The clues....

ACROSS

1 General term for a seaside holiday town ( anag. of ‘ roster’) ( 6)

4 A more correct name for a grassie ( anag. of ‘ ram car up’) ( 4,4) 10 e. g. pike and perch ( 9) 11 Corn __ Liquor ( anag. of

‘ Pete’s’) ( 5)

12 Drainage channel, usually at edge of a field ( 5)

13 The name of a 47lb+ carp at Furzebray Lakes ( anag. of ‘ hot claret’) ( 9)

14 A liquorice- like bait flavouring ( 7) 16 Liverpool’s river ( 6)

19 Cod- related fish, with long body and flattened head ( 6)

20 One of the lakes at Anglers Paradise, Devon – an enigma ( 7)

23 An _____ policy might cover loss of fishing gear etc ( 9)

25 Midlands river ( anag. of ‘ see Ma’) ( 5)

26 Cornwall’s county town; also its river ( 5)

27 Modern bolt rigs ( anag. of ‘ dace pills) ( 4,5)

28 Marine crustaceans with strong claws ( 8)

29 ___ eel, large and ferocious ( 6)

DOWN

1 Very swift- flowing section of a river ( 6) 2 Glycerol might be used as a _____ to make bait more palatable ( anag. of ‘ serene, wet’) ( 9)

3 Common coarse fish, caught up to 4lb 6oz in UK ( 5)

5 Merseyside fisheries ( anag. of ‘ creams’) ( 6)

6 Imitation bread is more ____ than real bread ( anag. of ‘ inlet rise’) ( 9)

7 Awake and watchful, as a wary fish? ( 5)

8 Hot and pungent, like paprika ( 7) 9 One who steals e. g. fish from a river ( 7)

15 Stafford & Worcs. Canal joins the Severn at this town ( anag. of ‘ sport tour’) ( 9)

17 Rising to the very top of the water ( 9)

18 Yorkshire angling venue, ___ Lakes ( anag. of ‘ hake, my w—!’) ( 7)

19 The ____ Channel separates Wales from Devon/ Cornwall ( 7) 21 One who fishes for leisure ( 6) 22 Aerodynamic spinner bait ( anag. of ‘ a reset’) ( 6)

24 ‘ Pillow boilie’ whose shape makes it less easy for fish to eject ( 5)

25 ___ shot is between size 8 and 13 ( 5)