| FRISBY | ___ Lakes: Leics. gravel pits venue for speci zander (*by firs) (6) |
| LOUNGE | CBU'S Pit venue, for example |
| ELLIS | Civil Service-owned Middlesex gravel pit venue (*I rate 'swell') (5,5) |
| WATER | Civil Service-owned Middlesex gravel pit venue (*I rate 'swell') (5,5) |
| OFFICE | Notts. gravel pit for speci fishing, has huge Wels catfish (*flake of ice) (6,4) |
| SHEARSBY | Four-lake Leics. fishery, ___ Valley Lakes (*Herb says) (8) |
| RESIN | Produced by firs (5) |
| LAKE | Notts. gravel pit for speci fishing, has huge Wels catfish (*flake of ice) (6,4) |
| CELTIC | A top Leics. fishery for pike and zander (*tickle scale) (6,5) |
| WREAKE | Frisby Lakes fishery, Leics. has a stretch of this river (*weaker) (6) |
| ASHLEY | Lea Valley gravel pit with Fishers Pond strain of carp (*he lays) (6) |
| SHRECK | Charlie ...... , 2003-11 Notts, 2011-13 Kent and 2014-17 Leics bowler (6) |
| HORBAL | Speci water at Partridge Lakes (*hallo, baker) (6,4) |
| DARREN | Former Leics and Warks all-rounder; 1999 England Test cricket debutant against New Zealand at the Oval (6) |
| CHURCH | Surname of Hall of Fame inductee - 1960s speci pioneer /1980s team fly fishing champ (6) |
| LYDDON | Angling Times expert/speci hunter, bream specialist (*mild donkey) (4,6) |
| ASHTON | Simon ___, our 'Speci Angler of the Year 2023' (6) |
| DANIEL | _ Bouskila: our 'Speci Angler of the Year' 2025 (6) |
| TAYLOR | Phil ___, expert speci angler (6) |
| STUBBY | Short, blunt like a speci waggler (6) |
