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

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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

After nine years of circumnavigating the globe, the ‘old Seadog’ tells Laura Hodgetts he’s home to get patched up and a pension

Technology has transformed sailing, but was the past better or worse? Andy Du Port shares his views