“heard it down the pub? it might just be a load of bull!”

Peek over the parapet of a bridge just as daylight bleeds into dusk, gazing down through the clear layers of a shallow river or chalk stream, and you may glimpse the shadowy, serpentine form of an eel

THE BEST FISH YOU’VE LANDED THIS WEEK

As long as the swim is snag-free, and the tackle is balanced, there’s no reason to join the heavy mob when you target chub and barbel...

You can’t beat roving on a river or surface fishing for carp

DOM GARNETT – ONE MAN DETERMINED TO KEEP THE PLEASURE IN ANGLING

Nathan Leney reveals why you shouldn’t shy away from tackling these turbulent hotspots