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| Tweet Topic Started: 23rd September 2009 - 10:18 PM (1,205 Views) | |
| fish | 23rd September 2009 - 10:18 PM Post #1 |
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A while back i decided to make a crayfish/eel trap of only natural materials without the use of string or wire. i have in the past made eel traps of hazel but i found it not pliable enough for the fine work needed,and as there are no willows around here i wondered what our ancestors would have used,and what was abundant around here at the source of the river Wyle in the shadow of the white sheet neolithic camp.i have from time to time found beutifull flint tools around here whilst out walking or shooting. after some thaught i decided to try ,of all things brambles! i gathered a load of them,and i found that a good pair of welding gloves helped with the thorns.some of the bramble runners were nearly 20 feet long. having gathered enough for the job ,i decided that a former,ie some thing to use to weave over ,would help in keeping the trap a good symetrical and even shape,ime sure a log would have done the trick,but i cheated and used a length of drainage pipe.having gathered the ends to gether it was just a matter of spreading the upright sticks evenly.in order to facilitate an easy job not having hands full of thorns i used a 4000 year old flint 'thumb scraper' to scrape the thorns off.it worked realy well. next was to start the weave,which realy was easy once i had worked out that the brambles bent so much easier once they were twisted! heres a pic ![]() and heres a pic of the body of the trap at 3/4 completion! ![]() and here my trusty assistant jack holds the completed body of the trap! ![]() ![]() but how to get the crayfish or eels to stay trapped eh? i hear you say! well next is to fabricate a funnel with a hole in it to sit in the entrance of the trap! this way the crayfish can enter but canot get out!heres a pic of the funnel: next i needed a way to affix a peg or weightto keep the trap in place so a simple loop was woven into the body of the trapp and then 2 loops were added to facilitate keeping the cone in place! ![]() ![]() once the loops were added the cone was fitted and a stick simply pushed through: ![]() ![]() ![]() and here it is the completed crayfish trap! took about 6 hours to make in all and cost nothing at all and is i believe the answer to a problem of how to catch crayfish eels and fish the same as our ancestors would have! hope you are inspired to have a go!
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| photopro | 23rd September 2009 - 10:37 PM Post #2 |
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Well done fish you'll have to post some pictures when you're successful. I wonder if you will catch any Signal Crays in your neck of the woods, which are of course a foreign invader. If you do catch any you can't return them to the water. photopro |
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| slimwilly | 24th September 2009 - 07:11 AM Post #3 |
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Nice one fish,,good luck when you use it. |
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Treat every day as its the last,,,one day it will be ! | |
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| TrapWorks | 24th September 2009 - 12:28 PM Post #4 |
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Excellent post Fish. I look forward to seeing any catches you make. If you do catch signal crayfish, get your own back and eat them! All the best T |
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| photopro | 24th September 2009 - 05:21 PM Post #5 |
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Strictly speaking you need an Environment Agency licence who then give you a numbered plastic tag to fix to you trap. Legally the trap entrance needs to be less than 200mm and if it is more than 95mm you will need to fit something to prevent otters entering. photopro |
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| fish | 24th September 2009 - 07:09 PM Post #6 |
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its ok i eat otter too! otter the better mind............... |
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| Nige | 24th September 2009 - 09:43 PM Post #7 |
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I'd thought about doing something like that a (long) while back, for eels - until I found out that you needed permission from the environment agency. Excellent post Fish |
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| rattman | 25th September 2009 - 05:17 PM Post #8 |
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That is really nice work mate! Did you try it out? |
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| wabbit basher | 27th September 2009 - 05:20 PM Post #9 |
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Very impressive Fish
:D Keep us posted when you start using it
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| fish | 28th September 2009 - 11:56 AM Post #10 |
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i made this one last season and managed 70lb of crays,and at 12.99 a kg at sainsburys thats a lot of money saved! |
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