butterfly net. It is set in a rectangular wooden frame usually about 4-5 m long and 2 m wide supported by three legs. A central pole extends from one of the longer edges at a right angle.

Haaf net fishing is practised by the fishermen wading out into the sea. In the Solway Firth, this can mean walking out over mudflats for up to one mile. Once in the sea, they position themselves and wait for the tide to ebb or flood. The depth of the