Clinging on

A sturdy bonsai freshwater swashbuckler, the spiny stickleback is often the first fish we catch as children

Most of us take our fishing way too seriously. Just for a change, why not set out your stall for dace and gudgeon, and have some fun?

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

Cash in on some fantastic autumn redfin action with these modern baits

You can’t beat roving on a river or surface fishing for carp

THE BEST FISH YOU’VE LANDED THIS WEEK