net material

[ferreterni 29]

Does anyone make nets with anything other than the standard nylon, hemp polyester you can buy in country shops?

 

I ask cos I have been using some stuff that I saw in the local pound shop haha was £1 a spool (big). thought I'd check it out. Have made purse nets and stopnets. It is easy to knit. holds the knots well doesn't tangle. Have left an off cut of net out in rain for months to test it and although it's gone green its still as strong as it was. It must be man made but I don't know what it is. It had a label in the wrapper saying was from a foodstuff company and I have recently seen very similar stuff being used on river cottage. In butchery.

 

It is good stuff and I have enough for purse nets and stopnets for ages. And only a pound a spool. Just shows it pays to keep your eyes open. Unfortunately twas just a off and not regular stock.

Edited November 29, 2008 by ferreterni

[ianrob 2]

Does anyone make nets with anything other than the standard nylon, hemp polyester you can buy in country shops?

 

I ask cos I have been using some stuff that I saw in the local pound shop haha was £1 a spool (big). thought I'd check it out. Have made purse nets and stopnets. It is easy to knit. holds the knots well doesn't tangle. Have left an off cut of net out in rain for months to test it and although it's gone green its still as strong as it was. It must be man made but I don't know what it is. It had a label in the wrapper saying was from a foodstuff company and I have recently seen very similar stuff being used on river cottage. In butchery.

 

It is good stuff and I have enough for purse nets and stopnets for ages. And only a pound a spool. Just shows it pays to keep your eyes open. Unfortunately twas just a off and not regular stock.

 

sounds good stuff mate, I'll take ten balls.

[ferret110 27]

Could be Rayon

[The one 8,513]

As you said the big test is what happens after it gets wet then dried ? but if your happy with it go with the flow when i was at school i made my nets out of anything i could get hold of just to build the net numbers up

[ferreterni 29]

its definately butcher string. Can't get any more. But a ferret book I have from the 70s mentions it as rayon and is good stuff. Bit heavy to carry as a stopnets though.

[auld salmon 28]

ive got a long net of a old fella its made out of the same stuff as seat belts nice and light no had a go with it yet

[Sterry 0]

A few years ago i found a purse net on a shoot so picked it up. It has a thick woolen draw cord and although im pretty sure the actual net material is nylon, it has a almost waxed feel to it and it rarely gets tangled as much as the other nylon. i would love to find out what the stuff is on it....i would treat all my nets with it.

[pikey2983 2]

i got some stuff mate the army use it para cord its green and really strong

[ands 559]

Does anyone make nets with anything other than the standard nylon, hemp polyester you can buy in country shops?

 

I ask cos I have been using some stuff that I saw in the local pound shop haha was £1 a spool (big). thought I'd check it out. Have made purse nets and stopnets. It is easy to knit. holds the knots well doesn't tangle. Have left an off cut of net out in rain for months to test it and although it's gone green its still as strong as it was. It must be man made but I don't know what it is. It had a label in the wrapper saying was from a foodstuff company and I have recently seen very similar stuff being used on river cottage. In butchery.

 

It is good stuff and I have enough for purse nets and stopnets for ages. And only a pound a spool. Just shows it pays to keep your eyes open. Unfortunately twas just a off and not regular stock.

Definatly rayon brittiant stuff (hard to dye though) same as the longnet in the gallery