Actor, angler and artist Jim Murray explains how salmon rivers helped to shape his most recent work

Four outstanding new titles for game-fishers to read this winter

Arthur Macdonald tells the story of six favourite Dabbler patterns, taken from his excellent new book, Modern Flies and Ancient Lochs

PART NINE: CHOOSE THE RIGHT BAIT

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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