thin on the ground

[smithie 2,443]

Mr wilks gave me the net.. he thought it shite or it would still be his lol

[Mr Wilkes 3,036]

 

[terryd 8,572]

If there was ever a time I was going to skimp on bagging it was when I made this pissing thing 

I got it done with a 100% and it catches fine. Yes I dropped a mesh on the running line lol

Edited January 20, 2019 by terryd

[micky 3,325]

The first net of my own was a 100 yarder that I got off of an old Fellah from Nottinghamshire  me and  a old lad set it up one night at a place named Launde Abbey , when we walked to the field of and reached the net the sheeting was blowing lie a Spanish Galleon in full sail , them Notts lads could rig a net .

[fred90 3,267]

I am from right on the Derbyshire /Nottinghamshire border. there used to be loads of old longnetting chaps all local. for some reason 70yd nets where the most popular always 100% bag

[Mr Wilkes 3,036]

Did you ever run out with the old timers Fred ?.

[fred90 3,267]

3 minutes ago, Mr Wilkes said:

Did you ever run out with the old timers Fred ?.

no it's a generation I missed out on. fortunately 1 of the old guys showed me the ropes & gave me a net. he was well retired by this time but his knowledge was a great gift to me. 

[Mr Wilkes 3,036]

You are very lucky . I couldn’t get anyone to teach me so used a quickset for years before I travelled to Suffolk and was taught how to peg as you go.

[fred90 3,267]

8 minutes ago, Mr Wilkes said:

You are very lucky . I couldn’t get anyone to teach me so used a quickset for years before I travelled to Suffolk and was taught how to peg as you go.

strangely enough all the old timers employed the backpegging method. no one would peg as you go. I think reason for this was there was that many at it no-one ever had to go on there own. 

[smithie 2,443]

3 minutes ago, fred90 said:

strangely enough all the old timers employed the backpegging method. no one would peg as you go. I think reason for this was there was that many at it no-one ever had to go on there own. 

Maybe they was not as botherd about spooking a rabbit or three due to the shear numbers that once was. Now you can't afford to spook three as they might be nothing left once they run off. Causing the netter of a More recent time to think a little more about how they go about it?

[smithie 2,443]

25 minutes ago, Mr Wilkes said:

You are very lucky . I couldn’t get anyone to teach me so used a quickset for years before I travelled to Suffolk and was taught how to peg as you go.

Ha ha. I only had to  go 30 miles

[fred90 3,267]

Just now, smithie said:

Maybe they was not as botherd about spooking a rabbit or three due to the shear numbers that once was. Now you can't afford to spook three as they might be nothing left once they run off. Causing the netter of a More recent time to think a little more about how they go about it?

sounds about right. remember we are talking times when there was big numbers. chap who taught me had 63 on 1 drop 2 nets. 

[Mr Wilkes 3,036]

Food for thought Smithie .. I personally thing they didn’t know any better.

[fred90 3,267]

I had never been taught peg as you go. I had always netted in pairs. its only now I have started again I am Billy no mates I am working alone. 

[smithie 2,443]

I dont know how far back pegging as you go became popular but I know it was before I began. But there was a time when the internet became popular and a place where like minded people could bounce/discuss ideas. I'm sure some would have been pegging as you went before tinternet happened but a lot more since..