Do-it-yourself casting network, drawings on how to make and make it. How to weave a fishing net from a fishing line, with your own hands How to catch fish using dragnets

Definitions and characteristics of nonsense

Fishing with delirium (from the word “wander”) is an ancient, but still the most popular and popular Russian way to get some fish. Village children always stole window tulle or gauze from the house. In the warm summer river, the children started their first delirium in their lives, and then warmed themselves by the fire, fried the little ones on twigs and seemed like adults.

The wading method of fishing, when the drag is pulled along a river or lake with the help of two or more manpower, distinguishes the drag from its older brother - the seine. According to the official classification, a seine is a large drag, over 100 meters long. Carrying such a long piece of equipment is incredibly hard work. A large number of people will be required. Therefore, the usual length of the nonsense does not exceed 50 meters.

A seine, unlike a dragnet, is a casting fishing tool; it sweeps fish using a swimming device (boat, cutter, seiner), so the efforts of people are spent only on pulling it out. In commercial sea and river fishing with a seine, the process of pulling it ashore or onto a ship is mechanized.

- This is a straining fishing tool that has a fine mesh and a thicker nylon thread compared to. Like any planted and ready-to-install network, an equipped drag also consists of a number of elements:

The network fabric is of increased thickness. Usually made of three parts: the right and left flat wings, as well as a special cone-purse (motni, kutka), embedded between the wings. Less common are constructions of nonsense without fluff. Like a net, the fabric of nonsense also has its own fit on the upper and lower selections. The landing is carried out with K = 0.33 (this fabric is stretched more tightly than this mesh fabric), in a rigid way.
The upper cord or string of the net is made, in contrast to the cord of the net, from a thicker and stronger cord. This is due to the heavy loads when fishing with drag. Basically, the top pick-up is mounted with large lifting floats.
The bottom line is also a thick, durable nylon cord equipped with heavy weights. The non-water fabric is firmly attached to this cord.
The moth is made from the same seine material as the wings, but for catching some types of fish, the moth has a reduced cell size. The entrance to the motnya is a rectangular hole. In some cases, a round hole is made and thread is sewn into it.
In rare cases, the drag line is pulled directly by the rebounds - this greatly reduces the catchability of the short drag line. The ends of the selection are tied to special smooth sticks, with shallow ring cutouts along the edges for the cord - nags, the height of which is not made more than 2 meters. The lower string is tightly tied at the bottom of the nag, and the upper string is tied closer to the top.

Like any network, nonsense has its own varieties. The usual delirium has wings of equal length and is called “equal-winged”. For better fish coverage, one wing is often lengthened. This allows you to bypass deep places along the shallows. There are other modifications of nonsense.

For catching northern whitefish - vendace and tugun - 50-meter long lines that do not have a hook are allowed. Such nonsense is less catchy than with motney, but it is much easier to pull it.

How to catch fish with a dragnet

There is a golden folk rule for catching fish with drag – don’t chase the length. The length of the drag depends entirely on the size of the river. With an average river width of 10 meters, even a 25-meter long drift will not bring either fish or the joy of fishing. It will catch all the stones, snags and bushes. It is very difficult to work with, and even more difficult to produce a disproportionately long nonsense. For such a river, a 5-8 meter long bridge is enough.

Hooks are the main problem with drag fishing. Car tires and headboards, motorcycle parts and coils of barbed wire - all this falls into the delirium immediately and for a long time. Such objects often tear even the strongest nonsense. It is advisable to remove all hooks from the water and remove them as far as possible. When fishing in shallow places, one more person is desirable - this is the 3rd “number” - the unhooking one, who goes behind the drag. Usually the drag is pulled downstream; the drag should always lag behind the wings. For ease of fishing, the float is usually marked above the center of the fish or 2 floats are placed side by side. In a number of cases, a drag is drawn around the open part of a river bay and pulled up towards its toe.

When fishing in ponds, lakes and reservoirs, aquatic vegetation interferes with prey fishing. The lead weights often lift off the bottom and travel through dense water grass. All the fish run away under them. The place for fishing with nonsense, where algae has been cleared, where snags and other hooks have been removed, is called a toney. The costs of its creation will always pay off with interest. For successful fishing with a large 100-meter long drift, it is advisable to have at least 4-5 people.

