Can anyone tell me anything about this landing net ?
- Lincoln Ant
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Can anyone tell me anything about this landing net ?
Hello lads,I won this on an internet selling site for £5 and want to stain and varnish it before I start using it on my rowing boat.I was just curious to know how old it might be ? Thank you
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Re: Can anyone tell me anything about this landing net ?
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Re: Can anyone tell me anything about this landing net ?
It is known as a Gye net, salmon anglers fix them to their backs on a lanyard when wading the river, and call them into action when a salmon is ready to land. some barbel anglers use them when roving. Bob is correct, the mesh will need replacing if you want to use it
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Re: Can anyone tell me anything about this landing net ?
That's a flip over net. Gye nets have a pole that the head slides up and down on, and can be carried on a peel sling for one handed operation. Get a rubber mesh if you want it to be as fish friendly as possible ![Hat Off :Hat:](./images/smilies/icon_takehatoff.gif)
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Re: Can anyone tell me anything about this landing net ?
I have an old flip over net along these lines which was made by Allcocks, it is a bit more basic than this one though.
- Lincoln Ant
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Thanks for the information lads,I don’t suppose any of you do a re-netting service do you if I pay for your time and full post and packing ![Thumbs Up :Thumb:](./images/smilies/icon_thumpb.gif)
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Re: Can anyone tell me anything about this landing net ?
This looks like an ABU net - you can see them in their catalogues from the 1960's onwards. I believe that Relum made a very similar net years later. Hope this helps.
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Re: Can anyone tell me anything about this landing net ?
Snowbee sell very good quality rubberised knotless replacement landing nets bags in a range of sizes. I used one for an Efgeeco net frame I was restoring last April (the thread is not too far below this one). if your frame unscrews from the handle, which it looks like it does, it would be a simple enough job to fit one of them.Lincoln Ant wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:33 pm Thanks for the information lads,I don’t suppose any of you do a re-netting service do you if I pay for your time and full post and packing![]()
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Re: Can anyone tell me anything about this landing net ?
Thanks Phil much appreciated mate ![👍](//cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@latest/assets/svg/1f44d.svg)
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