Setting Baggage

[wingnut 27]

Hello i have got a hundred yard net, poles and grommets, but wondering what baggage some you more experienced people reckon on here, and also how would i set the correct baggage, basically i trying convert a traditional net into a quickset, i gather to set the poles every 5yards for example but how much of the net do i bring back to set the baggage.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[shabadoodoo 16]

5 yards between poles is 10 yards of net for 100% bagging

[Fat-Ferret 857]

You can count the meshes between each pole and leave it exact, personally when I am doing this, I put on the end poles and shake the mesh evently right across the running lines and then add my poles, you will get a fairly accurate spread.

[albert64 1,882]

you could tie it in but only tie in on the top line

[Tiercel 6,986]

Hello i have got a hundred yard net, poles and grommets, but wondering what baggage some you more experienced people reckon on here, and also how would i set the correct baggage, basically i trying convert a traditional net into a quickset, i gather to set the poles every 5yards for example but how much of the net do i bring back to set the baggage.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

First question that springs to mind is, how do you know that you have enough net for a 100 yard net with 100% slack? The net may have been rigged with 50% slack.

 

There is only one way to find out and that is to count the meshes. Count 90 meshes, put a piece of string on the selvedge mesh, count another 90 and do the same. then when you have finished each piece of string repesents 5 yards of net rigged by halves or 100% slack.

 

By the way, the bag in a net, is the depth of the net when set. That is the distance between the head line and the footline along the depth of the net. The more mesh there is and the lower the net is set the deeper the bag will be.

 

 

The bag is how far back the net extends from the head and foot lines.

 

TC

[micky 3,325]

thats a mean looking bit of net

[wingnut 27]

thanks everyone for there replies, will update how i get on with it later, looking for a dry day to be able run it out and set it all up,

[postie 427]

Hi Wingnut, read the thread at the top of the page. It's very easy and it works .

 

Good luck Postie

[wingnut 27]

thanks postie