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

How do you deal with the crushing blow of yet another blank session or period of fishing failure? Specimen hunter Lasse Bøe has the answers

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THE ADVICE YOU NEED TO GET THE BEST FROM YOUR FISHING

Our panel of expert anglers offers advice for better fishing this month

Keith recalls the early adoption of imitation baits, and his own initial experiences…