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Carp Fishing by the Barbel Angler. Over the past 15 years I have had a great time teaching others how to catch barbel on the premier rivers in the UK ranging from my local rivers Kennet, Loddon and Thames to the mighty Severn, Trent, Wye and the Teme. Knowing that my last ever tuition session...

Barbarpping for Carp - Part 2 by Graham Elliott It’s a strange Spring. Very wet and very cold and the fish have not settled at all in the lake. The usual spawning movements have been absent with no fish showing in the shallows of the lake. I have tried to tempt a carp by Barbarpping...

Rotary Letter No.3 - by Jon Callan, followed by Paul Thompson Recasting… I’m a little bit different to Andy on this one; I keep casting to an absolute minimum. During a session I will leave the bait in the water for anything up to 3 hours depending on conditions and time of year...

Rotary Letter No.2 - by Bob Gill Lines Looking back, I can see why I started testing various lines and other bits of terminal gear. Some time ago when I was a confirmed Maxima person, I had a few puzzling experiences that others have mentioned. This consisted on my beloved Maxima adopting...

Rotary Letter No. 1 - by Andy Thatcher In the deep dark chronicles of history before there was such a thing as a home PC let alone a tool like the Internet people used to rely on a strange method of communication called the letter. Now back in these dim and distant times there were some rather...

I decided not to convert these (too much work, too little time) so have simply linked to the originals (at least for now) - paul4 Click here for the Bloor Bulletins up until Sep 2004 For later Bulletins you can go directly to Stuart's own site here

What have you got planned for the New Year? Apart from that small matter of moving house oddly enough "North of Bedford", three or so bird watching trips, the planned purchase of another dog although she whom should be obeyed seems intent on calling it a bear, because of the new dog or bear...

After Andy Frances’s plea for material a few weeks ago I started to feel a wee bit guilty. Had I not promised an occasional series featuring BFW regulars fishing their favourite rivers at their favourite time of the year? It’s now December and I have managed to visit nobody. Not good. So for...

Although August produced a few fish, by September I still hadn’t banked a good double (12lb plus), so when my wife told me she and the kids were going for a week’s holiday in Cyprus, I almost forgot to complain about the cost. Almost ! When I eventually stopped smiling to myself, I booked a...

It’s funny how things in life often come full circle. As a young boy, the passing of time was marked by the changing of the seasons : collecting frog spawn from farm ponds and hearing the first cuckoo call in Spring; seeing the first swallows appear and going to bed whilst it’s still light...

With no articles on BFW since November 2003, some of you may have been wondering what I’ve been up to. Well, rather than tell you the tale from start to finish, which given the average age of anglers these days, would be of absolutely no interest, even with colour photos and an invitation to...

Welcome to Born Again Barbel Angler’s monthly diary, here on BFW. For all those of you who are not up to speed yet, this is a monthly piece written by the artist formerly known as Nick Coulthurst. With a clean slate and nothing but glassy glides ahead of me, the future again looks rosy. In...

It has been strange having my celebrity status ripped from me. Although I was only a star for a brief period, I feel naked without it, and unsure of exactly who I am. Anyway, I guess the sooner I get used to being just an ordinary angler again, the better, for all concerned. The last few...

I know many of you envy my celebrity lifestyle, but what many don’t realise is that it is not just an endless stream of minibus unveilings, scones generously covered with Lurpak, and glass after glass of the Vicar’s wife’s finest elderberry wine, there is a very unglamorous and pressured...

Well I’m pleased to announce that the unveiling of the Mavis Bagenderby minibus went well. The night before the big day I decided to try and make it a day to remember for the kids and so made about fifty cardboard cut-outs of my face and stuck them on the end of sticks, so that all the kids...