Jim looks back through his angler’s log book from the 1970s and is shocked to be reminded how many people turned out for the shore competitions fifty years ago

Keith remembers the early days of fish retention, and falling foul of the rules...

Keith recalls the early adoption of imitation baits, and his own initial experiences…

Our historian Keith looks back 58 years to the tale of an intrepid sea angler who targeted big sharks from the shore

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

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