Who cares about a bit of bream slime?

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

Expert tips and tricks to put more fish in your net

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

THE MASTERPLAN

Today’s staunch game-fisher has good reason to thank yesterday’s stolid coarse angler, writes Mike Handyside

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