how about folding the netting around the frame, and then tieing the folded netting to the first part of the netting - so basically part of the net is overlapped after going around the frame.
Mats, unfortunately this does not work as it places the wear and tear directly on the net where it encircles the frame. Every time it is pushed against an object, like a gravel substrate, the net will tear/fray a bit more.
I have found smalkl cable ties (zip ties) to be the most robust & permanent way of attaching netting to frames, hoops etc.
Guess you can not tell from the photos, but that is just how the above net was constructed. I am not totally unhappy with this method as I got several years of use out of this net using this method. I have used basically the same method using very heavy weight (30 lb) fishing line instead of cable ties as well with fair results.
I would love to have something like HH describes, but I am not sure the technology is here to make such a net. The rubber hose protector idea had occurred to me as well.
Maybe the best bet would be a combination of the above? Wrap as Mats suggested, then cover all four sides and corners with one piece of rubber hose, then a fix said rubber hose with cable ties.
If you look very closely you will notice a special touch to the above net. There is a PVC "T intersection" in one edge. I can use it is a push net or I can place a handy stick or piece of bamboo in that T intersection and have an instant giant dip net! Works well.
Loose netting in very small mesh sizes was freely available in Mombasa. Do you have trouble getting it in Kampala?
I have not seen any, but can order some easily from the US. One very bizarre thing about Uganda is that there is really no "fishing culture." Kampala sits next to the second largest lake in the world and I have yet to meet any local here that is really familiar with fishing/boating/etc. By strange chance I just hosted some friends from Nairobi today. Their first comment upon exiting the plane at Entebbe was to note that they could not see a single fishing boat in the lake.
Goldschmidt (Darwin's Dreampond) makes the same observations on the Tanzanian side of Lake Victoria. People grow up a stone's throw from the lake and can not distinguish between even dissimilar fishes. Also, as in Uganda, they do not use the lake as an irrigation source. A farmer will watch his corn dry to dust 100 feet from the lake while he prays day and night for rain to save his crop.
I am not an anthropologist, but I have wondered if the very young age of the lake (12,000 years) plays a part. Or is that the people that live here today immigrated from other environments and just keep practicing what they brought with them (cattle) instead of incorporating new resources (like fishing and irrigation) into their culture?
-Shane
"My journey is at an end and the tale is told. The reader who has followed so faithfully and so far, they have the right to ask, what do I bring back? It can be summed up in three words. Concentrate upon Uganda."
Winston Churchill, My African Journey
I have found smalkl cable ties (zip ties) to be the most robust & permanent way of attaching netting to frames, hoops etc. Once pulled tight, the loose ends can be snipped off to give a neat finish & if positioned in such a way no sharp edges will be pointed towards the net contents