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It's just a cool box right? I mean... yes and no. Without a shadow of a doubt it's the best cool box I've even owned, and to be honest it's revolutionised how I eat and keep supplies fresh at the lake, after 30 years of having stuff go off, curdling milk in teas, and doing mid-trip supply runs, buying takeaways or eating some dried packet ration crap on the last night... no more - it wasn't cheap but it's easily earned its keep already

ISSUE 1 ARCHIVES - TERRY HEARN In a day and age where the ‘old fashioned’ close season is nothing more than a distant memory for many, and spring captures abound, Tel relives a recent tale to remind us why the build up and buzz of expectancy can be just as exciting, and why it is always worth the wait.

A RETURN TO MOROCCO BIN EL-OUIDAN - SAM JEFFERYS AND JAMES WEST  We've been following Sam and James for a long while, both capture their own angling lives and adventures in a lovely off kilter way and we had the pleasure of meeting James on a little local tench lake last year, a million miles from the raw red dirt and vastness of Africa - but he was seemingly just as at home fishing ten yards out amongst the pads for big tench as he is here, knee deep in mud and wrestling big carp. As goes the saying, diversity is the...

The final instalment in the Geoff Bowers story, and our favourite part. A no bullshit look at the scene, modern bait and Geoff's take on it all. Kettle on, kick back... There’s a lot of misunderstanding about bait, and a lack of knowledge by anglers because they’re not being provided with the right information, they’re just marketed to 'All the good ones - Scar Bar' SSJ: What about the Premier ads and comic? There was always a very no nonsense, no bullshit approach to the advertising, and plenty of humour. Where did that attitude come from? GB: We always felt,...