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http://www.canteenshop.com/id74.html (2nd item down)
http://www.wallacecordage.com/tarred-twisted-nylon-twine.html
I imagine this sort of thing would be available from a chandlery and if not they could point you in the direction of where trawler men get their supplies.
Happy trails...torc.
This is the only chandlers near me
http://www.chandlers-bar.co.uk/ The landlord, Roger, did invent something involving much vodka, gin, and something green out of a strangely shaped bottle when I asked for a bankline, but that just added to the confusion
Thanks for the links, "canteenshop" is showing free shipping to the UK too (I think), so they may well be the way forward on this.
A "bank line" isn't a specific type og cordage; it's a line with at least one end tied to something on the riverbank or shore of a lake or pond while baited hooks are attached along it's length in the water. If it streches all the way across the river and is attached to opposite shores on either end, it's a "trot line." It's a way to fish while not having to attend the lines. On a bank line there's usually only one bated hook tied to the end in the water whereas on a trot line there are "stagings" (lines suspended from the main line every foot or two along it's length with a separate bated hook at the end of each staging. In either case, the preferred hook is a size 2 or larger treble hook.
The most popular cordage used is that Torc pictured i post #5. It's just twisted ordinary nylon cordage. It's smaller (more portable) than parachord as well as being much, nuch cheaper and more than strong enough for most needs whereas paracord is expensive overkill. Being smaller and more limber than paracord also makes it a better choice for what the name implies, setting bank lines are trot lines.
Thanks for the info santaman, I think that most of us generally already know what's meant by bankline. According to Mr. Canterbury (who's put most of us onto the idea I think) it's simply multi-strand tarred twisted nylon cord, the problem is where to buy such a thing in the UK? I can imagine many people reading this and pulling their hair out in frustration to cries of "it's just string, how hard can it be?!?!?", but honestly, it's tricky, I simply cannot find a source for this stuff in the UK. The problem we have over anything else I think is that tarred twisted nylon cordage is never going to be sold as "bankline" in, say, a fishing tackle shop (where I would imagine it's very easy to find in the US) as long lines/night lines/trot lines or whatever you want to call them are illegal on inland waterways over here (and maybe coastal waters too, I live about as far from the sea as you can get in the UK, I know next to nothing about sea fishing law).
cheers,
Stuart