To successfully fish with drag in any reservoir, you must immediately select the optimal drag based on length, mesh size, weight of sinkers, you need to have experience or a good mentor. Some information can be gleaned from literature and on relevant websites.

Repair of nonsense

Any fishing takes its toll on nonsense. Sometimes it can be big. There is no need to be afraid of this. Repairing nonsense is not as difficult as correct repairing a network with plucking and untying the cells. You need to have a couple of shuttles in stock - needles, the size of the nonsense cell and, usually 0.5-0.8 mm in diameter. The holes in the brad are simply sewn together with a thick thread, which is positioned vertically.

The role of nonsense in the development of fish farming (aquaculture)

In modern pond fish farming, when it is impossible to completely drain water from reservoirs, drags and seines of various types play a huge role in the removal of marketable fish, as well as in cleaning the pond from weed fish (ichthyological reclamation) and unwanted aquatic vegetation. Breeding is practically the only effective means of saving thousands of fry that find themselves in closed puddles on floodplains after the water in the rivers recedes.

Breden is a straining fishing tool that has a small mesh and a thicker nylon thread compared to gill nets. Like any planted and ready-to-install network, an equipped drag also consists of a number of elements:

Network fabric - made from knotless or knotted nylon increased thickness. Usually made of three parts: the right and left flat wings, as well as a special cone-purse (motni, kutka), embedded between the wings. Less common are constructions of nonsense without fluff. Like a net, the fabric of nonsense also has its own fit on the upper and lower selections. The landing is carried out with K = 0.33 (this fabric is stretched more tightly than this mesh fabric), in a rigid way.
The upper cord or string of the net is made, in contrast to the cord of the net, from a thicker and stronger cord. This is due to the heavy loads when fishing with drag. Basically, the top pick-up is mounted with large lifting floats.
The bottom line is also a thick, durable nylon cord equipped with heavy weights. This cord is durable nylon thread The non-water fabric sits rigidly.
The moth is made from the same seine material as the wings, but for catching some types of fish, the moth has a reduced cell size. The entrance to the motnya is a rectangular hole. In some cases, a round hole is made and thread is sewn into it.
In rare cases, the drag line is pulled directly by the rebounds - this greatly reduces the catchability of the short drag line. The ends of the selection are tied to special smooth sticks, with shallow ring cutouts along the edges for the cord - nags, the height of which is not made more than 2 meters. The lower string is tightly tied at the bottom of the nag, and the upper string is tied closer to the top.

Like any network, nonsense has its own varieties. The usual delirium has wings of equal length and is called “equal-winged”. For better fish coverage, one wing is often lengthened. This allows you to bypass deep places along the shallows. There are other modifications of nonsense.

For catching northern whitefish - vendace and tugun - 50-meter long lines that do not have a hook are allowed. Such nonsense is less catchy than with motney, but it is much easier to pull it.

What does a seine look like?

Breden is a net with a length of 2 to 70 meters and a width of 2 to 3 meters. The classic drag consists of a left and right wing, and in the middle it has a special “pocket” - a drag. For ease of use, long sticks are attached to the edges of the nets. They help to drag the net along the reservoir and keep the seine in a vertical position.

Motnya is a bag sewn from a net to collect caught fish. The size of this “pocket” depends on the length of the gear. Often it makes up at least a third of the entire network. But the smaller the wingspan, the greater the flutter can be, and vice versa.

Experienced fishermen prefer to use gear specially adapted for them on familiar bodies of water. They are prepared taking into account the characteristics of the bottom topography and the fish that the fisherman is going for.

How to catch drag fish

There is a golden folk rule for catching fish with drag – don’t chase the length. The length of the drag depends entirely on the size of the river.

With an average river width of 10 meters, even a 25-meter long drift will not bring either fish or the joy of fishing. It will catch all the stones, snags and bushes.

It is very difficult to work with, and even more difficult to produce a disproportionately long nonsense. For such a river, a 5-8 meter long bridge is enough.

Hooks are the main problem with drag fishing. Car tires and headboards, motorcycle parts and coils of barbed wire - all this falls into the delirium immediately and for a long time.

Such objects often tear even the strongest nonsense. It is advisable to remove all hooks from the water and remove them as far as possible.

When fishing in shallow places, one more person is desirable - this is the 3rd “number” - the unhooking one, who goes behind the drag. Usually the drag is pulled downstream; the drag should always lag behind the wings.

