Spider Crab Fry with Parsley, Garlic and Lemon

When fishing in autumn from Chesil Beach, my excitement as the rod tip judders often turns into disappointment as yet again I have tangled up an opportunistic spider crab. I am terrible at beach fishing, but have an uncanny knack of hooking spiders. Waiting for a bite, I will sometimes drift into a trance, engaged with the idea of the crab’s eye view as it slowly creeps over the sandy floor towards my bait. They have strange thorny looks, but foolish is the man who dismisses them as bad eat