TUESDAY29th February 2000

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You see, tope are the UK boat anglers favourite summer fish alongside the bass. In the more noted tope fishing areas visiting anglers generate welcome income via the hiring of charter boats, guest house accommodation, bait, tackle and travel expenses, and inevitably in the pub for a post-mortem of the days sport. Take the tope…

Articles by Chris Plumb Chris Plumb Age 41. First taken fishing at the age of three & half when I promptly fell in and have been getting wet on and off ever since. By the time I was 4 I was trusted with my own rod and reel (a 2&3/4 inch centre-pin) with which I…

I had an e-mail from my old pal Pete De Kremer, informing me that he took his son out on Rutland at the end of last month. His son David, who is 12 years old caught four fish to Pete’s NIL! If that wasn’t enough, his four fish weighed in at 7lbs. 4oz., 6lbs. 12oz.,…

We are trolling slowly homewards at the end of Major and Mrs. Bruce Kinloch’s two-day charter. It has been both a celebration of fifty years of marriage, and a quest to find a blue marlin for the Major, who – despite some forty years of service on the African coast in various civil positions –…

I turned to my left and gazed in awe at the beauty lying beside me. It must be said that even though I have never been to bed with an ugly woman I have woken up with a few. This was different. She looked up to me and smiled sweetly. This naked goddess lit a…