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

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

Rhapsody in blue

With its majestic proportions and astonishing turn of speed–it can swim faster than a battleship–the bluefin tuna is poetry in motion

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

“sad times, good times, and a couple of timely warnings”

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

“in a single cast, i’d jumped from somerset to the usa”

DOM GARNETT – ONE MAN DETERMINED TO KEEP ...

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

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

Rhapsody in blue

With its majestic proportions and astonishing turn of speed–it can swim faster than a battleship–the bluefin tuna is poetry in motion

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