The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

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

It goes back a few years before knotted nets were banned. If you do intend to use it Ant you will need to change the mesh to a fish friendly one as these old ones did severe damage to fish scales.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Phil

Thanks Phil much appreciated mate