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PAST NOTES

Andrew Newton delights in how books connect us to our angling forebears

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Trout & Salmon Magazine

06 February, 2025

Country Life

Supporting cast

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

Angling Times

“no fish – yet this was one of the best sessions of my life!”

I feel privileged to have visited this most magical of lakes

Best of British

Yesterday remembered

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

Country Life

Putting cumbria on the map

Middleland: Dispatches from the Borders Rory Stewart (Jonathan ...

Angling Times

“sad times, good times, and a couple of timely warnings”

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

Angling Times

Arthur’s archive

Our historian Keith looks back 58 years to the tale of an intrepid sea angler who targeted big sharks from the shore

Country Life

Supporting cast

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

Angling Times

“no fish – yet this was one of the best sessions of my life!”

I feel privileged to have visited this most magical of lakes

Best of British

Yesterday remembered

Country Life

Putting cumbria on the map

Middleland: Dispatches from the Borders Rory Stewart (Jonathan ...

Angling Times

“sad times, good times, and a couple of timely warnings”

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

Angling Times