Crossword: win Korum Front Force 3000 reels

A Korum Front Force 3000 reel worth £34.99

FIVE lucky winners of this month’s Improve Your Coarse Fishing crossword will each scoop a Korum Front Force 3000 reel worth £34.99. These dependable and well-built reels have been developed to suit a wide range of fishing situations. From feeder fishing to lure fishing, and even floatfishing this reel can tackle it all. Its compact body, coupled with effortless winding makes it a joy to use. The front drag can be adjusted very easily and precisely during the fight. Like all Korum reels, they combine a robust build-quality with stunning looks, and are sure to become an iconic product. The 3000-size reel carries 250 metres of 0.23mm diameter mono on the main metal spool and also comes supplied with a spare graphite spool.. Complete the puzzle and send it to: Crossword (Issue 319), IYCF, Bauer Media, Lynchwood, Peterborough, PE2 6EA, by December 22, 2016.

The clues.... ACROSS

1 Revolving part of fixedspool reel – either way you look at it (5) 4 Rod sections interlock at these joints (7) 9 This Leicestershire waterway ending near Bedford, does not in fact start from the town after which it is named (5,5) 10 The city of Newcastle’s river (4) 11 The name given to Dick Walker’s 1952 record-breaking carp (anag. of ‘air class’) (8) 12 Loughs Neagh and Erne are in this province (anag. of ‘result’) (6) 13 ‘The Compleat __’ written by Isaak Walton (6) 16 Unfrozen (anag. of ‘decide’) (2-4) 18 Good floating bread bait from these (6) 20 The Avon at Salisbury is joined by this river (anag. of ‘red DNA’) (6) 22 Rough shelter whose roof has one slope (anag. of ‘no teal’) (4-2) 23 Float rising or lying flat on the surface might indicate this (4,4) 26 Great __, a major river of eastern England (4) 27 Large lake of Cumbria (anag. of ‘renewed rim’) (10) 28 Type of knot and large Indian fish (7) 29 The well-known shingle beach in Dorset (6)

DOWN

1 Cornish peninsula from St Austell to St Mawes (anag. of ‘no alders’) (8) 2 Rome’s river (5) 3 Large stones, boulders (5) 5 Result of e.g. industrial waste seeping into rivers (9) 6 The Angel of the North fishery is near here (anag. of ‘heated gas’) (9) 7 Christmas decoration, glittery thread used in some fly lures (6) 8 The Caspian Sea is an ____ one (6) 14 Fish may pass upstream via these passes (anag. of ‘rail rinse’) (9) 15 Welsh town on river which flows on to Monmouth and Chepstow (4,2,3) 17 A fish’s __ fins are usually located on its sides, behind the gills (8) 19 ___ approach is good when stalking wary carp (anag. of ‘listen’) (6) 21 A rig with many maggots (anag. of ‘mad Sue’) (6) 24 It is best to use __ bread for e.g. paste (5) 25 Lead casts like Gripper, Arlesey ___ (5)