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Title: SALMON FISHING BY THE RING NET METHOD

Reference number: 1681

Date: 1952

Director: filmed by Iain Dunnachie

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 4.32 mins

Description: Salmon fishing by the ring net method on Loch Feochan, Argyllshire.

A Prize-winning film at the Scottish Amateur Film Festival, 1952.

Credits: Scottish Amateur Film Festival 1952
A Prize-winning Film
p. Iain Dunnachie

Shotlist: Credits. (0.19); Loch Feochan, Argyllshire. The net is carefully stacked in the stern of a rowing boat. Shots of a small group of fishermen and a small boat on the shores of the loch, stacking nets (0.44); The cork floats keep the top of the net on the surface of the water. The bottom of the net sinks to the sea bed. General views of net and putting out onto the water (1.19); One end of the net is tied to the "shore line". Man ties the net (1.33); The fishermen keep careful watch for the salmon jumping. Man in boat watching (1.46); A salmon has jumped. The men row to the spot and pay out the net (2.11); As the net is paid out it forms a ring round the salmon. General views of same. Men hauling in from the shore (3.16); After stunning, the salmon are packed in boxes for transit. Salmon are landed and packed (4.12); Before re-stacking, the net is examined for holes which are repaired gvs same (4.28); The End (4.32)