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

How do you deal with the crushing blow of yet another blank session or period of fishing failure? Specimen hunter Lasse Bøe has the answers

THE BEST FISH YOU’VE LANDED THIS WEEK

Dani Morey admires anglers whose steely qualities extend far beyond fishing skill

I feel privileged to have visited this most magical of lakes

All told, this week has been a bit of a roller coaster of emotions