Putcher - Fish trap - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73524 | |||||
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Plant Name | 160.00 SALICACEAE Salix triandra | Entry Book Number | 36.1995 | |
| Artefact Name | Putcher - Fish trap | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Putcher - Fish trap | Geography Description | Great Britain, Europe, England, Avon, Thornbury | ||
| Uses | Putcher - Fish trapUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Huby D | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/09/1995 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Prendergast H, Rumball N | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/09/1995 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Notes on putcher from Deryk Huby (Putcher fisherman on River Severn): Trap is used for catching salmon. A number of putchers are held in position on the river bed by posts and rails. This is known as a putcher weir. The term fixed engines is given to a, putcher or putt fishery when in operation. Putchers are usually made of willow, but nowadays some are partly made of cane or hazel, also there are metal (aluminium) putchers. A putcher is made up of 9 staves or uprights. These are whole or split withi, es about 6 feet long, and 7 or 9 meters which are whole or split withies about 3 feet 6 inches long. The 9 staves are then held in a frame called a putcher bench. Withies are then woven round the staves about 15 inches to 18 inches apart. These rings ar, e called the bench ring, middle ring and hem. The putcher is then removed from the putcher bench, turned over, and the spiral of withy is then woven round the staves and meters drawing them into the shape of a cone. This is called 'nosing up'. The ends, of the withies are then trimmed off and the putcher is finished. Putcher featured in Daily Telegraph, Sat 5 August, 1995, as a dying craft | ||||