SQUARE MESH ON THE LARGE MESH , AS FOR THE SMALL MESH I CANNOT SEE THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING SQUARE RUN MESH ........ AS THE WHOLE POINT IS TO HAVE THE GAME PUSH THROUGH INTO THE PURSE OF THE SQUARE..........

PERSONALLY , I ONLY KNIT SQUARE FOR THE LIKES OF HARE / PARTRIDGE ETC , ETC NETS , WHICH ARE DEEP

 

 

ALL THE BEST

 

DUCKWING

[paulus 26]

i make all my long nets and stop nets in square mesh. it just seems to entangle better and seems to hang better.

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Edited March 25, 2007 by CHALKWARREN

[mole catcher 1]

HAVE A LOOK AT THIS

 

 

BUGGER,didnt work. HAVE A LOOK AT THIS SITE knotsinded.com. shows you how to knit all types of net.

Edited March 25, 2007 by mole catcher

[FERRETBOY 680]

HAVE A LOOK AT THIS

 

 

BUGGER,didnt work. HAVE A LOOK AT THIS SITE knotsinded.com. shows you how to knit all types of net.

 

its not working mate

 

good hunting

 

rew

[Guest The Big Fish]

I think the link that mole catcher was refering too is this one http://www.knotsindeed.com

[Guest Rabbiteer]

When I make a net I get alsorts of patterns and shapes outa the same mesh. Some big holes, some small, some with slip knots, some with no knots.