The Eel Poachers

By “Country Boy”

Always out to earn a bob we had all the tools in our sheds. Eeling was an all year round job. During winter, along with our forays after rabbits, we would work all the likely-looking ditches, especially where there was a hole in the dyke’s bottom, for here would gather the fish to lay up in the mud for the cold weather. Continue reading The Eel Poachers