Beautiful. Dad taught me this when I was 15 years old. Great refresher.

I've been watching your channel for a long while now; and I grew up in a seaside town in Florida and spent a lot of time around boats, so I should've learned this. But I never did, and I played with netting a few years ago but never learned it properly. This is the best, most sensible way of showing how to make and mend nets that I've ever seen, and now I've *got* it down! THANK YOU! Happy foraging, and lots of scallops and crabs your way!

It’s 30 years since I last used a needle to hang and repair salmon nets. Brings back memories of repairing a tear in the dark at 2am with rain running down the back of my neck. We used 2” and 5” meshes on our draft nets.

Brilliant instructional video! Love it.

Brilliant :D Project list - Drop net... Garden hammock .... Girlfriend onesie with drawstrings

Thanks for the drawings on the mend. Made much more sense thanks

Thanks mate that was brilliant!!! Best and easiest video to follow on how to make and repair a net. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skill!!!

That was MAGIC!!! Long time survival practitioner, but net making is a new skill, you’ve really opened my world. I can’t wait to test fire this for bait catch and trawling. You’ve a supporter for life. Greetings from Canada!!!

I got onto this video from another one about making a net. Watched the other one (my first video about netmaking) and thought - boy what a neat video! Then I saw this video on KZfaq's recommendation and I now I am no longer thinking the first one was even remotely OK. This channel is a real gold nugget with information! Thanks mate.

Great tutorial thanks 👍 I'm making netting to support plants in my garden. Using this method the netting is exactly the size I want in the material I want. Brilliant thanks!

Wow Thank You! My brother never taught me how to weave or even patch a net so this video is what I needed. The drop net is perfect for crabbing off the pier.

Echoing what others have said. The easiest net-making instructional I've seen. Thank you

i will now explore making nets, thank you john. fantastic info as always.

Morning John, great tuition once again. This is a skill I learned watching my grandad make shrimp nets on summer school holliday trips to Hastings. I guess I was about 7 or 8! I used the skill later, when about 12, to make purse nets when I was ferreting. Never thought of making lobster pots etc, now living in the west country, and semi retired, I guess I have some new projects for these dark evenings! Thank you again. Rich

Wow, what an excellent tutorial! Thanks so much for sharing it!

Thank you for making this so easy ! you're a good teacher . In survival, net making will save your life here in Canada.

john watched other vids about net making your by far the best cheers

This is brilliant. Thank you so much for sharing this technique!

Great stuff john 21 dislikes I guess the secret mesh knitting club don't approve

Excellent instruction. This is the way I was taught and for some reason it's hard to find this method on youtube. Most everyone does it with separate pieces of line tied off to another piece of line and then woven together side by side. The sheet bend mesh knot I think is the perfect middle ground between stiffness and speed. You could tie carrack bends for an extremely strong net but that would take twice as long per mesh knot, and a square knot would be a little slower than a sheet bend, but also be a very loose/compressible net.

hi john after a week of watching this vid I now have the Technik now to work on the speed love how you really show your stuff in detail cheers john

Started right after the video. Great fun and a practical skill. Thank you

Genuinely over the moon to see this bloke so excited to share a fishing knot- Came here to figure out this knotting pattern for a project I’m making and got derailed because Everytime he pulled out another thing he’d made I was hollering. Is this how people feel when someone scores a goal because he was like “or, just as good-“ and I was standing up like yEAAAAAH MATE FUCK IT U P- “THATS AMAZING YOURE DOIN AMAZING SWEETIE LETS GOOOOOOO”

This used to be a very guarded craft 🥰🤤 Thanks!

Thank you so much for sharing! The way you explain this is excellent (especially the set up on the wall is great for understanding and I deem even a good advantage for knotting).

Nice, I can actually see what you are doing as you explain. Thank you❤

John not sure I've seen anything like this on you tube ever. Another brilliant vid😂🐟🦈

Excellent instruction! Thank you.

