Andy Ford is off to Rutland Water where the country’s top reservoir trout specialists are battling it out over two days for the title of Airflo fishing open champion. Plus there’s controversy: should the competition be catch-and-kill or catch-and-release? The anglers decide…
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Fishing against Packham
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