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

FROM CABLE TO TABLE

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

THE BEST FISH YOU’VE LANDED THIS WEEK

I feel privileged to have visited this most magical of lakes