Solway sunset

Today's the day .......................... to catch a salmon

Fantastic sunset this evening as we drove back home along the Solway coast from Newton Stewart.

Through the summer months, the age-old tradition of haaf  netting still takes place on the Solway Firth.. It is a fishing method which is Scandinavian in origin – haaf  is the Norse word for channel. The fishing involves hardy participants wading waist deep with rectangular wooden frames to support the nets which are divided into two pockets or ‘pokes’. As the haaf  net is placed in the incoming or outgoing tides, sea trout or salmon are caught in the pokes.

There's more about it here if you're interested .......................