For ease of fishing, the float is usually marked above the center of the fish or 2 floats are placed side by side. In a number of cases, a drag is drawn around the open part of a river bay and pulled up towards its toe.

When fishing in ponds, lakes and reservoirs, aquatic vegetation interferes with prey fishing. The lead weights often lift off the bottom and travel through dense water grass.

All the fish run away under them. The place for fishing with nonsense, where algae has been cleared, where snags and other hooks have been removed, is called a toney.

The costs of its creation will always pay off with interest. For successful fishing with a large 100-meter long drift, it is advisable to have at least 4-5 people.

A dragnet is a long net, and it is better to use it in places that are known to fishermen. To clear the nets of catch or debris that accumulates during fishing, a wide deserted coast is needed.

Fishing with drag nets is good during the feast, in warm weather in shallow water, but for this it is necessary to equip the seine with a sinker (often a chain is used for this), placed in the middle under the net and floats (you can also use ordinary polystyrene foam).

It is better for fishermen to start moving against the current, alternating between shallow water and depressions. Experienced fishermen, knowing the topography of their favorite fishing spots, try not to use several pools. They are not cleared of snags, algae and debris. In these places, the fish “rest”, the young grow, and spend the winter.

This way you can maintain the same number of fish and be sure that they will not move further down the river.

In addition, they catch fish not only in rivers, but also on industrial vessels. The gear on fishing trawlers is similar to a net or hammock. Thus, fishermen catch not only large fish, but also fry. Afterwards it is sorted and processed.

The general principle of this type of fishing is simple. Two fishermen pull a drag along accessible places. Then they either turn towards the shore or gradually converge. All this time, beaters walk next to them and on their sides at a short distance. When the barge haulers converge, the beaters close the circle, slap the water, and drive the fish into the trap.

Then the bottom of the network gradually rises. Here you need to keep an eye on the top cord. It should not be close to water. Fish driven into a tight circle can jump out over the top. When choosing a net, lift the neck of the fish and select the fish. If you do not violate simple rules, the size of your catch will please you.

Choosing a fishing spot

When fishing on small rivers, the choice of length depends on the width of the river. Good places are river pools and shallow water with riffles. If there are few fishing spots on a small river and the path to them is at a great distance, artificial creeks and pits can be installed on the river. Select a place with a flat bottom surface. A small dam is made that does not block the river, but greatly narrows the passage of water.

It is made from any available materials. The water level is rising. In this place, fish remain after spawning, as well as “local” fish. You just need to catch fish in a businesslike manner, without barbarism, while simultaneously creating comfortable conditions for growth and development. Trees can be dropped here and bait can be added. And then this place will bring a stable catch.

On large and medium-sized rivers, the length of the drag increases. Good places here are bays, channels among reeds and sedges. Weak currents in floodplain areas attract fish. The fishing technology here is different. A short haul will bring only small change in the catch. To catch large fish, you should use longer gear.

On large lakes and rivers, fishing with this method directly depends on the length of the drag. It is better to fish in shallow places, but only before spawning and at other times when fish gather in schools.

Ponds, if they are small and have a clean bottom, can be fished without going into the water. Here you should look for places with streams flowing here, holes and edges between them.

Fishing methods

Before starting fishing, you should determine the tactics of dragging in a given place and the place of access to the shore.

Repair of nonsense

Any fishing takes its toll on nonsense. Sometimes it can be big. There is no need to be afraid of this. Repairing nonsense is not as difficult as correct repairing a network with plucking and untying the cells. You need to have in stock a couple of shuttles - needles, the size of a nonsense cell and a skein of nylon thread, usually 0.5-0.8 mm in diameter. The holes in the brad are simply sewn together with a thick thread, which is positioned vertically.

Breeding is practically the only effective means of saving thousands of fry that find themselves in closed puddles on floodplains after the water in the rivers recedes.

