THE ANGLER'S CROSSWORD
Across
8 Sleeves keeping sliding weight right distance from hook (5,4)
10 Grayling have a thyme smell or ____ (5) 11 The ___ Canal links Loch Neagh to the Irish Sea (5)
12 A priest – but not one to finish off a fish! (5) 13 See 28dn.
14 "Building __": Angling Trust project to integrate migrant angling communities in England (7)
16 Funnel-shaped mesh trap for fish and eels (*Tyke Fen) (4,3)
18 Lure’s rings for attaching to line etc (*yet eels) (7)
20 Sweet bait flavouring of Brasem (7) 22 Barrel-shaped boilie (7)
24 Bob Nudd’s trademark white headgear (4-3)
25 __ Maker, ‘Carp Angler of the Year’ 2021 (3) 26 Thames tributary and London borough (5) 27 Jumped like salmon ascending a waterfall (5) 29 Wine bottle stoppers used e.g. in zig-rigs (5) 30 Town where the Tame and Goyt join the Mersey (9)
Down
1 ___ Donnelly, canal nut and Dorking ace (4) 2 Albumen – used as bait hardener (3,5) 3 Colour of smallest of the three main gurnards (4)
4 Cornish resort/Cambridgeshire fishery (2,4) 5 Surname of fly fishing champions Craig and Iain (4)
6 Free-hanging bite indicator (6)
7 Simple alternative to a hook in Medusa rig (*clamp to gig) (6,4)
9 Unlike Atlantic salmon, ____ ones are an invasive species (7)
14 Liquidised bit of loaf in a PVA tube – a baguette? (5,5)
15 Mallory Park Fisheries’ showcase site – in shingle beach! (5)
17/27dn HS2 rail viaduct will cross this Colne Valley water (*dark ale, OK) (5,4) 19 Collective term for e.g. roach, rudd and bleak (7)
21 Will ____, 2017 NxtGen Fish O’ champ, member of England Under-25 team 2023 (8) 23 What amnesia line lacks (6)
24 A unit of water depth, approx 1.8 metres (6) 26 Fitted to internal top kit to prevent pole elastic friction (4)
27 See 17dn.
28/13ac Large carry-all, usually cloth/canvas (*gotta be!) (4,3)