SPRING TIME
Isn’t it funny what you think about while sitting in a bush, waiting for rabbits to emerge? Other than shooting, my passion in life is fishing – coarse fishing for freshwater species on rivers and in lakes. The fishing techniques and skills I learned as a child, running a stickfloat through a swim or using the lift method to catch tench in a pond, have been replaced by hi-tech electronic bite alarms. Even the humble tin of maggots is a rarity now, usurped by high-protein man-made baits.
Don’t worry, you haven’t picked up the wrong book by mistake. Let me get this back on track. The fishing parallel reminds me of how the airgun scene has changed. It strikes me that spring-powered air rifles are the equivalent of stick-floats and are in danger of being replaced by the
