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….

Donít allow yourself to get carried away by on-screen fish marks. Huge shoals and massive fish showing up all the time probably mean that you have the Sensitivity feature turned up too high for the speed at which you are travelling. If you are rowing your dinghy, turn the Sensitivity right down, for even on…

You cannot beat simply watching the water for signs of carp movement for getting on the fish. Initially this is best done by strolling the banks but even once installed in a swim keep scanning the water for signs.

Articles by Jason Inskip Jason Inskip Jason Inskip has a notably pathetic record in the capture of large specimens, although he has been a keen angler for over 30 years. This inept performance covers most branches of the sport, including coarse angling and saltwater flyfishing both in the UK and elsewhere. He prefers to use…

We have a calendar at work that gives you a ‘thought for the day’ on each page, some witty, some poignant, mostly naff. Today’s message warranted repeating though I thought, it read, “Give someone a fish and it will feed them for a day, give someone the knowledge to fish and you will feed them…

You know the score, The weekend comes round, and by the time you have done that little list of jobs that the good lady has compiled for you during the week, youíre lucky if you get half a days fishing in before it’s Monday morning and you are crawling in snail-like traffic, breathing in the…

I left you last week as I was preparing to fly off to Swedish Lapland for a tourism conference, some dog sledding and ice fishing. Arriving at Manchester I was told I couldn’t take a four piece ten weight rod on board as hand luggage, though my walking stick which could be used as a…

AIMS The Committee exists to recognise and publish record weights of both fresh and salt water fish caught on rod and line by fair angling methods in the waters of England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, and aims: To provide an adjudicating body to which marine and freshwater anglers may submit claims…

Articles by Martin James Martin James Martin James. International salt and freshwater angler, consultant, writer, author, broadcaster and TV contributor was born in 1937 in Kent, at Canada House, a nursing home for Navy officer’s wives. Martin caught his first fish in 1941 during a German bomber raid on his home county of Kent. As…

Without a shadow of a doubt my vote for the two nicest people goes to: The late Richard Stuart Walker 1918-1985, Britain’s top angling writer/ photographer and also angling’s best known personality in his day. The other is Bernard Kreh, born in 1925. who is acknowledged as America’s top angler, outdoor writer and a top…