Old Photograph Haaf Netting Fish River Nith Glencaple Scotland

Old photograph of fishermen haaf netting fish in the River Nith by Glencaple near Dumfries, Scotland. The word “ haaf ” means “ sea net ” which is mounted on a rectangular frame up to 18 feet long by 5 feet high. The frame is placed across the current by a fisherman standing behind the net. Fishermen walk out into the shallow waters and place the Haaf Net in front facing either the incoming, flood, or outgoing, ebb, tides. As soon as a fish swims into the net the legs of the frame are allowed to float to the surface thereby trapping the fish.



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