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I have deliberately waited until the horror of Black Friday was over until coming forward with some recommendations for Christmas treats for us fisher-folks this year. My idea of hell is traipsing round a crowded shopping mall, particularly on days when I feel the fish might be feeding in my local waters, but it's always good to hear of films or books that can transport us to another, less crowded world, when real life keeps us away from the bank.

The recent publication of the European Commission's proposals on bass fishing in 2016 'to halt the dramatic decline in this important stock'

In an exclusive story from his new book 'Crooked Lines', Dom Garnett takes us for a fishing adventure on a different scale, in search of Britain's forgotten mini species with Dr Mark Everard.

Conservationists and angling groups have settled a High Court dispute with the government over agricultural waterway pollution.

Summer spates are not unknown on the Wye but they're a certainty during the winter months. The level will rise according to the nature of the banks and the normal width of the river: 6 feet in some places, 14 feet in others.

Any phone call to angling legend, Dave Steuart, is never going to be a short one. Even now he's well into his eighties and even with a rotten cold he can still talk for England. However it's always a good exercise for the ears because he is always as interesting as a barrow load of monkeys and as funny as hell to boot.

I remember a mate of mine, on a marlin trip out of Port Stephen, commenting on the skipper's obsession with finding the right colour of water. He was musing on the notion that if the Eskimos can identify 14 different types of snow how many different types of water can a fisherman find in a single day on the ocean?

Angler Jakub Vagner on his new show and his memorable moments with the denizens of the deep

HUGE piles of waste were strewn across a country road in one of the most shocking examples of fly-tipping to hit the South East. Items including wood, bricks, plastic bags, trees and even an ice chest were discarded in East Park Lane in Newchapel around November 27 last year.

The Environment Agency is appealing for information following a serious illegal fishing offence at Teddington Weir in Richmond.