Don’t be afaid of the dark

How do you prepare for a pleasure session on a venue you’ve never seen before?

Bass may be opportunistic feeders but the key to big fish success is tempting them with the dish of the day – as James Batty explains

Wayne Thomas looks back at some of the classic lures of yesteryear and asks whether modern lure design and technology is more about catching anglers than fish

I reckon that taking a break from specimen-hunting to go pleasure fishing is a tonic for the soul

PART FIVE: DOWN-UP OR UP-DOWN?

Our panel of expert anglers offers advice for better fishing this month