Putcher

Putcher

A putcher is a type of fish (especially salmon) trap in the form of a conical-shaped basket, similar in appearance to a five-foot ice-cream cone. Putchers are placed in rows, standing four or five high, in a wooden `rank' set out against the tide. [ [http://www.salmonboats.co.uk/1252.html Putcher Use in the Severn Estuary] ]

As a method of fish capture, putcher fishing is peculiar to the River Severn and is believed to be of prehistoric design. Traditionally the putcher was made of hazel rods with withy (willow) plait, both materials being grown locally on the Caldicot and Wentloog Levels. Modern baskets made of metal were introduced in the 1940s and 1950s.

A contemporary view of the salmon fisheries at Goldcliff may be found at [http://www.goldcliff.net Goldcliff Fisheries] .

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