From zero to hero

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FROM ZERO TO HERO

Joe Whyte tells the remarkable story of Scotland’s Junior Sea Angling Tea

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Sea Angler Magazine

07 November, 2025

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Country Life

Supporting cast

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

Sea Angler

Whippy’s world

Jim looks back through his angler’s log book from the 1970s and is shocked to be reminded how many people turned out for the shore competitions fifty years ago

Angling Times

Arthur’s archive

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

Sea Angler

Walking the talk

Coach Brian casts a line on a family trip to Northumberland. But did he follow his own advice when fishing a new venue, and did he catch?

Sea Angler

Chasing giants

TEAM SQUIDWARD 3’s BLUEFIN TUNA JOURNEY

FROM CABLE TO TABLE

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

Sea Angler

Whippy’s world

Jim looks back through his angler’s log book from the 1970s and is shocked to be reminded how many people turned out for the shore competitions fifty years ago

Angling Times

Arthur’s archive

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

Sea Angler

Walking the talk

Coach Brian casts a line on a family trip to Northumberland. But did he follow his own advice when fishing a new venue, and did he catch?

Sea Angler

Chasing giants

TEAM SQUIDWARD 3’s BLUEFIN TUNA JOURNEY

Sea Angler

Dave’s diaries

FROM CABLE TO TABLE