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	May 2006: "The truth is that in the world of fly fishing there is an absolutely limitless array of challenges and difficulties waiting to be mastered." We welcome John Bailey to the Fish & Fly team More...
	February 2006: Have you ever wondered what life would be like if instead of working to pay for your fishing, you were paid to fish? Bill Drew shares some of his experiences More >
	April 2004: "Britain is much blessed with trout. They are everywhere. They live, naturally, in every county in the land." Jon Beer on trout varieties
	July 2003: "The sooner a fish can be brought to hand and unhooked the better will be its chances of survival" Terry Lawton on catch & release
	July 2003: "That evening I arrived home and walked up the stream that runs through our village. The tall grasses that fringe the stream were bristling with duns and spinners, resting before the fray and frenzy of the mating dance." Jon Beer looks back on a wonderful spring
	May 2003: "Legendary rivers appear in the catalogue. Famous and unheard of beats are featured. Action was required." Bill Drew on the Atlantic Salmon Trust Auction
	April 2003: "There’s a certain pattern to fly fishing. No, not that kind of pattern. I’m talking about a sort of predestination or cosmic fishing karma that forms a thread that runs so strongly through the fabric of this sport" A feature by JM Hruby
	March 2003: "He was Scotland's Izaak Walton with a hefty slice of Wordsworth thrown in. Stoddart was fan of Wordsworth and damned nearly met him when the poet dropped in for dinner at the house" Jon Beer on angling songs
	March 2003: "Have you ever noticed how lost fish usually lodge in the memory far more than the fish we catch and dispatch." More from Lesley Crawford
	December 2002: "I would never rush out to fish if it was raining, in expectation of catching more fish, as I don't enjoy fishing in the rain that much." Terry Lawton on weather and fly fishing
	December 2002: "A garfish is not designed for a prolonged fight and before long the twisting silver shape was lifted from the water." Part 2 of Jon Beer's McNab Challenge
	November 2002: "Someone once described a river as being 'good enough for who it’s for', but ultimately I believe we fish the river we deserve." More from Bill Drew
	October 2002: "The challenge", he said, "would be to catch a sea fish, a coarse fish and a game fish on the fly" Jon Beer's McNab
	October 2002: "In any type of angling that life event of a first fish always sets the tone for the future." Lesley Crawford looks back on her fishing career

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