As an island nation, the UK has a long and proud fishing history, a cultural identity that caused waves in the 2016 campaign to leave the EU. For a few days in May 2025 that passion resurfaced, when t

James ‘Leakyboots’ Batty explores our love affair with bass and what makes it such a popular and sought-after target species for sea anglers

ISSUE 654 NOVEMBER 2025

For a quarter of a century, the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow has been leading the way in crustacean conservation. Oliver Berry heads west to observe its mission in close-up

The inside line on the activities of the Angling Trust & Fish Legal, from the CEO of the sport’s governing body

Peek over the parapet of a bridge just as daylight bleeds into dusk, gazing down through the clear layers of a shallow river or chalk stream, and you may glimpse the shadowy, serpentine form of an eel