Elver net elver sticks and haystack bird by peter yates
This is a new giclee limited edition reproduction of a 1976 mixed media piece by peter yates the objects in the picture are all associated with elver fishing including elver nets sticks and a hurricane lamp these special implements are portrayed with accuracy and charm and the words drink fair dont swear is a comment on the culture of the elvermen who fish along the banks of the severn river elvers are the enigmatic young eels which begin life in the sargasso sea and then make th