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Unfortunately Jake, I am. The show this year didn't cut it, in so much there is more atmosphere in the pre AGM at the BCC . There were very few of the real Barbel anglers that we were brought up with. Even Popey wasn't really fireing, he looked as though he was just going through the motions

My thoughts after not attending a show for many years...... I only attended as a contributor to the Book launch going on. I got the impression Terry Theobald wanted some supprot in numbers. The launch went well; but, the rest of the show, I felt was a bit of a damp scrip!!! Numbers were well...

It is an interesting topic. For the last fifteen years or so, I have used a fluorocarbon (X-line, mainly in 10lb; which breaks at only 8lb 14oz, But has the best abrasion resistance I know. And before anyone says that is too weak, I believe my results of landed fish to lost speaks for itself...

RIVER GOLD - A PASSION FOR BARBEL Thirty Five of the best barbel anglers in the country were asked by Terry Theobald, himself a renowned barbel angler, to contribute a chapter to River Gold - A Passion for Barbel. The result is a compilation of stories covering a broad spectrum of angling for...

The article you highlight here Mark, correctly indicates that a major problem which we all seem to miss is the chemicals laying dormant in the sub strata. PCB's etc have been in the silt for decades, even having been banned from use in our fair land; the disturbance of the said silt by dredging...

How crowded are the swims today, no doubt will be packed near the ox - bow,🤣🤭🫣

yea, the one low down was my snide rod😆. No seriously that swim is a one cast, gently, gently type of swim;)

A moody River Loddon, only a baby chub to show for a few hours fishing!

Darren I have logged captures since a kid:rolleyes:. All my big barbel except my PB!, were all caught on an new moon or within a week either way. During several seasons on the kennet between 2008 and 2014; I would catch a good fish at the start of the dying moon and then catch again exactly a...

Presume, like many, you want a low presssure, the present weather isn't really helping in the south of England anyway:(

Richard, I didn't for one moment the digression was intentional. Richard I, I was hoping for a discussion on why the numbers of barbel have declined; or not if the numbers of anglers not reporting. i was not looking for information of where fish were caught, just an idea of numbers. Hey, if...

Well the is a difficult can of worms. For many years as a carp angler, I had a fear of fishing on a full moon, until a freezing foggy night on a full moon gave me one of my best captures.. My PB barbel was caught during the daytime on the day of a winter full moon; so now i don't really worry...

probadosoft moon phases is the app I have on my phone. I feel is the best out there

Oh, I do feel that my thread has gone off tangent:(. The purpose of writing the thread wasn't to generate a negative response; which falls foul of the same attitude as what made me post in the first place. I had hoped to get conversation going about how to fight the decline of our rivers...

Terry, correct me if I am wrong.... the only pictures posted on Social media of that amazing catch; has had the background blurred beyond a point it can be recognised. I too looked at them hard to see if I could see any swim/area, BUT, it was word of mouth that has opened up my knowledge. So to...

Mike. My point is that we should post on Social media for every Dick and Harry ( no offence to anyone with these names😁); but if on a private group such as this, the numbers of anglers on your stretch of river willl be more limited, and if the problem arises; I feel sorry that we have allowed...

Terry. I believe you have misinterpreted the argument I expressed that Fred had raised. I don't know if you have read the article written in 2006 (not 2009 as mentioned above), which has been reprinted as a Bygone article in Barbel fisher 52. Fred was not referring just to barbel; he was...

May I ask! Was one of the reasons orginally for the web site was to share information, to support one another in helping to catch. Sadly it is now the way of the net (pun) to be selfish and think only of ourselves....... Maybe I am a dinosaur, wishing for a return to the camaradie of angling...

Mike. If like me, you are old enough to remember the days when coach loads of anglers would criss-cross the country every weekend to fish matches, something that on my local river kennet (Not coaches, but affiliated clubs filling every stretch of the river every Saturday and Sunday ) happened...