just shows we are all different. always had bitches I think they bond better. as for seasons the old saying a bitch is trouble 6 weeks a year a dog is trouble 12 months of year. your choice. atb.
hope you find her. used to Ferret a few dumps years ago. tend to find with bricks rubble & stuff they can fall into crevices & can't pull themselves up. just a thought.
looks like a good day for you. often see rabbits on static sites when I have been on holiday. the beddywhippet is like looking at my own dog. what's the blue nets spun polly?
forgot to mention all the quickset I have seen ferreting on YouTube the top lines always seem slack. I always have my top lines as tight as possible on traditional. is getting tension in top line a problem with quickset?
I can't really comment has I have never handled a quickset or even seen anyone use 1.only 1 I have seen was at midland last year and that was on display already set.
going back to quickset what were the reasons you wanted to learn the traditional way. do traditional catch better? do you think you have caught more than you would have with quickset nets?
strangely enough all the old timers employed the backpegging method. no one would peg as you go. I think reason for this was there was that many at it no-one ever had to go on there own.
no it's a generation I missed out on. fortunately 1 of the old guys showed me the ropes & gave me a net. he was well retired by this time but his knowledge was a great gift to me.
I am from right on the Derbyshire /Nottinghamshire border. there used to be loads of old longnetting chaps all local. for some reason 70yd nets where the most popular always 100% bag
I have always been taught to use 100% bagging never used any less. smithies point & yourself about too much & not hanking up properly has learnt me something I didn't know about.