I feel privileged to have visited this most magical of lakes

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

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

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

Coach Brian casts a line on a family trip to Northumberland. But did he follow his own advice when fishing a new venue, and did he catch?

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