Still not many elvers......... The fisherman here is dropping one or two into his tray. On a good night his net can 'sizzle' with hundreds of baby eels. These baby eels are about the diamater of a matchstick, 70mm long and clear in colour. ( Glass eels ) The elvers are carried on the Gulf Stream from the Sargasso Sea to Britain, it takes a few years for them to get here. They are swept up the Wye and Severn on the tide and when the water runs back they swim to the side and continue to try to go upstream. The fisherman holds the net in the water and the baby eels swim into it. After a few minutes he scoops the net out of the water and tips the catch into a tray.

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