Aloha,
Does any one know how to tie a net for a japanes glass fishing float? The glass ball is about 14" in diameter.
thank you
mike waggoner
Here’s a link: http://www.olypen.com/elgato/ballnets.htm
Not very detailed instructions, but maybe this helps?
Regrds,
-Kari Nikrus-
hello Mike…
…there are a couple of books:
Downeast Netting from:
http://www.peasouppublishing.com/
and: Knots for Beachcombers and Mariners from:
http://www.angelfire.com/ak/skateworld/index.html
…you can get japanese glass floats on eBay…
…some of them can get expensive but they are nice!..
Dan-Alaska
I found the directions for this application of netting in the book “Knots for Beachcombers and Mariners” by Ron Edwards.
Good pictures!
Looking at http://www.olypen.com/elgato/ballnets.htm shows warping onto a grommet, netting a cylinder, inserting the float and gathering the netting into a lanyard.
I prefer the method shown in the Ron Edwards book. One strand of cord is tied in a spiral around the float. No 12 pairs of cord ends to deal with.
Thanks Tony. Rather than try and reinvent the wheel, as it were, I just ordered that book. Unfortunately for my bank balance, I saw a couple of others as well, but hey…