WEEKLY CROSSWORD

(* indicates an anagram) Across 1 Rocket-shaped combo-rig for carp (*stop, er, cod!) (4-6) 7 Bird’s bill - and type of hook (4) 9 Japanese raw fish/rice dish (5) 10 Devon town named after its River Creedy (8) 11 _ _ light for night fishing (4) 12 Arma Mesh material (5) 14 As offered by AT to a new subscriber? (4) 15 Area of rushes (7) 17 __ feeder has large side hole for bait delivery (6) 18 Slight disturbance of water’s surface (6) 20 It makes hair-rigging super quick (*net a boy) (7) 22 Hants. river – part of Teme once! (4) 23 Drainage trench (5) 25 Town and trout/salmon river in Caithness (4) 27 Rig with two hooks on one snood (*on his web) (8) 29 Elongated nose e.g. of barbel (5) 30 Herring relative ... in fish additive (4) 31 Extremely handy things for touch legering! (10) Down 2 Soft bait moulded from cheese, bread etc. (5) 3 e.g. fin rot – from *seaside resort! (7) 4 Eye-watering big-bodied float? (5) 5 Amused, lightly stroked a trout to catch it! (7) 6 A river in Derry for trout/ salmon ... and fish eggs (3) 7 Used in boilie-making (*big tuna) (4,3) 8 It’s balsa-bodied with a cane stem (4,5) 13 N. Ireland town with canal to Lough Neagh (5) 15 e.g. coley, sole etc. (9) 16 See 19dn. 19/16 Bait pellets good for roach (*burdened chap) (7,5) 20 Brown marsh bird that ‘booms’ (7) 21 Isle of Wight town on River Medina (7) 24 Rush, hurry (5) 26 Slice e.g. worm to make choppie (3,2) 28 Crack __ is snapping of line when casting (3)