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1 Nickname for small bream (7) 5 They may be used when hair-rigging maggots (anag. of ‘grinds’) (1-5) 10 Large weight used to secure bait in fast current (6,4) 11 See 2 Down 12 ‘The’ technique for frame swimfeeder and short hooklength? (6) 13 Print again ... in entirety, ‘perch’ (2-4) 15 Beer holder? Alternative to leader knot (6) 17 Scotland’s River Don flows into this at Aberdeen (5,3) 18 Situation when line is rapidly stripped off reel by fleeing fish (8) 21 Protectors of e.g. lines (6) 23 Longest river of Britain (6) 24 Small branches of holly etc. ... or SP set-ups! (6) 27 Its non-stick properties facilitate pole elastic movement (4) 28 Legendary carp-angler (anag. of ‘he ran re-try’) (5,5) 29 Surfacing like e.g. a trout (6) 30 Term for lake-like areas adjoining canals, e.g. Basingstoke canal (anag. of ‘as flesh’ ) (7)

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2/11 Ruler needed for this fish? (4,4) 3 Type of knot and N. Indian monster fish (7) 4 __worms, used as bait for perch, etc. (5) 6 Helicopter set-up by another name (6,3) 7 Fishing session a failure? Not a drawback (2,5) 8 They add extra weight to swimfeeders (anag. of ‘spread salt’) (10) 9 Nickname of Derek Richie – and definitive S. Yorkshire river? (3,3) 14 Rivers Irwell, Irk and Medlock are in this major city (10) 16 Name of river and its town on the Solent (anag. of ‘GMT in Lyon’) (9) 19 Like a spade end hook (3-4) 20 Seaside holiday destination – in shires or towns (6) 22 You and your sort! (7) 25 ‘__ Forty’, name of Richmond Park’s historic carp (5) 26 River flowing from Dartmoor to English Channel (anag. of ‘mere’) (4)