Moonlighting
Tales and misadventures of a working life with eels
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Michael Brown | ISBN: | 9781906122775 |
| Publisher: | Merlin Unwin Books Limited | Publication: | March 15, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Merlin Unwin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Brown |
| ISBN: | 9781906122775 |
| Publisher: | Merlin Unwin Books Limited |
| Publication: | March 15, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Merlin Unwin Books |
| Language: | English |
In spring 1973, Michael Brown, a young freelance travel writer, took a phone call from a friend: 'Why don't you come down to Somerset and see these things called elvers - they migrate up river at night on the high tides and the local's fish for them. It's called elvering.' And so began a lifetime's career, full of ups and downs, as a self- employed eel fisherman: from the enchantment of catching them by moonlight, to driving them in battered vans across Europe, to smoking mature eels, to selling them - Michael and his long-suffering wife Utta have never looked back. A heart-warming tale of running a small business on a shoe-string; and a passion for eels which never faded.
In spring 1973, Michael Brown, a young freelance travel writer, took a phone call from a friend: 'Why don't you come down to Somerset and see these things called elvers - they migrate up river at night on the high tides and the local's fish for them. It's called elvering.' And so began a lifetime's career, full of ups and downs, as a self- employed eel fisherman: from the enchantment of catching them by moonlight, to driving them in battered vans across Europe, to smoking mature eels, to selling them - Michael and his long-suffering wife Utta have never looked back. A heart-warming tale of running a small business on a shoe-string; and a passion for eels which never faded.
