Rob Hardy and friends discover the angling delights of Ireland’s north-west, fishing County Mayo’s Carrowmore Lake and the River Moy at Mount Falcon

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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

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

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...

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