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

Four outstanding new titles for game-fishers to read this winter

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

One of the unexpected outcomes of being a literary agent is that it means I am in the privileged position of knowing exactly how tough it is to forge a career with your pen. As a result, it is always

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