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When asking friends to come along Barbel fishing they often say, I will use my Carp rods and 30LB braid, I say no you cant do that, its not illegal, but i believe in using the right tools for the job so Carp gear for Barbs is an anathma to me. What is the consensus among other Barbel fishers?

If a tree is not available what would you recommend fixing a rope to on a stteep bank.? a dog spike looks inadequaete.

Try the high bank at Longham. you cant miss it, you have a couple of islands in front of you. Most peop-le give it a miss because of the high bank. just work out your fish landing area. And keep your head down, they w3ill see you..

Teme Severn, that was years back, a really good range of bait. I think I caught my 1st Gt. Ouse Barbel on their bait.

Thank you Paul,down strem looks interesting. A buch of lads from here in Kent have been doing trips to Birts, one of them did mention you. His name was Paul, sadly C got him in January. Still doing research for my trip. My Barbel catches have all come from fishing next to tree overhangs and/or...

Staying at river and steam lodge in july, I gather they have 1/4 mile fishing. A friend of mine recently deceased stayed at Burts, he fished down stream a bit where there were trees which gave both fish and angler cover. Is this bit on Burts ticket? Also who has the bit downstrem of River and...

Is there anybody out there using one of these rods? how do you find it in use?

On my last visit around ten years ago the Severn was in flood. We stayed at Stans in Bewdley. There was a match upstream where I intended to try to fish but the guys said they had precedence. I talked to a couple of them and watched., those blokes were deadly, all fishing the feeder and...

River and Steam, right by the River, my partner cant travel due to arthritis so my daughter will accompny me. She is into wildlife photograhy. Dad is hoping to catch one or two Barbel The Gt. OUSE is a lovely river but really hard going, a full week with severral 9 hour sessions was often...

yes Mark, excuse my keyboard skills.

Used to be a member of this site a few years back. Fished the Gt OUSE a fair bit and had a few doubles. It was mostly bait and wait in the evenings into dark. ihave a week's holiday at the H9igham stretch in July. Any pointers on tackling the Severn would be much appreciated.