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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“SWITCHING FROM THE FLOAT TO A LEGER PRODUCED ...

IN VICTORIAN TIMES, it was the practice, if ...

The cold means nothing when the wolf of the waterways turns its dark eyes to your lure or deadbait – it’s time to tame the beast...

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