Figure 76. Flying fish net (kupanga maroro) : a, handle and frame (kaututu); b-d, lashing of frame to handle. a, handle and frame: 1, handle, 9 or 10 feet long; 2, stout rods (pukaututu); 3, shorter thinner rods (matakaututu); 4, lashings of matakaututu to pukaututu; 5, lashing (tapua) of pukaututu to handle some distance from its end; 6, cross bar, lashed to end of handle and to pukaututu to act as spreader; 7, lashing of bent-in ends of matakaututu. b-d, lashing of pukaututu to handle. b, thicker ends of rods (2) cut at slant to lie flat against handle at required angle; length of cord placed with one end (3) on handle between rods that it may be covered and so fixed by subsequent turns around handle. c, series of close transverse turns (4) made around handle and slanting butt ends of rods binding them firmly together; when divergence of rods reached, cord (5) brought around near rod, over handle, and under far rod. d, from last turn, cord brought around far rod, under handle, and over near rod from above; it passes around near rod, over handle, and below far rod as in c; by repeating turns (6) rods and handle wrapped separately; end fixed with couple of half-hitches or overhand knot around one of rods.