Improve Your Coarse Fishing (UK)
The clues....
ACROSS
1 They’re used for drying/ wiping (anag. of ‘set low’) (6) 4 Basin near the junction of the Grand Union and Stratford on Avon canals (8) 10 Curry ingredient and bait additive (anag. of ‘carried on’) (9) 11 Small, tropical freshwater fish – in olivette traces (5) 12 Door lock ... in pool at Chester (5) 13 Location of Llandegfedd Reservoir (anag. of ‘polo pony T.’) (9) 14 A coat of ____ can stop line cutting float (7) 16 Traditional sort of bite indicator – made by little Robert with rubbish holder! (6) 20 Small bright-red fruit (6) 21 Winds the line – and hopefully brings hooked fish to the bank (5,2) 24 __ Lakes complex, near Doncaster (anag. of ‘Hello, mind’) (9) 26 The third longest river in Italy (anag. of ‘biter’) (5) 27 Big-bodied float - cause of tears? (5) 28 It becomes tidal at Totnes, Devon (5,4) 29 Large, surface-disturbing waggler float (8) 30 Temporary permits – for fish ladders? (6)
DOWN
1 Gently stroke a trout to catch it? (6) 2 A must when pike fishing? (anag. of ‘ace writer’) (4,5) 3 Small, spined, freshwater fish (5) 5 They protect the fronts of anglers’ clothing from stains, etc (6) 6 Bedford fishery associated with huge catfish (anag. of ‘IT poly – how?’) (5,4) 7 Bale arm rotations per handle turns gives the gear __ (5) 8 A cape jutting out to sea (8) 9 Fin between the dorsal and tail (anag. of ‘a side op.’) (7) 15 Bluebell Lakes and Stanwick Lakes are in this county (abbrev.) (9) 17 Do such battery-operated devices make angling plain sailing? (4,5) 18 Edible shellfish (anag. of ‘Solas plc’) (8) 19 Make a booking – for wildlife sanctuary? (7) 22 Damian, one-time British Carp Championship winner (6) 23 Rubs cheese, say, into small bits (6) 25 __ Stephen, British perch joint record-holder (anag. of ‘L line’) (5) 26 Name of monster carp at The Avenue – and the otter (5)