Haaf Net Fishing

Description

Two fisherman with haaf nets, fishing for salmon in the River Nith near Glencaple (Dumfries and Galloway). One man holds a salmon he has caught. In haaf net fishing, fishermen stand in line in the river holding the nets, and when the salmon swim into them they are clubbed with a mallet. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0393. Originally held in Photo File: Salmon Fishing.

Metadata

Identifier n7mq2dt5
IRN 411330
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/P0394
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/n7mq2dt5
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Salmon Fishing: Photocards
Creator(s) Sanderson, Stewart
Date [1960s]
Size and Medium 1 mounted photographic print.

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