There are four types of nonsense:

Classic nonsense. It consists of two wings of equal length and a flap. Fishing with this type of fishing gear is carried out in shallow reservoirs, rivers and lakes. Two people pull the nets along the chosen place, and the third collects the catch accumulated in the reel.
No frills. This is a regular network, no more than 4 meters long. It is excellent for fishing at a depth of no more than 50 centimeters. The method is effective in the autumn-spring period, when the fish warms itself in water warmed by the sun's rays.
"Chicken". This is a moth without wings. Ropes are attached to the edges of the net (nags). They help keep the entire system afloat. Fishermen, passing with a seine along the entire reservoir, do not pull out the catch, but, lifting the net, take out the fish caught in it.
The wings of the net are of different lengths. This kind of drag is suitable for fishing in places where it is impossible to pull a seine along both banks of the reservoir. A semicircle is created from nets, fencing off the section of the river where fishing will take place.

Construction of nonsense.

The drag consists of two wings, two drives and a flywheel. All parts of the nonsense are cut out from mesh fabric, while the mesh fabric is placed with longitudinal edges along the length of the nonsense.

Each part is cut out separately, taking into account the landing coefficients. For this fishing gear, the following landing coefficients are most often used: for horizontal landing in the wings and drive 0.67, in the reel 0.5, for vertical landing for all parts the landing coefficient is 0.87.

The parts to be cut out are rectangular in shape and are obtained by cutting in a straight line. All separately cut parts are connected to each other with a seam “in the scar”.

In this case, 4 cells are inserted into the seam on each side. It is also necessary to ensure that the seam does not receive more tension than the del mesh, as this leads to the formation of “pockets” in the wing, which is undesirable.

How to plant a delirium correctly

Design and production of nonsense

The floats on the top line are larger and are tied more often than on the fixed net; The lower selection is also made much heavier.

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Fishing baits are one of the most common fishing gear. Today, fishing with dragnet is prohibited in many regions of the Russian Federation. Fishing nets are classified as fishing nets, which, when released into water, take a long time to decompose, which contributes to the massive death of fish.

It is prohibited to use for amateur and sport fishing in Russia. Produced for research institutes, fish breeding farms and for regions of the Russian Federation where the use of this type of product is permitted.

The total length of the drag depends on the size of the fished fish. The height of the drag depends on the bottom topography and the depth of the pond. To do this, depth measurements are taken in certain areas of the pond.

Construction of nonsense.

The drag consists of two wings, two drives and a flywheel. All parts of the nonsense are cut out from mesh fabric, while the mesh fabric is placed with longitudinal edges along the length of the nonsense. Each part is cut out separately, taking into account the landing coefficients. For this fishing gear, the following landing coefficients are most often used: for horizontal landing in the wings and drive 0.67, in the reel 0.5, for vertical landing for all parts the landing coefficient is 0.87. The parts to be cut out are rectangular in shape and are obtained by cutting in a straight line. All separately cut parts are connected to each other with a seam “in the scar”. In this case, 4 cells are inserted into the seam on each side. It is also necessary to ensure that the seam does not receive more tension than the mesh del, as this leads to the formation of “pockets” in the wing, which is undesirable.

The hammer of nonsense can be wedge-shaped or cone-shaped.

Wedge-shaped wedges consist of individual wedges, which are sewn together with oblique edges and straight edges are attached to the gap between the wings of the wedge.
The conical yarn is sewn from individual rings, which are obtained from narrow strips of fabric sewn together with transverse edges. The first ring has an edge 25% longer than the perimeter of the gap between the wings of the delirium.
The edge of the next ring with a width of 1 m should be 10% shorter than the first, with a width of 2 m - by 20% and with a width of 2 m - by 30%. For small nonsense, these norms can be deviated depending on the available material. When sewing the edges of the rings, connect in the appropriate places one mesh of the short edge with two meshes of the long one.
The length of the drag should usually be 1.5-2.0 times the height of the drag.

Fitting the mesh fabric onto the pick-ups is usually done with a seam, less often they are used “closely”.

The thickness of the threads for making the bolts is selected in the same way as for the seine. The nonsense planted in this way on the rebounds is attached to the Dyachs and, sometimes, to the edges. In some cases, the drag is equipped with float and cargo. In this case, the mass of the melt should be 21% of the mass of the section and ropes of the upper selection. The size of the floats is determined both by the available material and their total mass required to keep the vessel afloat. It is advisable to place floats every 0.5-0.7 m. They are placed above the reel more often - after 0.3-0.5 m and, in addition, a large float is tied above the center of the reel, which is used to determine the position of the reel during fishing. According to experimental data, the total weight of foam plastic floats should be 1/6 of the weight of the upper pick-up and delirium section without fluff.

