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

ADULT CATEGORY WINNER KIRSTIN JONES ‘CAUGHT OUT’ ABOUT ...

Britain’s neglect of its maritime heritage has led to shuttered shipyards, ailing fishing fleets and impoverished coastal towns

With a season of winter storms approaching James Batty explains how to make the most of the great bass fishing that comes during or after a big blow

Fred de Fossard

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