The clues....

ACROSS 1

This bottom- feeding coarse fish is very cautious to take the bait ( anag. of ‘ Cairn RAC cup’) ( 7,4)

8 Talybont Reservoir is a wilderness brown trout fishery in the ___ Beacons ( 6)

9 ___ Water, large Cumbrian lake ( 8)

11 Wave that surges upriver from the Bristol Channel ( 6,4)

12 East Anglian river ... in Maidstone? Never! ( 4)

13 Dissolving as PVA bags do ( 7)

15 An eel- like fish ( anag. of ‘ reply a. m.’) ( 7)

17 Set- ups with long trace, good for carp ( 3,4)

19 Chasewater reservoir is near ____ Chase, Staffs. ( 7)

22 Rate at which e. g. a river moves ( 4)

24 A roach of this weight is quite a decent one ( 3- 7)

26 Herts. cathedral town on the Ver ( anag. of ‘ Nat’s slab’) ( 2,6)

27 Name of river ( also town and port) of Scotland ( anag. of ‘ or huts’) ( 6)

A shallow, clear, fastflowing river good for fly fishing ( 5,6)

DOWN 2

Kent town on the River Medway ( anag. of ‘ her escort’) ( 9)

3 Scottish salmon river ... in Tresco? No, never! ( 5)

4 __ shot secures hook rig in a fast current ( 6)

5 Region of Galway west of Loch Corrib ( anag. of ‘ Ace Norman’) ( 9)

6 Rod varnish ingredient ... in lure, sinker ( 5)

7 A light wind ( 6)

10 Small ( imperial) unit of weight ( anag. of ‘ on cue’) ( 5)

14 Time of day just after sunset ( 9)

16 Strip of land jutting into water( anag. of ‘ spun a line’) ( 9)

18 Small coastal bay ( 5) 20 One type of bait that’s a favourite with Wallace! ( 6) 21 Casts, casually ( 6) 23 The September 2019 ___ National ( coarse fishing championship) was held at Monmouth ( 5)

25 Devon river / aquatic mammal ( 5)