Bristol Angling Centre

Having said that, using a little bit of watercraft learnt from fishing for other species in rivers or from carp fishing in stillwaters, the likely location of river carp becomes no more than common sense. Carp are carp no matter where they are so river carp will be located near snags and shelter. So look…

Humans are very complicated animals! They have evolved traits that probably no other animal in the world possess, and two that come readily to mind are, a conscience, and deep emotion. The human conscience is probably unique, and yet, something that humans quite happily ignore. They have an ability to often foresee the result of…

How do you go to the toilet in space? About five years after Neil Armstrong took a giant leap for mankind, the great American public, dissatisfied with the state of its earthbound education, healthcare and transport systems, began to revolt against profligate spending on space exploration. The government, in its wisdom, decided to mount one…

Articles by Bill Rushmer Bill Rushmer Bill is a chartered Chemist and retired teacher who is still fighting to keep the lid off his coffin. Remains as barmy about his fishing as he was over forty years ago – and is still loving it. Married to Virginia who is just as crazy about her fishing….

Absolutely central to pike conservation is the early detection of a ‘run’ or a ‘take’ and the more precise the rig you choose, therefore, the better the chances of detecting a ‘run’ before the pike swallows your bait. This always assumes, of course, that the angler is sitting close enough to the rod(s) to see…

He had brought me to this stretch in the winter a couple of years ago, then we had fished the opposite bank. I thought it strange that we had to fight our way through tangled undergrowth when the other bank had a clear path and so asked him what the difference was. He told me…