Handy Rope - Guy Rope for Small Mist Nets and Handy Bags

Feeling tied down? It may seem overkill to use an entire page talking about thin accessory cord, but we actually had a customer who wanted to return a quantity of 1H net poles because, she claimed, they were defective. Pressing her further she was upset that the poles just fell over when any kind of tension was applied to the net. It became apparent that if we are going to offer net poles, we ought to provide the guy ropes as well. Then it will be obvious that mist nets should be securely tensioned with ropes when trying to catch bats and birds.

Handy Rope for guys, net bags, and more. Peruse a rope catalog and you will be presented with a dizzying array of rope diameters, materials, and colors. We have experimented with our share over the years and for rigging single high or double high nets our favorite is this:

• Type III 550 pound 7-Strand core Commercial Paracord
• Diameter is approximately 1/8"; not too thin that tying off requires unusual dexterity, not too thick that just wastes space in your pack.
• UV resistant, will not rot/mildew, making it great for outdoor applications!
• bright colors for easier demobilization or color coding
• 550 limit for solid colors, perfectly fine for a 1H/2H mist net
• 225 lb. working load limit for black w/ reflective tracer
• Black w/ reflective tracer is great for lines that are tripping hazards, bat bag clotheslines, or acoustic microphones poles that otherwise would be hard to locate at night. 

Single high and Double high mist nets. For use as guy ties for single high mist nets, you should have on hand 4 lines between 12' and 18' each. Yes, you can set nets using 3 lines. In a perfect spot you can even get away with 2 lines on a very short net. Start with 4 for each 1H net set in your inventory and go from there in the field as your situation and experience dictates.

For use as guy ties on a double high net set using our 1H poles and no other hardware, you should have 4 lines between 12' and 18' AND 2 lines about 25' long. This configuration is mandatory, due to the height and stresses you will put on the net set, there can be no shortcuts when rigging this configuration.

Use with our Handy Bags for Mist Nets. For use as the drawstring on our custom made Mist Net Handy Bag.Develop your own color coding system to keep your mist nets organized at a glance. We suggest using 22'' or 24'' of Handy Rope for each Handy Bag. This allows the cord to be long enough to keep trammel lines separate and tie the bag closed easily. The industry standard color codes for bat mist nets are:

Green for 2.6m nets
Orange for 6m nets
Yellow for 9m nets
White for 12m nets
Purple for 18m nets

Note: blue is very similar to purple in the dark, but is never used so as to reduce confusion with the blue shelf line on Avinet mist nets, if you choose to color code some of the shelf lines as well (highly recommended, as sometimes the net becomes separated from the bag in the field!).

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