Del Cooper travels to Whitcombe, to learn about the traditional Westcountry pastime of eel clotting which involves the catching of eels from rivers using basic equipment including tree branches, woollen thread and old bathtubs. The season runs from May to September and locals in Somerset thread worms on wool called a clot or a clat in local dialect or a rayball - eels catch their teeth on the wool and the eel is dropped in the bath using a birch or hazel wood pole.