In this festive special, Keith looks back fondly on the near-20-year run he enjoyed on Sky TV’s Tight Lines programme, and picks out a few of his guest highlights...

2025 has been yet another sensational year for fishing. Not only have special catches been made, but anglers have taken a stand against the issues that matter, and come out largely victorious.

Our historian Keith looks back to an angling sponsorship wrangle from the late 1990s….

Coach Brian beats one of his youth club members by a single centimetre in one of his own competitions and reveals details of a new programme to get newcomers into the sport

A last gasp fish sees team England win the shore World Championships in France

THE BELLA VISTA BASS