The clues....

ACROSS

8 Izaak ____, author of ‘The Compleat Angler’ (6) 9 Deep area of river approaching dam (anag of ‘oil power’) (8) 10 Sluggish, like fish in cold weather (anag. of ‘chalet rig ’) (9) 12 Major river flowing through Nottingham (5) 13 Flowed back, as the tide (5) 15 That of the tench is paddleshaped (6,3) 17 A tributary of the River Witham (anag. of ‘sale’) (4) 19 Somerset river from which Yeovil’s name derives (3) 21 __ Knowles, top specialist angler (4) 22 Like fast-flowing, choppy water (anag. of ‘turtle nub’) (9) 24 Caused by thin clouds in contact with the ground (5) 26 Finished ... being partly suspended (5) 28 Sections of a river (anag. of ‘the crests’) (9) 30 Film-maker (anag. of ‘rod cert. I’) (8) 31 Our ___ presence is at www. anglingtimes.co.uk (6)

DOWN

1 Like a river in flood (anag. of ‘no wells’) (7) 2 A __ in the head of a disgorger allows it to slide over line and hook (4) 3 Fish _ ___ by using line and rig of same length as the pole (2,4) 4 Good for drawing ... a slim float (6) 5 Float fishing with the current (8) 6 Eastern European’s sort of rod? (4) 7 Cumbrian town on the River South Tyne (anag. of ‘no salt’) (6) 11 Tropical fish ... partly swimming up pylon! (5) 14 Ladle/bucket for removing water from boat (5) 16 Wades across river or stream (5) 18 Bridge carrying water over a valley (8) 20 Protected (controversially?) aquatic mammal (5) 22 Fashionable (anag. of ‘dry net’) (6) 23 Bedfordshire fishery, __ Pits (anag. of ‘lowest’) (6) 24 The coarse fish close season coincides with fishes ___ period (6) 25 Former name of one of the counties through which the Wey and Arun Canal runs (6) 27 Devon river? Dash! (4) 29 A __ rig uses a short, fine nylon link (4)