SATURDAY21st October 2000

The death of a legend. Bernard Venables MBE, who was Mr Crabtree to millions of us, has gone from this life. No oak coffin for our Crabtree, he was laid out in a creel. There was no church service. His family and friends gathered in a village hall. Some wore the dandelion flower in their…

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The first session of the week there was a strong westerly wind blowing and as I walked across the dam I noticed a dramatic change had affected the lake. The weed, previously so thick and reaching the surface so it looked more like a golf course, had now sunk down so that the lake looked…

Baits such as elderberry, hemp and wormsare used less often. Ignore these baits though at yourperil, particularly the most versatile of them all,the humble loaf of bread. The beauty of a loaf ofbread is that it can be fished in so many differentways. From a piece of crust torn from the loaf to aball of…

Dab [Species Menu] [Dab articles] Common name: Dab Latin name: Limanda limanda Record weight: One of the smallest of the flatfish that regularly turns up in anglers catches. The shore record is held by a fish of 2lb 9oz 8 drams, whilst the boat best is slightly bigger at 2lb 12oz 4 drams. Distribution: Found…

We are not talking about one of those sluggish and invariably canal like rivers here but rather one with a fast powerful flow, gravel runs, streaming weed beds and many other features straight out of the Mr. Crabtree school of design. Well, have you? Probably not I suspect, for you dont see that many people…