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Across

1 See 10ac.

5 Between the surface and the river/lake bottom (3-5) 9 Ferry port at mouth of the Ouse (*heave NNW) (8) 10/1 Describes fluorocarbon and monofilament line (6,6)

11 Irish county – and type of salad cream (abbrev.) (4) 12 Expertise – in lakes, Killarney (5)

14 Site of special scientific interest (abbrev.) (4)

15 Using a line-winding device? Staggering! (7)

17 In short, county location of Heronbrook Fisheries (6) 19 Take a leisurely walk (6) 21 Dumpy-bodied float with short antenna (7)

23 One of many openings in maggot feeder’s sides (4) 25 River on Scotland-England border (5)

27 Beers – found in Kinsale stream (4)

28 A straight waggler doesn’t have one (6)

30 Juvenile, like fish fry (*a rum item) (8)

31 Heavy braid, pins rig hard to lake bed (*do cereal?) (8) 32 County location of

Ladybower Reservoir (abbrev.) (6)

Down

2 Current record mirror caught by Dean Fletcher 2016 (*or at Perth) (3,6)

3 Shannon angling centre (*an hotel) (7)

4 Plunges into water (5) 5/21 dn. Term for keeping float straight off rod-tip (*I lengthen denim) (7,3,4)

6__ Taylor, all-round angler, angling journalist (3)

7 High breaking-strain, non-kink mono line (7) 8 Record grayling (4lb 8oz in 2019) captor Simon ___ (5) 13 Type of noose knot for securing pellet bait (5) 16 e.g. creek or cove (5) 18 Specimen carp lakes N. Devon, home of Charlotte (*zebra fury) (9) 20 Describes a plastic or wire capless feeder (4-3)

21 See 5dn.

22 Flat gripping lead with central bore... and farm vehicle (7) 24 Lead weights over one ___ are legal (5)

26 Shaped like a mushroom float’s top (5)

29 Number of weights used in double-bulking (3)