Cast Net Videos

       These custom cast net videos were produced and uploaded as a attempt to keep the tradition of cast net making alive.

       As mention in the videos your dropline must be longer than your cast net webbing.  Make sure you have 32 loops and knots on the first row.

        Complete three rows and then start the wideners.  By skipping every other knot you will end up with 16 wideners.  Keep the next row of wideners directly under the first, forming a column of 16 wideners the whole way down the cast net webbing.

      On completion of the third row of wideners start the skirting.  The skirting is three rows down.  Continue this process until you have the desired length of cast net webbing.  End the webbing with skirting and the leads will come out even.

        Install your horn 8 loops to all four sides.  Remember to loop through more than 2 or 3 times through all the loops.

         To ascertain the number of leads needed; Start at the bottom of your net.  Count the loops from 1 widener to the next, adding 1 of those wideners.  Multiply that digit by 16.  Giving you the number of loops and knots around the bottom of your net webbing.  Divide that sum by 4. This is the lead count.

           What this means is that you will have 3 loops and knots between each lead.  To truly get the maximum spread you will need to measure your cast nets length.  Multiply that by 2, which will give you the diameter.  Multiply this some by pie(3.14)

           This is the amount of lead line needed for your custom cast net Example(10'net=20' diameter=62.8'circumference, round that up to 63 feet.  The best way to install the lead line is to spread the net out, then tie on the lead line.  But with practice tying the lead line while  its hanging works just as well. 

The Art of Cast Net Making

A cast net may also be called a throw net The net is cast or thrown by hand This technique is called net casting or net throwing Cast nets work best in water no deeper than their radius Cast nets have a radius which ranges from 4 to 16 ft. Standard nets for recreational fishing are good exercise In Ancient Rome, in a parody of fishing, a type of gladiator called a retiarius or "net fighter" was armed with a trident and a cast net. In Norse mythology the sea giantess Rán cast a fishing net to trap lost sailors.

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Instructional Videos

 How To Make a Cast Net by Hand

Castnet materials needed with brief demo and description of: Cast net needles, mesh-board, rope, line, and weights.

How To Load Your Cast Net Needle or Shuttle

Loading your castnet needle or shuttle with Monofilament fishing net line. Mono-filament line is available in a variety of sizes and colors such as white, green, clear, blue, fluorescent and I've even seen pink. Twine and certain types of cotton string may also be used for your cast net.

How To Double Up Line on Cast Net Needle Shuttle

How to increase the capacity of the line on your needle or shuttle by doubling up the cast net line. Part 3 in the series of "How to Make a Cast Net."

How To Make Cast Net Webbing

How to make a cast net with the starting mesh webbing. Making row 1 of your net. Part 4 in the series of "How To Make a Cast Net."

How To Make Cast Net Second Row

How to make the second row of your cast net. Making row 2 of your net. Part 5 in the series of "How To Make a Cast Net."

How To Make Cast Net Wideners

How to make the wideners of your cast net. Do it yourself cast net building by hand. This process shows how to increase the number of meshes in your webbing allowing a greater circumference. Part 6 in the series of "How To Make a Cast Net."

How To Tie Back On Reloaded Cast Net Needle

How to make a cast net by hand color coded with detailed description of wideners and where to place them. Part 7 in the series of "How To Make a Cast Net."

How To Put the Horn on your Cast Net

How to install the horn on your cast net. Part 8 in the series of "How To Make a Cast Net."

How To Tie Lead line to Cast Net
How to tie lead line to cast net. Part 9 in the series of "How To Make a Cast Net."

Net Making is a Dying Skill