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| Barry |
Rope & Canvas work, Netmaking ;-)How Do All
Please check out my web site for pictures and info on the Rope Canvas and Net Craft what I do 
http://www.ropeandcanvas.co.uk Here is a little taster. This is a hand braided monofilament cast net, there is more info at the above link. 
Take care, Barry
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| mayfly |
willothewisp is after one like this....a piece off art alright, nice work barry. |
| fish |
have you used it? ime impressed withit!  
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| fishy1 |
Wow. I made a couple of feet of netting like that, I can only imagine how long that took.
I still don't quite understand how the bag closes. Is it pulled through the horn in the middle? |
| Barry |
How Do All
Thanks for your kind words, I have not fished the net yet but I have had plenty of casting practice with it, I am looking forward to fishing it this year some time, but I actually made it for the pleasure of making it so if I gets no fish in it I will still be happy. Fishy1, The net took over 150 hours to complete and each knot actually consists of two seperate knots as mono line tends to slip with a standard mesh knot. The net works like this: the hand line is attached to a swivel, from the swivel there are 24 brail lines (60lb mono) these go through the horn (ring in the middle of the net and are attached to the lead line oround the perimiter of the net, you can see the brail lines clearly in the picture. After throwing the net (which is no easy task in itself) the net will sink fast over the school of fish in a parachute like dome, when it hits bottom or is a deep asyou want it to go you start to pull in the hand line, this then draws the lead line towards the center of the net as the brails are pulled through the horn, this is how the bag is formed. when you lift the catch out of the water you hold the horn and lift it up as the brail lines slide back troug it the bottom of the net opens up and releases you catch. I hope this helps you understand it a little better? Take care, Barry
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| Tidal_wear |
Barry,you from West Drayton?Got a few mates live there,used my cast-net in the general area  Fishy,I saw an advert in a local agricultural mag a few days ago,a netting supplier selling cast-nets for under a tenner(no pound sign on this keyboard)the only problem is for that price you have to buy 5 or more,they are quite hefty so I couldnt even hazard a guess at shipping costs
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| fish |
heres one for sale on evilbay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-cast-thro...PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
| Barry |
How Do All
Tidal_wear, yes West Drayton, Where have you used your net around here. If you think the cost of shipping in this country will be high, I ship all my lead net weights from the U.S, costs an arm and a leg but it still works out cheaper than buying a not very good alternative in the U.K go figure? Postage in the U.K for a cast net might be around £10.00 that should cover you up to 25 kg'sby TNT personally I would not be interested in comercially available nets, most are made in China and India, and consist of panels of machine made netting that have been laced together you may be really lucky and get one that has the panels netted together, either 8 panel pie section or bull's eye style, inferior quality materials and workmanship. In the U.S maker whom consider their nets to be "hand made" are a bit misleading as they actually mean that they have netted together the panels of machine made net in a proper fashion. and they charge a resonable price for them $120.00 - $400.00. A totally hand braided net is another matter, the price £ a lot 
Take care, Barry
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| Tidal_wear |
I have a 100% hand braided net in storage back in the UK Barry,given to me by a marsh arab in the euphrates delta back in 1992 Barry,nice piece,much better than the commercial models I have used.Cost of shipping from here would be prohibitive,I freight things back often and know the weight of these nets
I use my net on the Thames and various lakes around heathrow normally for pike-livebait but sometimes for trout
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| Barry |
How Do Tidal Wear
Nice picture, but which one is you? you must be the good looking one with the hat Sorry.
Seriously though a net like that would be a treasure for anyone to own and to be given one by someone whos livelyhood depends on these nets for food and income must be a great honour
I would truly love to see the net if you are back over here any time. BTW where are you if not over here? I had never though of trying the Thames before. I was planning on fishing for Mullet on the coast but now you have me thinking about Trout mmm.. I used to fish at Farlows lake years ago when I used to visit relatives living down here. I am from Cumbria originaly. I know what you mean about the weight my net weighs in at about 4+ kg's I am only interested in catching eaters in it so I made the mesh 1 3/16" Bar 2 3/8" stretched. Take care, Barry
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| fishy1 |
Barry, that explanation was excellent, before I had kind of thought they operated like a large seine net where the leadline is pulled in to make a bag. I know I could buy one, but making one is more of a challenge and gives you the knowledge to fix everything in it. |
| wabbiter |
Barry,Cumbia, i thought how do was'nt middlesex, you're from ""up north "" good ..mack
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| Barry |
How Do Mack & Fishy 1
Barrow In Furness is where I come from, my family are from all over the Lakes, and have been involved in mining, farming, black smithing and ship building amongst other things. I moved down south for the work and shorter journey times to the rest of the world. Fishy 1; glad the explanation helped you, in my honest opinion the cast net is probably the most challenging net to make but also the most astheticaly pleasing net to make and look at. if you need any help with your net I would be happy to help. Take care, Barry
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| Tidal_wear |
Farlows 
Yeah,the Thames is fine,you get a few odd looks but so what,I have seen people doing much stranger things along the banks than casting a net Give it a try
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| asemery |
Cast net
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/13...idian/Real_Florida__Cast_do.shtml |