The Flimwell Papers

A very random collection of stuff that washes up on this writer's shore; the flotsam and jetsam of the internet. I admire others who have set out with theme or considered a byline....this is just where I show my collection of found and discovered likes and loves!
May 28
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I’ve seen them do this in North Vietnam on the Bạch Đằng River — but was another life and this photo reminds me of the better things left from that history! buffleheadcabin: ledgergermane: filthyphil: Night Fisherman For centuries fishermen on the Li River of Southern China have partnered with cormorants to catch fish. Each fisherman has a complement of half a dozen or so trained birds. The light of a lantern attracts the fish, and the cormorants return to the boat, fish in beak. They can’t swallow them because the fisherman fix a band around their necks, but they eventually get their share. At first exciting, But soon sad - Cormorant fishing - Matsuo Basho

I’ve seen them do this in North Vietnam

on the Bạch Đằng River — but was another life and this photo reminds me of the better things left from that history!

buffleheadcabin:

ledgergermane:

filthyphil:

Night Fisherman
  • For centuries fishermen on the Li River of Southern China have partnered with cormorants to catch fish. Each fisherman has a complement of half a dozen or so trained birds. The light of a lantern attracts the fish, and the cormorants return to the boat, fish in beak. They can’t swallow them because the fisherman fix a band around their necks, but they eventually get their share.

At first exciting, But soon sad - Cormorant fishing - Matsuo Basho