Still in the link I posted there is a PDF all about fish handling and safe rigs that might be a good idea for a newbie to read.
Yep and 60,000+ hardcopies were distributed nationally as well through clubs, SP groups, shops, etc. All paid for out of Angler's licence fee money by the EA.
The first 30K run was written and drawn up by the Specialist Anglers Conservation Group (SACG) Chris Burt being the principle author and main driver for it, with input from the rest of the National group and all the SP group's who were members of the SACG.
Re-written and expanded when the SAA formed through the "merger" of SACG and NASA to form it. Again Chris took on the task of its principle author and driver.
Hey and guess what all the people involved were volunteers, no one got paid for any work they did for either NASA, SACG or the SAA.
Mick agree totally Specialist Angler is still one of the best Mags ever produced and none of the contributors to it were paid for articles, they contributed articles purely for the love of the sport and the desire to share with fellow NASA members.