First get the piece of netting you need for the net. Look at the twine the netting is made from.

It should be nylon twisted twine. Usually the person who sells the netting will know what the

twine thickness is (R 450 tex 2 200 m/kg).

You can measure it yourself by wrapping a piece of the twine around a stick so that the wraps

lie close together and then measuring the width of 10 wraps.

The sinkers along the leadline keep the floats from lifting the net off the bottom. You can use

lead, iron rings or chain, stone or concrete to make your sinkers.

Iron and stone are not as heavy in water as lead, so if you use these materials you will need

more weight. If you use pieces of chain have every link of the chain well-tied (seized) to the

leadline or even wrapped in canvas so that it will not catch the net.

You can also use small bags full of sand as sinkers. Stones and concrete sinkers must be

made smooth.

For iron sinkers use 12 kilograms (1 1/2 times as much as lead) - 50 sinkers, each weighing

about 250 grams.

For stone, sand or concrete sinkers use 40 kilograms (five times as much as lead) - 40

sinkers, each weighing about 1 kilogram.

The buoys attached to each anchor-rope mark the place where the net is set. An

innertube, a tin container, a light-wood log or a big plastic bottle will make a good

buoy.

If the buoy is painted a bright color it will be easy to see.

You can always attach to the buoy a wooden pole with a flag or a bunch of palm

leaves, tree branches or any other thing that you can see from far away.