SALMON FISHING ON THE NITH
Local men wade into the River Nith in Dumfriesshire to fish for salmon using haaf nets. (clip)
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Title: SALMON FISHING ON THE NITH
Reference number: T1090
Date: 1960s
Production company: Scottish Television
Sound: sound
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 4.30 mins
Description: Report by Alex Melville on Hauf Net Fishing, practised on the river Nith in Dumfrieshire.
Credits: rep. Alex Melville
Shotlist: No credits. exts. Melville talking to camera, standing by the River Nith, fishermen in b/ground (0.20) shots of haaf net fishermen; man putting large salmon into his bag (1.20) Mr Fisher speaks about the method and supposedly Norwegian origins of haaf net fishing, which he has practised for 64 years; intercut with images of men carrying nets, and fishing, stunning the fish (4.30)