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

Leven is arguably the most famous and influential trout fishery in the world. Getting to know it is a privilege, writes Fin Wilson

Moments enjoyed, lessons learned, handy advice, weird stuff that happened: welcome to the little bits and pieces that don’t make big stories, but do make all the difference.

I feel privileged to have visited this most magical of lakes

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

MY old art teacher used to say there are no straight lines in nature. At the same time, one of the French teacher’s pet phrases was, “There are always the exceptions”. And when it comes to straight li