With a season of winter storms approaching James Batty explains how to make the most of the great bass fishing that comes during or after a big blow

Jim looks back through his angler’s log book from the 1970s and is shocked to be reminded how many people turned out for the shore competitions fifty years ago

THE ADVICE YOU NEED TO GET THE BEST FROM YOUR FISHING

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

I feel privileged to have visited this most magical of lakes

FROM CABLE TO TABLE