WEEKLY CROSSWORD

Across

1/24 It has large line capacity for big fish (10,4) 7 Like the feel of maggots (4) 9 Calm, deep water formed by dammed stream (4,4) 10 Restraint e.g. like a drag device (5) 11 Measure of land area – in a creek! (4) 13 See 15ac. 15/13 World Spey Casting Champ 2006 (*Go try cast) (4,5) 16 Kenny ___, KD rig inventor (7) 18 Sinuous, like a snake lake (7) 19 Particular river stretches (7) 21 It protects finger when power-casting (*hum, I bet!) (7) 24 See 1ac. 25 Could be eyed, barbed or barbless (5) 27 See 5dn. 28 ___ stop: for quick change of hair rig bait (5) 30 Used to fish shallowly (*loaf paté) (3,5) 32 See 2dn. 33 Screw-in legering bite indicators (6,4)

Down

2/32 Grinner by another name (*in nut, OK) (3,4) 3 Levers for turning boat rudders (7) 4 e.g. Boldings, Docklow and Peatling (5) 5/27 One of Thames’ largest meanders (4,2,4) 6 __ Wootton, UK Angling Champ 2014 (3) 7 Like fishing line caught on obstacle (7) 8 As a minimal resistance set-up (4-7) 12 Period when river fishing banned (5,6) 14 Perthshire salmon/trout river...in Margate, I think! (5) 17 Carp have them in their throat (5) 20 Drainage channel makes *vet curl (7) 22 Inter-tidal area e.g. at The Wash (7) 23 Fast water float – and posh hat! (6) 26 Mass of eggs laid in water (5) 29 First name of anglers Shipp and Taylor (3) 31 Snake – seen in marinas, Paignton (3)