Summer gala

At the first Tweed Salmon Festival, our correspondent finds there is much to be optimistic about in the fishing world, even if Salmo salar continues to decline

Today’s staunch game-fisher has good reason to thank yesterday’s stolid coarse angler, writes Mike Handyside

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Rob Hardy joins members of Bishop Auckland & District Angling Club for a nocturnal pursuit of the River Wear’s monster sea-trout

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