In search of perfection

Stu Lennox hits pause on modern-day carping and indulges in a little estate lake nostalgia as he targets some very special fish indeed

You can’t beat roving on a river or surface fishing for carp

A week of contrasts for me, from Cornwall back up to the Trent

Norman Hadley shares a tale of youthful misadventure, when a navigational mistake on the Cairngorm plateau seemed to defy all constraints of space and time

Rob Hardy visits a fishery in the Scottish Borders where big fish of multiple species means there’s something for everyone

After years of trying, I finally catch a six-pounder. As it turned out, the journey proved to be just as satisfying as the final outcome...