The lower selection is loaded with weights specially made from baked clay or from scraps of method pipes. Stones and metal objects with sharp edges should not be used. The bottom pick-up is less likely to crash into the silt when the weights are tied with thin ropes of 10-15 cm. The amount of weight should hold the bottom of the weight at the bottom even at a depth exceeding its height, and its bottom should not rise when the weight is pulled by the oncoming pressure of water.

A weight weighing 70-100 g is placed on the wings every 1 m, and at the entrance to the boat - after 0.3-0.5 m. The mass of the sinkers should be 2.5 times greater than the mass of the floats.
Along the ends of the transverse edge of the delta, a thin rope or cord, the length of which corresponds to the size of the nag, should be threaded through the meshes, while collecting the excess delta evenly into 10-15 cm sections of rope and securing with a knot. The ends of the ropes are tied to the nags, and the edges of the wings, tied to the ropes, are also tied to them in three or four places.

In each individual case, it is necessary to draw up a drawing when constructing a nonsense and observe the sequence and correctness of the operations.

Fishing with a drag - technique:

The main condition for the effective use of drag is a high concentration of fish, low mobility, as well as a flat bottom with depths no higher than 4 m.
Breden fishes in one sweep an area 3 times smaller than the area fished with a cast net of the same length.

The technique of catching with nonsense is quite simple.

Usually two fishermen pull a nag along a designated area of the pond, trying to catch the fish located there.
The drag is pulled along the shore, and then, turning towards the shore, the fishermen quickly approach it, at the same time coming together, and pull the drag ashore. The net is mostly pulled ashore and the catch is shaken out through the hole at the end of the net, unraveling the cable with which this hole is tightened.
If there are large catches of fish or if it is necessary to keep them alive, the fish cannot be pulled ashore. In this case, they lift the fishnet, secure it on sticks stuck into the bottom, or hold the edges of the fishnet in their hands near the shore at a depth of 0.5-0.7 m. At the same time, the fish is in the water and it is easier to select it with nets.
By lifting the net, the fish are concentrated in it, but it should not be compacted too much so that the net, lowering into the net, passes freely between the fish without damaging them.

It is convenient to bring the drift to the shore and pull it out in clean, level and sloping places with denser soil.
It is better to pull out drags longer than 10 m by pressing the lower picks to the bottom. To do this, as soon as the drag is brought to the shore, one of the fishermen takes both lower pick-ups in his hands and pulls them up, pressing them to the bottom. At this time, the wings of the nonsense are pulled out by two other fishermen, placing them on the shore near the water. It is difficult to carry a 20-25 m long drift in the water, especially in a deep place.

To make the work easier, a long rope is tied to one nag, with which they go further from the shore, and the fisherman on the shore pulls this rope, helping the other angler navigate the water.

A drag of 30-35 m LONG, which is essentially a seine, is more convenient to sweep from a boat and pull to the shore using ropes - edges.
In this case, 50 m edges are tied to the nags, and weights are tied to the lower ends of the nags so that they do not float up. Then one edge is placed in the boat, then the fender wing, the windrow, the second wing and part of the second edge. The end of this edge is hooked on the shore or given to the fisherman to hold.
Moving in a boat from the shore, they sweep out the edge and, lowering the nag into the water, turn along the shore. Continuing to move on the boat, they sweep out the wing, lower the line into the water, making sure that it does not twist, and, having swept out the second wing, turn to the shore, releasing the second edge. After leaving the boat, anglers immediately begin to pull the edges, periodically slapping them on the water to prevent fish from leaving the fished area. As the drags are pulled in, the fishermen get closer to each other and come together by the time the nags approach the shore. After this, the drag is pulled out according to the scheme described above. When pulling a large drag to the shore, you need to make sure that it moves without distortion. Using a large float tied above the entrance to the windmill, the draft of the drag is adjusted so that the windmill goes in the middle.

You need to pull the wings of the nonsense out of the water evenly using the lower and upper pick-ups.

VIDEO: Mesh production. How is the mesh made?

The design of the drag line is visible from Figure 5 (many fishermen involved in drag fishing have no idea how the components of the gear are correctly named). The net is used with a fairly small mesh, usually 25-30 mm on the wings, 20-25 mm in the reel. The floats on the top line are larger and are tied more often than on the fixed net; The lower selection is also made much heavier.

