Question

[Coatesy900 0]

Hey, I have never yet been longnetting, always just used purse nets, but the idea seems much more appealing than having to do each individual hole.

 

I am wanting to get a longnet, and recon about a 50 yarder will do fine for me, but i was wondering what the difference betwwen quickset longnets and traditional. Presumably quicksets are better (as they are quick to set?) but as I dont yet know what the difference is, I thought I'd better ask

 

Cheers, Coatesy

[stubby 175]

traditional, you'd have a 50yd net, end pins and poles, either hazel or fibre glass, put end pin in ground, stretch net out, inserting a pole at any corners, put other end pin in ground, walk back put rest of poles in,

 

quickset, poles are fixed to net, all held in a basket, no pins, first pole gets pushed in, walk backwards, feeding net out as you go,inserting poles as they raise out of the basket untill all net out,

[mole catcher 1]

traditional, you'd have a 50yd net, end pins and poles, either hazel or fibre glass, put end pin in ground, stretch net out, inserting a pole at any corners, put other end pin in ground, walk back put rest of poles in,

 

quickset, poles are fixed to net, all held in a basket, no pins, first pole gets pushed in, walk backwards, feeding net out as you go,inserting poles as they raise out of the basket untill all net out,

 

 

not wanting to have a go at anyone here, but why when speaking of setting a trad long not does everyone talk about back pegging as if thats the way to set it? doesnt anyone know how to peg as they set? this being the correct way to avoid tangles and picking up debris?

[stubby 175]

like anything mole catcher, I wasent going to write an essay on the subject of both types, was just trying to put in in plain english, once the member has chosen a preferred method, he can locate more information

[mole catcher 1]

like anything mole catcher, I wasent going to write an essay on the subject of both types, was just trying to put in in plain english, once the member has chosen a preferred method, he can locate more information

 

so in plane speaking terms when someone asks how to go ferrting the answer without writting an essay will read.....

"buy a ferret, buy a collar (optional) a few nets and stick your stinker down the hole and away you go your ferreting"

 

there you go, how hard is ferreting? no skill in that at all, in fact i think ferreting is a game for mugs with no skill at all

[stubby 175]

no mate, Id tell them to read all the old posts on here, as the question has been asked many times before, the same as all the other questions, why waste time writing an essay, when theres plenty already here, if someone is serious about something they will do the research,

 

so someone asking me how to control rabbits, would get a simple explanation from me on, gassing,live catch,shooting,hawking,ferreting etc, which hopefully would then see them asking more about one particular method, to get more info on, rather than me writing an essay on each subject, in future I'll simple direct them to you, as you know best

[mole catcher 1]

no i dont know best, far from it in many cases. but what i do know is im sick to my back teath of those with no or very little experiance in long netting telling new comers to the sport that to long net is to back peg. And this is happening more and more on internet sites, dvds and in books, How the hell are filedsports ment to progress if the same old tripe is being banded about in the guise of honest knowledge.

As you well know stubby, there have been times when you have gone to the defence of a method when a member has been spouting rubbish as knowledge. As for simply refering all questions with the reply of "look in the threads mate" where does that leave this site? because surely if all we have to do is read the other threads why not lock the whole site now and call it an internet publication?

do that and you loose the freedom of speach and when thats gone so has debate.

 

im sorry if this comes across as an essay but some things just have to be said

[stubby 175]

ok fair point, the only reason though that I can see for us having this debate, is that I replied to this post, 8 minutes before you, coming off of night work, I was keeping it simple as my bed was calling me, now I dont know weather you were coming or going, but as yet, within all this arguing with me as to why I did'nt give the guy the proper description on using a tradditional longnet, where as you seem to know what the true way is, yet you have yet to tell him

[amroth29 0]

mole catcher , whats your version, im interested in the difference as well/

[Coatesy900 0]

Not trying to stunt the debate or anything, but all you had to say mole catcher was that backpegging is not the only way to go about it. Also, I didnt want an essay, just a general discription of the differences between the two, which I think stubby acheived (albeit the part about backpegging).

 

Thanks for the info guys,

[mole catcher 1]

Not trying to stunt the debate or anything, but all you had to say mole catcher was that backpegging is not the only way to go about it. Also, I didnt want an essay, just a general discription of the differences between the two, which I think stubby acheived (albeit the part about backpegging).

 

Thanks for the info guys,

 

Ok i stand corrected

[will.f11 24]

i must admit, im hopeless at pegging as i go and my only way is to backpeg. And i would have thought that if you are new to it surely this would be easier?? so i dont know much but personnally find my way the easiest lmao