Crows Nest

[micky 3,325]

any body know how you make a crows nest with a banting line ,I was shown years ago by an old netter but like lots of things nowdays ,its gone right out of my head.

[Tiercel 6,986]

Never heard of that, do you mean the way it is wound, like a brickie winds his line on the line pins?

 

If it is? You hold a stick in your left hand make a small bundle of twine around the stick by twisting the twine on the stick, once you have the bundle you then make oblong figure of 8 loops over the bundle and at the same time you rotate the stick a quarter of a turn to the left after each loop. In practice you normally just keep winding and turning the stick at the same time.

 

 

TC

Edited January 28, 2013 by tiercel

[bobcullen79 1,495]

I haven`t a clue what you could mean, but I do know what a line is and used for.. I was imagining maybe a big easy undo-able knot in the middle of the banting line for added weight or to add more disturbance as it being dragged? Interesting topic either way.

[Tiercel 6,986]

First you line your piece of stick and do a hitch at the end, it can be wider than shown.

 

 

Next do a figure of eight loop around the stick.

 

 

 

Then rotate the stick a little and repeat.

 

 

Then just keep figure of eighting and rotating the stick. The advantage of doing this is that you load more twine quicker than just by winding it onto a stick. Every so often do a half hitch and place it in the center then if you drop the stick it won't all unwind.

 

 

TC

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Thats how you tie up a hawks creance too, sposed to be able to do it with one hand, which I can if I stand on the line to put it under tension.. Hard though with a bird on the glove..

[netrigger 568]

Called a Switch Cord up here..

[micky 3,325]

[micky 3,325]

no sticks or hitches it was done on one hand, I have done it on one finger and my thumb and its a quick method of wrapping 100 yards of line tangle free , the man how showed all those years ago used all of his hand which made a hollow ball not a hank and they called it a crows nest .If you go into a stationers and look at a ball of string that is what they ended up with .

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Nice one Micky, learnt a little today. The above method is how I put my tarp lines away.

[jack68 628]

nice to see lads openly offering advice to others,,atvb

[paulus 26]

its called a hank around here

[Tiercel 6,986]

Intresting, never heard of it though. But that is not unusual as there is no history of long netting in this area.

 

TC