THE BEST FISH YOU’VE LANDED THIS WEEK

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

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

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

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...