Rice. 5. Breden and its components: 1 – right wing (2nd part); 2 – right wing (1 part), 3 – right drive; 4 – motnya; 5 – left drive; 6 – left wing (2nd part); 7 – left wing (1 part); 8 – valance; 9 – shirt; 10 – upper selection; 12 – right nag; 13 – left nag; 14 – upper chamfer; 15 – lower chamfer. It must be said that the rigs sold in stores are almost always underloaded, and their float lines do not have sufficient buoyancy. As a result, purchased baits are suitable for more or less successful fishing only in the most ideal, greenhouse conditions: in reservoirs without current, with a flat, hard bottom and a complete absence of snags and underwater vegetation. In real conditions, it is not easy to catch something with a purchased fishing rod: the current, even a slight one, submerges the upper catch, allowing the fish to escape; at the slightest snags and delays, the lower catch rises - with the same result, and on heavily grassy reservoirs a strange thing generally happens: the cargo the cord is twisted with the top one into a tight bundle, and the fish cannot in any way get into the reel.

Therefore, having bought a drag, do not rush to the pond with it - it is better to disassemble the tackle and reassemble it, with normal floating and loading. Or at least hang additional floats and sinkers (both of them are made cylindrical, with a cut on the side so that you can put them on the cords without disassembling the tackle; after landing on the cord, the lead sinkers are lightly tapped with a hammer, and the cut on the floats is made of solid foam is held together with two small aluminum wire staples). The bottom line in most cases is made shorter than the top (the difference in length reaches 10 percent, sometimes more), and when pulling out the central part of the line, as fishermen say, it “cuts” the fish that did not have time to get into the line, preventing it from escaping at the last moment . A properly constructed drag moves through a pond like a tank through a children's sandbox, crushing all obstacles: it uproots sticks and small snags, rake stones and algae into the windrow, and presses not too thick reeds or cattails to the bottom. The landing of the drags on the cargo and floating cords is done differently than in a fixed net, in which the landing thread is pulled through several upper (lower) cells of the mesh fabric, then attached with a knot to the upper (lower) pick-up, then pulled again, etc. This landing, called “running”, allows the net to move relative to the selection, and helps to better entangle the fish. It is not suitable for nonsense: the goal is to confuse the fish in the wing of the nonsense; it is only necessary to achieve maximum strength for the gear, which experiences loads during fishing that are incomparable to those experienced by a fixed net. Therefore, the so-called “hard” landing is used (see Fig. 6), in which a landing thread (increased in strength compared to fixed meshes) attaches each of the outermost cells of the mesh fabric to the lower and upper selection.

