With a season of winter storms approaching James Batty explains how to make the most of the great bass fishing that comes during or after a big blow

How do you deal with the crushing blow of yet another blank session or period of fishing failure? Specimen hunter Lasse Bøe has the answers

THE ADVICE YOU NEED TO GET THE BEST FROM YOUR FISHING

From landing hulking catfish on the Zambezi to talking tackle with Ted Hughes, COUNTRY LIFE’s fishing correspondent looks back on seven colourful decades

All told, this week has been a bit of a roller coaster of emotions

The cold means nothing when the wolf of the waterways turns its dark eyes to your lure or deadbait – it’s time to tame the beast...