The clues....

ACROSS

7 Heart throbs seed baits! (6) 8 Trout fishery in Cumbria (anag. of ‘meek tern’) (8) 11 Imported weed-eating fish species (anag. of ‘rag scraps’) (5,4) 12 Distance within which you can cast? (5) 13 Instructor – sort of trout! (5) 14 Like the leather carp (anag. of ‘sells case’) (9) 16 Round, hollow, clear plastic device which may be filled with water to increase casting weight (6,5) 21 Not able to be dissolved (9) 23 Bottom feeding, olivegreen fish (5) 24/5 Hampshire waterway (*ever minor) (5,4) 26 East of England wetlands area, served by rivers Ant, Bure, Thurne, Yare, etc. (3,6) 27 Catching hook on obstacle (8) 28 Marble-sized bait (6)

DOWN

1 Rod section joints (anag. of ‘Psst, I go’) (7) 2 Cylindrical containers for certain items of tackle (anag. of ‘Belfast out!’) (5,5) 3 Sleek, aerodynamic spinner bait (*see rat) (6) 4 Coastal wildflower ... found in Ouse, a pearl (3,3) 5 See 24 Across 6 Return caught fish (anag. of ‘eel’s ear’) (7) 9 Barbel are ___-shaped (7) 10 Trout like ___ flies (anag. of ‘sad elm’) (6) 15 As a telescopic landing net is (10) 17 Leger set-ups to get fish to ‘self-hook’ (4,4) 18 Catfish ‘whisker’ (6) 19 A support for spare, readyto-use, pole sections (3,4) 20 City on River Dee and Shrops. Union Canal (7) 22 Taking the bait, like a fish (6) 23 A Dorset fishery on the Stour (anag. of ‘hot pro’) (6) 25 Meat – found in sieve a lot (4)