Yer a man of many talents Mr Fish Locker. Thanks for sharing.

Brilliantly simple and helpful. Thanks, mate!

Today my first net knitting. Got me the needles from Ebay and started with a parcel string. After some time, I succeeded. With your tutorial it is a piece of cake. Thanks a lot.

Thanks. This is simple and can be utilised in so many ways.

Excellently explained, thank you!

Very good very helpful thank you very much. Very informative, much appreciated. 🇨🇦

Another great video John, well done. I've been buying different types of nets to construct drop nets for cliff fishing. They all have been made from cheap non-abrasion resistant cord. After seeing this i'll be making my own from superior cord from now on.

Best explanation and example on KZfaq!

This is a skill ive wanted to learn for a while but ive found instructions to be lacking from other places, this is the perfect explanation and im going to give it another go now, thank you very much for taking the time to make and post this video, its much appreciated, all the best

Awesome video. Browsing through a ton of similar videos, I found this one the easiest to follow. Thanks!

Excellent tutorial! I wanted to make a mesh pocket for my rucksack and found this brilliant video while searching tips and tutorials, thanks! Subscribed 👍

Thank you so much. Very clearly demonstrated.

Extremely helpful video. Thank you for making it!!

Brilliant!!!! Thank you so much for showing me this technique. I'm in my 70's and have wanted to know how to do it for ages. Your video sho2ws it perfectly and clearly and is paced for the average wannabee.....like myself. Have subscribed and will work my way through your videos. Cheers M8 from Canada North

Great, thank you!

Great skills fair play! 👍

What a talent, well done very informative

This is amazing! I've got to get myself a needle to try this!! Amazing explanation aswell!

That drop net looks awesome

your an excellent teacher !

You made it very easy. Thank you!!!

This is the best net making video ive watched thank you so much man .. ive been trying to figure it out and now i know thanks to you brother. Wish i could eat some of those big fish lol

Nice technique, very useful. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for showing us! I am reading The Giants in the Earth, and our hero, Per Hansa, makes a big net to catch fish and ducks. I wondered how he did it. :)

Clever and so easy (knot)!

Thanks so much. That's is the best explanation I have ever seen.

You are excellent easy love you you got a subscriber

Thank you so so much .. that was very clear n very easy to understand

Fabulous! Going to make my own horse rope haynet. Thanks

Excellent!

Loved your video.

Brilliant video and explanation. Just the type of video i needed to make my own pots. beats the other videos Ive looked at. Cheers.

Great video again mate fully enjoyed it I will give it a go got a few projects I could do

I like it!!!

I've got a use for that there skill John - I just bagged a couple of old pots that need mending. Cheers fella, Dave

thanks for sharing love to see things like this I make purse nets for ferreting similar process

New subscriber here!! And I've been trawling the 'net (no pun intended), for an age looking on how to knit nets... Now I know, might have a go repairing a pot I have sitting in the shed....

Great informative vid , I'm going to post you my socks to mend John. Phil. Manchester

Nice tutorial man good talent thanks god bless

This is very interesting & helpful information very good . I like theses old skills show . Thank you

Excellent again mate and i learned something new now to put it into practice making stockings ,not for me i might add. haha

What a brilliant teacher. Thank you for sharing your skill. I want to net the top of the coat rack frames in our boot room to make some hat storage. I'll let you know how I get on!

Thanks you. I have some fixin' to do.

Cool!

Straight up brilliant video ! gonna be a busy weekend now.

Brilliantly explained thank you for sharing your talents

Now that is so simple! Ok it will take a bit of practice but basically simple. Yet this is the first time i have seen this on a fishing channel. I am so glad i have found this channel. Good health and stay safe mate.

Great, instructive video 👍👍👍

That learnt me what I wanted to know to make a lobster pot, thank

That was cool informative. One suggestion… use different colors of chord. This would make it easier to see how the knot is tied. I’m saving this video.

