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BIG FISH COLUMN: Slight improvement in local rivers

6:00am Sat 4th Jul 09 :: by Ian Welch

After an unexpectedly slow start, the local rivers, as predicted, showed a slight improvement last week with both barbel and chub responding more positively now the initial rush to... Read the full article

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