[kevin]

Originally Posted by blacksmith

hours not that long to make the net but the cordage can take a long time did not work on it that much
it has maybe 60 feet of cordage in it what you can see

my biggest problem making one was keeping it all uniform; I believe a tool of some sort is typically used to keep long cord in check; and to get uniform openings. this part I do not know.

[ozarks dave]

thats awesome blacksmith. and kev it looks good when its uniform but if it catches fish when you need it to then who cares what it looks like right?
keep up the great work guys. im thinking kevin, about getting a 4x8' peice of osb plywood( about 6 bucks at lowes) and taking 1'' drywall screws and making a pattern for a ''networking board''(lol). it would give you the uniformity you are looking for i think. you could hang it up on the wall and it would be the right size for a hammock, shelter stabilizer etc... 4x8 would go accross a small river area easy or stream... tricky part will be marking screw holes, but a chalkline would help in that...

[Foxfire]

Nice looking net Blacksmith. Did a great job on it.

[crazydave]

theres a how to somewhere where they use the fabric they make football jerseys out of as its a form of net. floats at the top weights at the bottom for a seine net

[snowshoe67]

Blacksmith nice Net work ! I like to try that. 60 feet hmmmm nice . Great Job!!! Could you sleep on it like a hammack?

[Omega]

How do you get strips of cedar bark that small without them breaking?

[blacksmith]

this may help

Starting Your Net-More than Fish and Hammocks

Cordage : Netting, Hammock, Bag, Splice, Glue

Cordage

work the bark green and wet or soak it in warm water not hot
the book cedar has most of this in it but you need both books
cedar and Indian fishing early methods on the northwest coast by Hilary Stewart
they are great survival books if you are on water

[stew22]

Thanks for the added post with links now I see how you did it.

Very cool.

[blacksmith]

glad to help

[Jack Aubrey]

WEell done, Blacksmith! That's something I'm going to try myself soon.