Wow how simple is that great video

Now I'll take a stab at repurposing an old fibreglass tennis racquet into a landing net!

Great work dear

I have to admit mate, I've just nicked a copy of this, this winter with an old bike wheel rim I'm going to make a couple of crab wheels .... Blessings mate

This tutorial is excellent. Simple and straightforward. We Can you elaborate on or make a video about your drop net? I need to replace the netting in mine. I see that you doubled the netting around the rim/ring. Also, how to attach a ring in the center?

Watched all of your videos and love this one too. I will be learning this skill from you to make crab pots etc because in Australia, crabbing is hugely popular even though placing pots is not allowed in ocean waters. But we do have many estuaries where we can place our pots . I've just bought a few recently and this skill will no doubt save me $ in the future. I never knew what the rules were back home in the uk because I never used pots (and still haven't got around to doing it here yet, Just having bought my first, second hand boat) and am looking forward to it. My question regarding the rules back home is, What markings do you have to place on your floats for identification purposes, how many holes are allowed in the CRAB pots and what dimensions do the pots have to be. Because fishing is huge over here, there are big restrictions on how many fish we are allowed to 'CATCH' of a species with restrictions on sizes and also what we are allowed to have 'IN POSSESSION' (including crabs, lobsters and shellfish). This is done to protect stocks for the future. Some sharks are protected and for me, it is a nightmare knowing and identifying fish because there are so many species. I'm sure you've heard of abalone, well for eg there is a size restriction (sensibly imo) but did you know you can only collect them using hands alone (no tools). Also we are not allowed to keep any fish that get accidentally caught in a crab trap and are required to return them unharmed (makes sense to me too). Just as a side note, I still have and use my 'ABU 484 Atlantic zoom' from new probably before you were born. It held the world beach casting record (can't remember the weight it cast) and sooo looking forward to getting hooked again. Thanks again for passing your skills and knowledge on as we did not have internet and youtube back then. Deepest thanks, John.......You might consider doing a whole videos on making crab pots :)))

I was just about to stop watching and can see now. Lol thanx

Will do mate

Very important and great information nice Sr i request you ñext time learn me other fishing net,

Thank you very much. I’m hoping to learn to mend hay nets for horses. Sometimes the horses break the net putting a hoof through. It is dangerous if they get a foot caught and panic so leaving it open is very unsafe. Your instructions are very clear and much appreciated. Do you have recommendations for materials and where to purchase needles?

Great tutorial! I'm going to make ground blind netting for Turkey and goose hunting this fall. Portable. Lite. Inexpensive. If you make it. You know how to fix it.

Another knowledgeable sharing vid, great one, you’ve got some great skills there mate. I take it you can even use this to take a weighted casting catch net, with draw string? Would you need to melt the free ends to stop fraying?

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Great video especially on how to mend a broken net! I am very new to knots and I was wondering if this style of net is suitable to use on my 4x4 to separate the cargo area? Is it strong enough to prevent items from flying into the compartment in case of an accident? Thank you

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Hi mate! Brilliant video and extremely helpful. Would you be able to answer a couple of quick questions for me? 1) 3mm braided twine, is this polyethylene or nylon braided twine? Is this "tarred" twine? I am stateside, so I am having some difficulty finding what you used, but it looks very nice twine to use for this project. 2) Net needle: do you happen to recall which size you used for the net making example? If you could share this information, I would be very appreciative. Cheers, Jon

The number of landing/keep nets we threw away because they had a hole in.. If only I knew then what I know now. Thank you.

That was awesome John, you made it look easy, bet I can get it wrong!!

Can you show us how to make a circular net?

I need to do this to repair a couple promar hoop nets for lobster.

That was great 👍 I watched a chap some time ago and he used a gauge on each mesh, is this a goog thing for a complete novice if yes can you demonstrate for us? I really would like to try net making.

I may have a crack at a proper repair on my drop net now, instead of sewing it up with 50lb mono. Cheers John.