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INTRODUCTION In response to the interest shown by a number of enthusiastic BFW members I have embarked upon what is, to do the subject justice that is, quite an undertaking. I believe that it will be better for myself and hopefully the readers of this work, to split the whole into parts, we...

Sunday 22th May, Willington Trout Fishery, Derbyshire. Photos collected, selected and edited by Mike Berridge The great day arrived at last, with much promise of mixed weather, old friendships to be re-kindled, new ones to be forged, fish (possibly) to be caught but above all the...

With the intended Wye fish-In following quickly on the heels of the immensely enjoyable Teme bash, which IMO was the best to date? Then to have a hand in the organising of this one was rather daunting, and both Ray and I did have numerous doubts as to whether this one, would live up to the high...

On the weekend of 11th -13th February 10 fellow BFW members joined together to fish the Bristol Avon River at Limpley Stoke near Bath to raise money for the Tsunami Appeal. £100 in total was raised for the appeal. Unfortunately although conditions were good for barbel, not many fish...

On the weekend of 21st & 22nd August 2004 25 fellow BFW members decended on the Throop Fishery on the Dorset Stour. Many thanks to the Ringwood & DAA, a great time was had by all. BFW Group Photo Allan Marshall, Mick Holtom, John Buss, Glen Collard, Paul Yates, Dave Durrant, Kev...

BFW fluff-flinging day No.III Felix Farm, 25th Apr '04 - a light-hearted report dubbed as the 'Northern Rocks' vs the 'Southern Softies' Written by Steve (eelfisher) Richardson edited and abetted, with minor interjections by Paul (paul4barbus) Whiteing (photos by courtesy Mike Berridge and...

BFW fluff-flinging day No.II - Felix Farm, 9th May '03 - a light-hearted report by paul whiteing (photos by courtesy mike berridge and yours truly) We were all looking forward to this day as a bit of fun, as something different during the close season, non-competitive ....... The morning...

BFW fluff-flinging day - Felix Farm, 9th May '02 - a light-hearted report by paul whiteing (photos by courtesy mike berridge and alan (trogg) fawcett ) We were all looking forward to this day as a bit of fun, as something different during the close season, non-competitive ...

Whose line is it anyway? By Lee Poultney I have been an avid Barbel angler for the last seven years or so and enjoy reasonable success on my local rivers: the Severn, Teme and Warwickshire Avon. My approach has always been simple with my belief that one can become obsessed with rigs...

BFW Hampton Loade fish-in, 23rd July 2011 By Dean Aston Well 23rd July is here and after all of the months planning, phone calls, emails and running about, I just hope the day goes well with lots of money raised. I wanted to do something different from just another fish-in : with the...

BFW Loddon Fish-In 2007 – Oldies v Kiddiwinks By Graham Elliott The competitive edge to the Challenge issued on BFW seemed to strike a chord with the regulars on the website and in a very short time the number of barbel anglers that wanted to join in the fun multiplied to such an...

The WYE Fish in 2003 By Mike Berridge It was supposed to start on Sat 19th July. A few decided to make it into a long weekend. Two of us decided to make it into a weeklong escapade. Will it all fit in? Tom and I set off on Friday at 0700 (after repacking the car twice...

BFW fish-in On The Wye, July 2002 By Rayo After 6 months of planning and with more than a few obstacles to overcome, the Wye fish-in finally came to be. To say that I was disappointed with the attendance, would be an understatement, however, to the guy's who turned up I have to say a...

BFW fish-in On The Loddon, 22nd - 24th February 2002 By Andy Frances and Dan Whitelock The BFW Loddon Fish-in was hyped on the site for months and we even saw some remarkable pieces of poetry being written on the message board! The turnout over the weekend was fantastic with around 25...

BFW Fish-in On The Royalty, 8th - 9th December 2001 By Andy Davies The fish in started for me on the Friday. I had to take Liz to her parents in Coventry on the way to Salisbury, which made the journey about 4 hrs. I had arranged to stay here with a mate who was going to join us on...

Never Go Back By Andy Childs I was out on my bike with some mates and stumbled across the first stretch of river I fished as a child. Memories came flooding back - I'd spent countless happy days there in the school holidays fishing for roach, perch and later chub and barbel. It was...

Hooked On Barbel - Update By Alistair Hopkins Some of you may have read my article that I wrote in March 09 following my first year back to fishing after a 25-year break - Hooked on Barbel. I ended it by describing my first ever Barbel, caught in February '09 on the River Kennet near...

Hooked On Barbel By Alistair Hopkins Introduction I don't recall now what it was that triggered me to go, but one day last spring I found myself in the Tadley Angling tackle shop asking if it was possible to be kitted out with some basic fishing gear for £100 or less. It had been...

The Yorkshire Ouse - Barbel Fishing, Challenges and Rewards By Michael G Hodgkiss I have heard it said, and sometimes written, that the Ouse is a difficult river to read and thus locate barbel. I am not going to be wholly disputing this view by any means. Mother Ouse can be a very...

Early Barbel Forays On Yorkshire's River Nidd By Michael G Hodgkiss Back in time now .... For a number of years I had focussed my attentions on the Yorkshire Ouse with reasonable success, however whenever I passed the Nidd I inevitably had to stop and peer in to its depths...