Rice. 6. Hard landing used for ravings. In the old days, when it was very difficult, almost impossible, to buy a ready-made mesh fabric, you had to construct “patchwork” nonsense from all kinds of scraps (for example, I made my first nonsense from waste mesh production, bought by weight at the Skillful Hands store). The gear turned out to be unsightly, multi-colored, but the fish were caught quite successfully. Factory nets for badminton were very popular as a material: two six-meter-long nets were put on the wings, a thread was cut out of the third, all that remained was to tie up the cargo and float cords - and the result was a cheap, but quite catchy net (though not high, suitable for fishing on shallow depths). Nowadays, when networking materials are available to amateurs, polyethylene networking fabrics, produced by the Japanese corporation “MOMOI FISHING” and sold by dealers in Russia under the names “Polyethylene Networking”, “Universal Networking”, “Multi-Purpose Networking”, etc., are very popular. Immediately I’ll make a reservation: it makes sense to use polyethylene netting materials for seines and nets only for amateurs who do not engage in the corresponding fishing too often. This material is not suitable for constantly fishing professionals: it is less strong and durable than a conventional net made of twisted nylon or polyamide thread. However, if you go fishing with dragnet 5-6 times a year (and many amateurs fail more often), then tackle made from polyethylene thread will last for many years. The advantages of polyethylene network materials (hereinafter referred to as PES), listed below, in my opinion, completely compensate for their shortcomings. 1. Affordable price. PES is 2-3 times cheaper than similar nylon nets, which is of particular importance when constructing seines and long hauls. 2. The specific gravity of dry PES is less than that of nylon network materials. It is not always possible to get directly to the fishing spot by vehicle, and it is less labor-intensive to carry light tackle to the reservoir. 3. PES absorbs water significantly less than nylon. Accordingly, it is much easier and faster to dry PES bales in the field, on a pond. If this is impossible to do (due to rainy weather or other reasons), wet tackle weighs significantly less than the same nylon tackle, and it is easier to remove it from the reservoir. 4. The last two properties of PES determine another advantage of the gear made from them: guiding a drag line or seine through a reservoir requires less physical effort. 5. Polyethylene twisted threads are more rigid than nylon threads. If for a fixed net this is a disadvantage, then for a nonsense, on the contrary, it is an advantage - the fish become less entangled in the wings of the tackle and do not interfere with continuing fishing. It should be noted that gear made from PES requires more careful care and conservation. The melting point of polyethylene is lower than that of nylon, and PES nonsense that accidentally ends up not far from the fire will suffer faster. In addition, polyethylene is more sensitive to direct sunlight - it is necessary to dry the nonsense in the shade, in a windy place. When making tackle from PES, it is necessary to take into account the positive buoyancy of polyethylene: floats can be placed in slightly smaller sizes than on tackle made from polyamide, which has zero buoyancy. The floats on the nets are large, made of white foam, and are not painted (unlike fixed nets), since a bright white float can scare away the fish, which sometimes tries to escape from the net by jumping over the upper catch, and prevent it from leaving the area of the reservoir surrounded by the net. . On small drags, intended mainly for fishing on narrow rivers, the lower catch is sometimes replaced with a solid metal chain, only sections of cord 1-1.5 m long are tied at the ends. It is believed that the chain better fits all the unevenness of the bottom, allowing you to catch more bottom-dwelling fish . Another advantage of the chain: when hooked, you can pull it safely, with all your strength, without the risk of breaking, which sometimes happens with cords that have been used for a long time. The main disadvantage of drags equipped with chains is that they are too heavy, so in fairly long drags a chain 6-7 m long is tied only in the central part, under the reel, and under the wings - ordinary cords with lead weights. Chains that do not have an anti-corrosion coating quickly rust, and the rust “overwhelms” the parts of the network in contact with the chain, so it’s worth painting the chain links in several layers with waterproof paint, and only then attaching them to the chain. The ends of the upper and lower harness are tied to light but strong poles, the so-called “nags”, for which fishermen drag the gear across the pond. Motnya is a net bag in the middle of the tackle where the caught fish is collected. The shape of the bag is a cone with a narrowed end; when fishing in the current, a lead weight weighing 200 grams or more is attached to the very end of the reel. and higher - otherwise, when guiding the tackle downstream, the fishing rod may turn inside out under the pressure of water and end up in front of the wings. In the most commonly used sizes (10-15 m), the drag takes up about 1/3 of the entire length of the tackle, i.e. That is, the span of the entrance to it is approximately equal to the length of the wing. For large-sized drags this ratio changes in favor of the wings, for short ones - in favor of the wings.

Rice. 7. Position of the short drag when fishing (top view): 1 – drag; 2, 3 – wings; 4 – load cord; 5 – floating cord. In fact, the fishing rod is used for the most part for local fishing, not far from home - and therefore, during construction, it is “tailored” for a specific body of water or group of bodies of water. However, we must remember that it is difficult to successfully fish a river or pond 10 meters wide with a ten-meter dragnet - the size of the tackle should be 1.5 times wider than the widest part and 1.7 times higher than the deepest part of the reservoir. When river fishing, crucian carp are usually caught in the delirium mostly by accident, as bycatch. Their main fishing with crucian carp occurs in small closed reservoirs: in dug or dammed ponds, in lakes located in floodplains, etc. On rivers, for catching crucian carp, they choose channels, spills and creeks with weak currents, floodplains in floodplains; It is rarely possible to conduct a drag line, stretching it from shore to shore, and the catches directly depend on the length of the gear: in a short drag, large fish will rarely be caught, and most of the catch will be small fish. On large rivers and lakes, delirium is also caught in any shallow places with a flat bottom, but only during periods of mass concentration of fish, otherwise the rare fish scattered throughout the reservoir will not in any way repay the efforts of catching them. For pond fishing, either small dug ponds are convenient, where you can wade without going into the water (see above), or large, but relatively shallow and with a flat bottom. In the second case, night fishing will be much more effective (as, indeed, in all reservoirs where the wings of the nonsense do not go close to the banks).

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