Friture d’anchois, mayonnaise piquante

Fishing trips with my grandfather were one of the highlights of my summer holidays in Saint Puy. We used to head off to the river, just the two of us, to fish for small carp, catfish, gudgeon and my favourite – vairon (common minnow). Mostly we fished by line but vairon are best caught using another technique. You take a 2-litre (3½