Travel fly-weight

What’s essential for successful bass fishing and what should you leave at home? Big bass specialist James ‘Leakyboots’ Batty strips his kit down to the absolute must-carry essential items of any serious bass angler

Don’t go anywhere without checking our definitive holiday packing guide, as GH team members share the essential items they can’t travel without

Simon Smith looks at how being prepared to change tactics when plan A isn’t working can be the most effective way to ensure the best possible catch rate from your precious fishing sessions

LIGHT ROCK FISHING

Andrew Flitcroft chats with Mick Lacey, one of Rutland Water’s most experienced and modest bank anglers, known for his no-nonsense approach to catching trout

PART SIX: DISASTERS AND EXCUSES