FishingMagic Magazine

Large areas of the countryside are out of bounds as foot-and-mouth disease spreads. Already 600 farms are under emergency restrictions.

EA stock another 1800 fish into the Dee, the river that was hit by a devastating pollution last year.

Pike feeding well on Grey Mist mere and a 2lb 12oz perch from the Bridgewater Canal on a plug. But vandals operating at Moore Quarry.

Quality kit from one of the lesser known manufacturers. But you know what they say? Smaller companies have to try harder!

"I'm the sort of person that unscrupulous mechanics love. They can tell me anything and I believe them : 'Your car needs some indicator fluid sir'.'Ok, fill it up then'."

South African angler Leon Foreman experiments with baits and flavours and says, "needless to say I blanked a lot, but the anticipation of what might happen overwhelmed the disappointment of not succeeding."

Fog, deep gullies and fast incoming tides cause no end of problems for anglers on the beach at Talacre.

The new Shimano Linear Fisheries brochure for 2001 is out with news about new fish stocked and the records set last year.