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

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

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

The Editor chats to Charles Innes-Ker, 11th Duke of Roxburghe about his family’s deep connections to game-fishing

THE RISE OF SALTWATER STREET FISHING

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