10z Nylon For a Longnet?

[Netter 0]

I've got 100yds of 10z nylon netting, and I know a young lad who's just started ferreting this season. He is thoroughly hooked on the sport and the last time I spoke to him he was going to save up for a couple of short longnets for next season. I told him I had this netting but I have never used a longnet made from it, I've always been of the opinion of the lighter the twine the better, but wondered if anyone had any experience of 10z in a longnet, especially for a beginner.

Cheers

[The one 8,456]

I think it would be ideal for a newbie as 4z will pick up all the crap going everytime it touchs the floor and he will spend more time cleaning it than using it so he would get more use from a heavier gauge

[whippeter69 88]

I bought my first long net last year about october time and it is a 50yd 10z net. It tangles the rabbits well but the only thing is try at set the net right other wise it will not work well. The other thing it that on wet ground the net absorbs water and just carrying a 50yder in a basket it a bit hard, i wouldn't want 100yds of it. But i find the 10z a bloody good net, i have not found any faults with it

[mole catcher 1]

in my honest opinion coming from from trying this many years ago its just to heavy and doesnt help secure their rabbits, this will lead to them loosing heart.

 

a long net is designed to tangle, why take this away from a net by using heavy twines?

[Tiercel 6,986]

I think it would be ideal for a newbie as 4z will pick up all the crap going everytime it touchs the floor and he will spend more time cleaning it than using it so he would get more use from a heavier gauge

 

 

The one thing someone new to netting needs is success. 10z is great for purse net but useless for long nets. If your net does not pick up twigs bracken etc; how the hell do you expect it to catch rabbits?

 

Personally I do not mind cleaning a net after a drop, to me it’s part and parcel of long netting. When I do have to clean a net, I then know that I have made the most of whatever chances I had at catching the rabbits that were available to me.

 

 

 

TC

Edited March 23, 2009 by tiercel

[Wild Boy 0]

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Edited July 3, 2009 by Wild Boy

[Sterry 0]

i would go for the 6z longnet, you need it as said to be flexible and light enough to tangle up otherwise the rabbit will just be stopped. the 6z i prefer purely as it sets out nice.

 

that said im no expert.

[postiepaul 0]

spiders and webs and flies. The spider sets a fine but strong web to catch the fly, and longnetters should do the same to catch the rabbit. 4z is the best mix of fineness combined with adequate strength, it is capable of holding a rabbit by the toenails if necessary and Ive been glad of its tangling power manyatime. I would prefer a light and easy net, rather than one thats gonna cause a big sweat just to carry and pick up.

[trappa 517]

10z is too heavy. My mate got a hundred yards longnet in 10z but the rabbits just bounced off them-useless! i bought it off him and am making purse nets with it, which is the only thing its good for.

[joe woodward 0]

i have 4oz and think it rubbish. picks every little twigg up.

[Wild Boy 0]

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Edited July 3, 2009 by Wild Boy

[mole catcher 1]

i have 4oz and think it rubbish. picks every little twigg up.

 

same with any net im afraid. use it where theres twigs and they will get picked pu, use it on a flat horse paddock then no they wont. Use it ferreting in a wood of course it will, set it on a golf course no it wont.

 

anyone seeing a pattern here?

 

I have used all sorts of nets be they machine made or hand made hemp nets and one thing that is the same for all of them is this, if there is rubbish on the set the net will pick it up. If the lighter weight nets were so shite how come i rate my best killing net as a hand made one in a twine that aquates to a 3z?, whilst the worst net ive ever seen out in the field has been a 10z net?

[john hubery 9]

Im with Mole Catcher here, about two years back I was given a 10z long net, having only used 4z for many years I thought the same as you lads that it would be stronger and not get damaged which it didnt but it also didnt hold rabbits, it went the way off Trappers and was long since made into 10z purse nets, another thing is at the end of the day when you have rabbits to carry the extra wieght of a basket full of 200 yards of 10z net makes a big difference

[postiepaul 0]

when I started nets were sold in 4z and 6z, and hemp. Fox nets were advertised as 10z. I reckon that the miles of 10z that didnt sell as fox nets is being bashed out as rabbit nets. They are advertised as good on bramble and gorse, meaning they can be ripped off without damage, but if a net has to be pulled off brambles how is it going to purse on a rabbit properly.

[bigrifle 24]

To heavy I would say, even for an old salt never mind a newun