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

PART NINE: CHOOSE THE RIGHT BAIT

Match the hatch: Ronald’s wallet has flies tied ...

Arthur Macdonald tells the story of six favourite Dabbler patterns, taken from his excellent new book, Modern Flies and Ancient Lochs

Your comments and opinion on game-fishing matters

Rob Denson selects five misfit flies that solve problems on difficult days