The latest issue of Angler’s Mail – out today – has an exclusive report on the modern scourge of tackle theft plus advice on how to beat the crooks. It’s also been an amazing week for big river specimens – as revealed inside.

 Plus:

•    Brit anglers land world’s biggest carp brace

•    River record barbel caught

•    Giant Thames crucian just ounces shy of British record

•    Matchman nets record 977lb haul

•    Fox Carp Cup season’s champion revealed

•    Carp World gives the run-down on old-school tackle

•    30Plus river ace Dean Brook shows how to bag roach on hemp

•    John Bailey explores what rods you really need

•    More than 30 great canal venues selected by experts

•    Ian Chapman visits two great club waters in the north

•    New Dynamite Baits releases revealed

•    How to trot a river

•    Preston Innovations Matchman of the Year update with league tables

•    Match results and news from around the country

•    Shimano and Rapala show new tackle for 2015