CROSSWORD

Across 1 A fluorocarbon line/braid hooklength (5-3) 6 Mashed, it’s food for dendrobaenas (6)

9 Close by (4)

10 Set-up named after Kenny Dorsett (2,3)

11 Dutch cheese used as bait – made backwards! (4) 12 Confesses – *mast I’d snapped (6) 13/25 dn. Norfolk fishery with waters Spitfire and Mustang (8,5)

14 Glinted e.g. like a spinner blade (8) 16 Fully-assembled rigs (3-3) 18/3 London’s flood protection system (6,7)

20 Sloping as a lake bank might do (8)

22 Yellow seed used as bait (*chip cake) (8)

25 Prized type of carp

(*NY eels!) (6)

26 Molten rock from a volcano (4)

27 Cheap quality wine (5) 28 County location of Horseshoe Lake (abbrev.) (4) 29 Release e.g. a snaplink (6) 30 Those of fish are called ‘nares’ (8) Down

2 In the ‘lift method’, set the float ___ (9)

3 See 18ac.

4 Tools for removing e.g snags from swims (5)

5 Marine fish found in UK waters includes red, grey and tub ____ (*darn rug) (7)

6 Personal alerting device (*grape!) (5)

73 Big common carp at Furzebray Lakes (*I’m tenth) (3,4)

8 Fish commercially with net on seabed (5)

15 __ Webber MBE, founder of ‘Angling Projects’ (3) 16 Perceive ...some grilse everywhere! (3) 17 Location of Llandegfedd Reservoir (*top polony!) (9) 19 ___Wilkinson, golden orfe joint record holder with Lawrence King (7) 20 e.g. Bath or Buxton (3,4) 21 Condiment put on chips and used as bait additive for carp (7)

23 Legendary carper Terry, and sports promoter Barry (5) 24 A Johnny Mac rig bait (3-2) 25 See 13ac.