Your Views Angler’s Mail Letter of the week


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WHILE I wouldn’t like to go back to the days of regular pollution of rivers, I do sometimes wonder if many of our rivers are too clean. If you look at the upland sources of


some rivers, where they are at their cleanest, there is often very little life in them. A few stunted trout with very little for them to live on being the norm. But once you get to areas with a


few more ‘solids’ in the water, fish life becomes much more diverse, simply because they have more to sustain them. The environment is richer in all


forms of aquatic life, even though such venues rarely have chalkstream clarity. The River Trent has suffered some


devastating pollutions over the years, but in its pomp as a match venue was not the cleanest of rivers, and also benefitted from heat pollution from the numerous power stations that once lined its banks. It seems to me that controlled


pollution could be the answer for better river environments, reducing water clarity and encouraging bio diversity. I just wonder how this could be


Stock fish going into the River Trent following pollution. But are rivers generally becoming too clean?


Two rods – at a cost BAILIFFS on some waters seem to make the rules up as they go along when it comes to paying for a day’s fishing, letting all his friends and anyone they take a liking to fish for free. Then I turn up on the lake to fish for the first time


having been told by the bailiff the week before it was £3.50 for a day’s fishing, only to find out when he does come round that I need to pay an extra £1 because I had two rods out. Having only the £3.50 with me, because I thought


that was all I needed, I thought he wouldn’t mind about the £1 and would say: ‘Bring it next time.’ But no, he was adamant that because I didn’t have


the £1 I would have to bring my second rod in and fish with just one. If this £1 is so important, then why does he let so many others fish for free? Why do they have rules if each person gets treated


differently, according to how well you get on with the bailiff? John Clears, Walsall, West Midlands.


Play the joker I AM an avid reader of the Mail, and read all the


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achieved, or if there is any will to do so. George Driver, via email.


readers’ letters every week with interest. In all of my reading I have never come across anything regarding bloodworm or joker fishing. I live in Norfolk and it’s very difficult to find these


particular baits in any angling outlets; it seems nobody has them or even knows where to purchase them. I have read that they are a good source of bait in


cold weather, so could you perhaps write an article on them and give a few tips and pointers on the art of fishing with them. John Howlett, Norwich, Norfolk.


Wade on REGARDING the article (Angler’s Mail November 9) asking which fishing programme is the best, Extreme Fishing or River Monsters, I would like to point out that Jeremy Wade is a skilled specimen hunter who travels the world to catch all sorts of fantastic fish that most people would never see. Robson Green, on the other hand, is an actor who,


as far as I can tell, acts up to the camera, jumping around and swearing all the time. Until Extreme Fishing, all the angling programmes


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Fry-ing tonight ARE Tony Keeling and Ron Cousins having a laugh? I love the On Tour section of Where to Fish –


except when those two are involved. Neither of them seem to catch very much,


and what they do catch is invariably small to the point of being tiny. I’d be ashamed to display some of their


captures in a jam jar. Are you absolutely sure that this dynamic duo don’t go tiddler netting? Come on guys, you must be able to do better


than the poor efforts you have published to date. Wilf Jones, via email.


Not smarter carpers I REMEMBER the late, great Ivan Marks saying that he had no secrets, because most anglers were too lazy to follow his advice. I think your carp columnist Colin Davidson


could say exactly the same thing. Week in week out he gives great advice, yet


when I visit any carp-dominated venue I see anglers slavishly ignoring it. They seem more obsessed with building


their little houses and getting the kettle on than catching carp. I’ve even seen them winding in, re-baiting and


re-casting with bottom baits when carp have been slurping food from the surface less than ten yards away right in front of them. I can’t imagine Davo passing up an


opportunity like that. Neil Watson, via email.


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I have seen have always shown anglers to be caring towards their catch, whilst Robson Green seems to have little respect for his catch. Robson seems to be doing more harm for


our sport than good, so my vote goes to Jeremy Wade. Gary Spencer, Solihull, West Midlands.


Kill Bill HAVING been an Angler’s Mail reader for many years, it is crystal clear to me that your Where to Fish ‘guru’, Bill Rushmer, is clearly second fiddle to his better half, Virginia. Every time they go fishing it is Virginia who


catches more and bigger fish. I think it’s high time that Bill retired and let the real brains of the outfit take over. Give the girl a chance!


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