FishingMagic Magazine

I've spent the greater part of my working life in some sort of representative capacity. In fact this predilection for speaking up on behalf my peers probably goes back even further.

A prehistoric fish, that was around 200 million years before dinosaurs, has been seen in English rivers for the first time since the 1800s.

There's cover star and carp legend Pete Springate's tactics to catch on floaters all year round. Plus the 87-year-old supergran, a great competition and a close look at killer diseases near you.

I think I've been too much of a stick-in-the-mud throughout my fishing life. It's not that I haven't experimented with forms of fishing other than coarse fishing, I just haven't pursued them to any great degree.

The following article delivers - I like to think - evidence that's as good as it's going to get; the best possible evidence given the constraints both parties in this debacle must frustratingly work within. In this country's highest courts there is frequently a lack of irrefutable, concrete proof , and this, of course, is why we have a jury system. It is instructed to ignore personal preferences and emotions - only to make a judgement based on what is known (the facts) and the evidence. Do read the article IN FULL.

To paraphrase Geoff Maynard: those readers without a real desire for truth or those who are merely fed up with the 'Martin Gay's 50lb+ Record-Breaking English Common Carp' story can simply turn the page. For others - read on, then take a look at Eddie's bombshell on Monday!

Have many of you have become obsessed with catching one particular fish? I know this is often associated with carp and barbel angling - and yes my fish is a carp - but there must be some who know where a large tench or big pike or perch lives and have spent hours trying to catch that one big fish.

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