I am busy making a "Richard Walker" style traditional landing net, just to see if I can. No, I am not moving to the dark side, Carp arent for me, its for my Barbel fishing.I finished the handle apart from custom whippings last week.
My aim is to keep costs to an absolute minimum, so far, its cost me ÂŁ10.00 for the bamboo and that is it.
The handle is flamed bamboo, finished with high lustre Yacht varnish, it is fitted at the business end with a 3/8 BSF femal thread to take the net later.The bamboo pole nodes were sanded off and I then flamed the pole using a blowlamp, I have started on the laminated bamboo arms, finished one this morning, the other is glued up and cramped , will take 24 hrs to dry .The net arms are made from split bamboo, planed up, glued and cramped, then finished off with Oak stain and Yacht varnish,they will be 32 inches long,since Barbel arent as big as Carp I decided I didnt need the net arms any longer.
I have all the bits I need to make the net spreader block to hand, so no cost there.The arm hinges are made from Brass strip, that came from a discarded Brass internal letter box cover I found, you guessed it, in a skip.
Here is the net handle... laid alongside another bamboo pole that will be made ready for another handle and net set to be made later.
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I am thinking that Burgundy whippings will make a nice contrast to the flamed cane, maybe with mettalic gold trim bands. I have not fully made my mind up about that yet.
Anyway, I will put up another post when I am a bit further along with the build.
Dave
My aim is to keep costs to an absolute minimum, so far, its cost me ÂŁ10.00 for the bamboo and that is it.
The handle is flamed bamboo, finished with high lustre Yacht varnish, it is fitted at the business end with a 3/8 BSF femal thread to take the net later.The bamboo pole nodes were sanded off and I then flamed the pole using a blowlamp, I have started on the laminated bamboo arms, finished one this morning, the other is glued up and cramped , will take 24 hrs to dry .The net arms are made from split bamboo, planed up, glued and cramped, then finished off with Oak stain and Yacht varnish,they will be 32 inches long,since Barbel arent as big as Carp I decided I didnt need the net arms any longer.
I have all the bits I need to make the net spreader block to hand, so no cost there.The arm hinges are made from Brass strip, that came from a discarded Brass internal letter box cover I found, you guessed it, in a skip.
Here is the net handle... laid alongside another bamboo pole that will be made ready for another handle and net set to be made later.
I am thinking that Burgundy whippings will make a nice contrast to the flamed cane, maybe with mettalic gold trim bands. I have not fully made my mind up about that yet.
Anyway, I will put up another post when I am a bit further along with the build.
Dave
