Fleygastong

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Fleygamenn with their Fleygastengur after a successful hunt around 1898/99 near Trongisvágur .

Fleygastong (plural Fleygastengur ) is Faroese and means bird-catching rod (from fleyga - catching birds in the air) for catching birds in the Faroe Islands .

The Fleygastong is a kind of landing net . The pole is about 3.5 meters long and made of bamboo or glass fiber reinforced plastic . At the top two arms are tied to form a V-shape. A net hangs from them . At the lower end there is a ground spike that makes the work of the bird catcher (fleygamaður) easier.

The Fleygastong is primarily used to catch puffins. To do this, the bird catcher sits in a niche on one of the many bird cliffs in the Faroe Islands. This work is not without risk, as these cliffs are often several hundred meters high. A Fleygastong can catch a good 100 puffins in one day, but there are also personal records of over 1,000.