Salmon nets, Glencaple
'Salmon Nets on the Solway. The haaf net, age old methods and
some not unsporting contests. Glencaple, River Nith, 1958.
The haaf is a portable 'pock' or 'poke' which is set against the
running tide by the haafer leaning on it while keeping it at arms
length. He holds six meshes in his left hand, and when a pull is
felt takes his weight off the net and presses down on the
'midrunner' so that the haaf floats to the surface.
Haafers standing in the running tide.
Fighting a salmon in the ebb tide.
Preparing to kill with the 'mell'
Passing the finger into the gill.
Bagging the fish head first'
Dr Kissling's note, 1978
The man in the top left photograph is James Henderson of
Glencaple. He would have been about fifteen at the time the
photograph was taken.
Research note, 2019
Object no :
DMPG299n
Collection :
Creator :
Dr Werner Kissling
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
NA
Materials :
NA
Location :
NA
Accession number :
PP/KISSLING COLLECTION, Retrospective 1978/46-51
Copyright :
Dumfries & Galloway Council
