Inside this week

Honest advice to help you to catch more fish on every trip, without breaking the bank

These tips will help you get more from what are easy-to use, effective and brilliant baits

Bass may be opportunistic feeders but the key to big fish success is tempting them with the dish of the day – as James Batty explains

BARBEL TROTTING RIG

I reckon that taking a break from specimen-hunting to go pleasure fishing is a tonic for the soul

Wayne Thomas looks back at some of the classic lures of yesteryear and asks whether modern lure design and technology is more about catching anglers than fish