How Long??

[Ferret kent 12g 17]

Hi all , quick question

 

How long should the poles on a long net be??

On a quickset setup.

 

Thanks

[Tiercel 6,986]

This may sound facetious, but it is not meant to be. It all depends how tall you are, you have a great big basket stuck in front of you, which will hinder your ability to bend, so the taller you are the longer the poles need to be for you to place them easily. Realisticly you only need poles of about 2ft in height to hold the net up.But placing poles of 2ft into the ground with a basket in front of you is a virtual impossibility, unless you are double jointed.

 

 

TC

[darbo 4,774]

im 5ft 10 my poles are approx 3ft on the quickset fine for me.

[Ferret kent 12g 17]

The Reason I ask is I'm using a mate longnet but it's the first time iv used one and the middle of the net ( between two poles) seems abit low??

Is there a set high the net should be??

I'm going to measure the poles in the morning.

 

And I see what your saying about high of user.

Thanks

[Ferret kent 12g 17]

Just had a look and the poles are 3ft?

[Tiercel 6,986]

The Reason I ask is I'm using a mate longnet but it's the first time iv used one and the middle of the net ( between two poles) seems abit low??

Is there a set high the net should be??

I'm going to measure the poles in the morning.

 

And I see what your saying about high of user.

Thanks

The reason for that is not the height of the poles but the spacings of the poles. A lot of commercially sold nets have the poles at 7 yard / mtrs spacings and that causes the sag between the poles. That and a few other flaws in a quick set system.

 

TC

[mad4it 694]

lets know when you are going to use it and i will come and help you mate

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

I cut my poles at 1 metre, if the ground is soft in woods etc you can slide the grommets up and get a good length of pole into the soft ground. The grp comes in 6 metre lengths I would rather cut 6 longer poles than 7 poles at around 830mm.

[leethedog 3,071]

An old.boy I used to tag along with when I was youth had some ally ones made up 4 foot long with a.little treder 6 inches from the bottom so he could stand.them in he could set a.100 yarder about as fast.as he could walk

[NELS0N 457]

My poles are cut around 83-85cm, saves on weight because 99% of the time if using 1m poles your setting height leaves a good bit at the top thats never used. Even at 83cm ive got some space at the top. We work land from north yorkshire down to penzance, i have no trouble maintaining a good headline height. poles spaced at 5 yard centres is a must for poles of this length IMO. If your poles are 7 yard centres you'll have a slacker headline.

None of my traditional nets have pegs anywhere near 1m in length, 30"-34" at the very most.