Bristol Angling Centre Blog
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How to sharpen hooks correctly - Pinpoint owner Marc Voosen talks you through it.
PinPoint owner Marc Voosen talks you through how to correctly sharpen hooks, this video will talk you through pretty much everything you need to know about How To sharpen hooks. How do i clamp the hook correctly in the vice? How many strokes of the file do i give each side? How... -
EuroBanx 4 ft Alan Blair and Oli Davies
Euro Banx 4 certainly lived up to it's expectations, Alan Blair and Oli Davies go on a mission around Europe. Firstly visiting Belgium where they visited the awesome Monkey Climber Syndicate, then onto a open access public water in Denmark where Alan went on a Choddy attack. They then moved onto... -
Urban Baits Competition, WIN 5kg of Boilie, Glug and a Tub of Pop Ups
We've teamed up with Urban Bait to bring you this great bundle bait prize! The bundle consists of 5KG of boilies, a bottle of glug and a tub of hookbaits! All you have to do is 'LIKE' the Bristol Angling AND Urban Bait Facebook pages, 'SHARE' this post and... -
How To Splice Leadcore / Lead-Free Leader Materials By Liam Hodges
This weeks top tip from me is going to be how to splice a Lead-Free leader. The components you need for splicing are a Leadcore/Lead-Free leader of your choice, the one I'm using today is Submerge from Fox, you also need a nice sharp pair of scissors and a Splicing... -
Stalking Carp With Freelining Tactics In The Winter By Dan Shipp
I'm going to quickly talk to you about one of my favourite ways of catching carp, and that's being able to watch them in the edge and stalk them. I've found that particularly on smaller shallower lakes, it doesn't take a lot for the water to warm up and when... -
Special Tiger Nut Hookbaits By Mike Jones
This is my next top tip; how to enhance your Tiger Nut hookbaits. Firstly, I take my ready prepared Tiger Nuts into my empty pot and fill it about halfway. Next I take some full fat Coco-cola, tip a little bit of that in. Next, a tin of Red Bull... -
Tying A Solid PVA Bag By Liam Hodges
This is my top tip for all year round fishing, it's solid PVA Bag fishing, it's perfect for chucking at showing fish and for your general day ticket waters. To make the solid PVA bag I use the Fox Rapide Loading System and what I put in the bag is... -
The "D Rig" by Dan Jefferies
Today i'm going to talk you through my favourite rig, i've used it for a number of years now, i think it's caught me a lot of extra fish and that is the D Rig. Right, so start from the bait, I attach the bait using a Micro Ring Swivel... -
Boosting Hookbaits by Jordan Dicks
My top tip this winter is boosting your hookbaits, here's how I do it. Ok, so first off I'll take my chosen hookbaits, in this instance it's the Citruz Wafters. I'll then take two empty pop up tubs, and i'll empty the tub of Citruz Wafters equally between the two... -
Shotting Pole Rigs Correctly by Callum Dicks
My top tip for this week is shotting rigs correctly. When approaching most modern day commericals, one of the biggest questions I have to ask myself is which bait is going to be best; maggots or pellets. But it's not quite as simple as that, you have to shot your...