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

We are grateful to have received many kind and generous tributes to mark our 70th birthday. Here is a selection from a few of our well-known readers and much-loved contributors

The voice of game-fishing since 1955

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top

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