I am setting up a new seine. I've two eight foot sturdy poles. Should I cut them down to six feet? The other question I have is how much weight should use. So far I've taken the weights from a 24' frabill and added them to this 8 footer. Do you think I should add some more? Any advice is appreciated thanks.
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Seine rigging
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 10:31 PM
It is a Memphis Net and twine 1/4 inch mesh. 4x8 feet. It will have to serve as a all purpose seine.Rigging your seine is almost a personal as your choice of wine. Tell us more about your net and what you want to do with it. What size is it (length X width)? What mesh size? Who made it?
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 10:49 PM
I'd guess it came with a standard weight set? They seem to weight them correctly but you might want to add weights if you don't plan on serious distance walks and feel you don't get a good seat on the bottom in riffles. To be honest I don't think adding weight helps much in riffles. Either the net seats well or it doesn't and adding weight isn't always the answer. Personally, I'd try the net as is and see if it fits your style. You can always add weight/floats later.
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Posted 30 January 2007 - 08:37 AM
I am setting up a new seine. I've two eight foot sturdy poles. Should I cut them down to six feet? The other question I have is how much weight should use. So far I've taken the weights from a 24' frabill and added them to this 8 footer. Do you think I should add some more? Any advice is appreciated thanks.
Carl
Six foot poles are plenty long, I'd probably go to five feet. As to weights, like Ed said, it depends on what you're planning to do with the net. I've put light chains on a net for use in a highflow stream, but even just a few extra lead weights clamped on the bottom line would have a good effect too.
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Posted 30 January 2007 - 06:56 PM
Uland deserves credit for that, not I.Six foot poles are plenty long, I'd probably go to five feet. As to weights, like Ed said, it depends on what you're planning to do with the net. I've put light chains on a net for use in a highflow stream, but even just a few extra lead weights clamped on the bottom line would have a good effect too.
I modeled my net after what I saw Skipjack do. I used electric cord bundlers to tie the net to the poles. It worked really well. They make a low-profile version of the bundlers, so you don't feel it so much when gripping the poles.
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