The Song of the Solitary Bass Fisher natural environment

The Song of the Solitary Bass Fisher natural environmentJames Batty seldom ventures further than 20 miles from his Cornish home. He fishes from the rocks and beaches in a handful of places and that is enough for him. Generous with his knowledge and full of fresh ideas, Batty catches bass with lures, flies and bait. Its a myth, he says, that you need expensive gear he beaches plenty of big bass yet is a tackle skinflint. He loves to fish in those pre dawn hours beloved of insomniacs, when the tide brings

with all the pleasure remembered from childhood books that introduced us to nature writing

dog-handler and all-round shooting enthusiast

which ran to 1

000 copies

drift netting

he's still there

Shropshire’s ghostly past…and present

familiar or unfamiliar with his exploits

even an old wild goat

tensions are steadily ratcheting upwards

Cow Management and Veterinary Times

Chris Yates has paired together his experiences of carp