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The Fork In The Road By Mark Anderson Matt Hayes drifted downstream, in the canoe was Mick Brown, and their guide. They ended up fishing from an island, and camping for the night, great viewing. It obviously entered my subconscious, because in another series called Mainstream, Matt got...

Sizzling September By Mark Walker June and July 2005 were truly awful for fishing. Perhaps not in general terms across the country but for me on the Wessex rivers it was a real struggle. I couldn’t catch chub and the barbel were conspicuous by their absence. By the end of July I’d...

"A Season of Change" By Jon Callan Having always been an angler who has enjoyed most other forms of coarse fishing, this winter has been a return to days gone by… For the last half a dozen years I have Barbel fished non-stop from June the 16th right through to the 14th March...

"Floody Hell " By Steve Williams As I write this the rivers through out the country are starting to rise with lovely brown worm water.Ideal conditions for Barbel.But it’s surprising how many fishermen find these conditions too daunting. What you are about to read is the way I tackle a...

"The Hampshire Avon - Then and Now " By Derek Lewis Well, you asked me to do another article so here it is! But it wont be as good as the Richard Walker one and sorry if it's not your river. The first time I saw this river I was wearing short trousers, I was 12years old and mum and...

Most Memorable Barbel Ssessions By Various BFW members If you have a memorable barbel fishing story that you would like to submit to bfw and add to this article, please email us - click here A session on the edge.. It's not often that your wife sends you fishing - unless...

"The Bitter, and The Oh So Sweet… " By Ian Law I’m sure somewhere the piscatorial god secretly keeps a private diary on all of us and when required addresses the balance of all those disappointments and blank days/nights spent on the bank and provides us, on occasion, with...

"A New Season " By Graham Elliott The light when it came brought with it a warning. No clear brightness to spear through the morning gloom, but a soup streaked glow, edged with...

Summer Rain By Brent Baker I parked the car in the dull green shade of the summer clad trees and stepped outside. As the boot swung open a drop of water burst thickly on my arm followed rapidly by another fusillade from the sky above. I checked my watch. Bang on time. Rain they had said...

"Red Letter Day " By Chris Tribe All anglers have had one… a special fishing session that makes all the cold,wet,blank session worth every second of misery! And as an Ouse regular I know a thing or two about blanking and misery! 07/01/2005 a date in my diary I will never forget…...

"A brace, three bites and some bad breaks" By Chris Netto (Felix333) I was getting a little frustrated. Here I was four weeks into the season and I hadn’t caught a single barbel. I had to do something about it and quick. Thursday 14th of July saw me on my fourth trip to the...

"Why Can't I " By Derek Lewis When I was on the buses at Gatwick, taking people up and down from the airport and back to the car park, a new driver joined us called Glyn, and he also went fishing, but never caught a barbel, as he had just moved from Cornwall to Crawley {no barbel in...

"The Magic of Martin Hooper" By Derek Lewis The magic of Martin Hooper - tuition - first session. Martin Hooper, now there's a name that a lot of barbel anglers will have heard of. You only had to buy the weekly fishing papers and you would see Martin in there holding up some big...

Hunch or Habit? By Huw James Huw James 11lb 4oz Throop 8.9.2001 approx 21.30pm on BFM paste Hunch or Habit? This article was written some 4 years ago for the Barbel Catchers Magazine Barbus. Whilst the baits are now well known and now superseded and the catches...

"A Perfect Day" By Dave Brittain For years I have felt as if something is missing from my fishing but I couldn't put my finger on it until a recent visit to the Bristol Avon. If you have been fishing commercials for the last few years as I have this may be of interest. After taking...

"Richard Walker Remembered" By Derek Lewis Although I now live in Wiltshire (Wooton Bassett) having moved here in October 2004 I did spend 25 years of my life living in Hitchin in Hertfordshire. I think it must have been 1954 when my parents moved from Mitcham to Hitchin. After school I...

Knowledge Is The Bomb By Jeremy Brown As this is my first serious year of angling I thought it would be a good idea to share my fishing season so far and how people have helped me in my quest to enjoy the challenge that is Barbel fishing. I am fortunate enough to be a member of the...

"I saw her again today" By Graham Elliott July I saw Her again today. Five fish swam past, pecking at a few offerings, but only from habit not from hunger. The biggest was a good double, over 11lb I should imagine. A few chub drifted by, in...

"Brotherly Love" By Graham Elliott Wham! I should have seen it coming, a right cross that exploded between the eyes and split a blood vessel in my nose. Gloves off, and a handkerchief quickly wrapped around it stopped the blood flow. Contest over. There was a no-smacking policy in...

Operation “Double Take†By Ian Phillips MISSION BRIEFING. ANGLER: Ian Phillips. AKA “Esoxâ€. Coventry, West Midlands. I am primarily, a pleasure angler but with a passion for Barbel, I’ve had numerous catches from the venue stated with weights topping 8.5lb, including...