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My response......Otters. I predicted this scenario 10 years ago and re-emphasised it 5 years ago, I will also state now, hand on heart, that there are less big barbel today (as I type) than there were yesterday, our big barbel, especially the lesser in number breeding females are being killed...

Superb Condition, the ultimate barbel fixed spool, only used occasionally over the last 12 months ..... £150 the pair plus postage Will not split

I have a pair for sale, unmarked, superb ....£150 the pair plus postage

Eels arent keen on sweet flavours i.e. Scopex or cream flavour type additives, scopex being my favourite ....so heavily flavour your baits by the glug in a plastic bag, in addition, once in the water, because these flavours are emulsified the scent stays hard on the bottom as they drift...

What is better than black Pudding, though I haven't used black pudding to be honest, and what is a great alternative to Spam is tinned corned beef...it works. The large rings of Polish garlic sausage are also good, softer than standard meat and a lovely pungent garlic scent and taste and it...

Korum screw ins.....

Korum fibre glass ....strong and very light.

Its very prolific, with barbel to 15 plus, BS membership is needed and I think the Pixham fee is about £60

Join the Barbel Society and join the Pixham syndicate....24/7 fishing is allowed

It was the Anglers Mail mate It was the Anglers Mail mate, but the decline of both weekly angling papers is significant and the amount of extra copies sold would have been insignificant, if any, the decline of both the weekly angling papers is dramatic and any further decline will see them...

Let us not forget the two issues that caused so much contention and response in Mr Readings article: 1. He accused night barbel anglers as being mindless, lazy, unthinking, monotonous, irresponsible, greedy, desperate to catch a fish and the act of actual of night fishing to lackluster (?)...

More than likely Graham, I fished Cotheridge a lot and had a lot of good barbel from there....happy days indeed, but sad now when a see it, Broadwas, Cotheridge, Knightwick, Brockamin, Lindridge....all these places have memories of epic barbel for me and Andy

poor Gill, she almost died with a Brain Tumor, she is still with us but, in a wheelchair and blind, Andy is having a blissful existence on the banks of the Hampshire Avon with his beautiful daughter Lily, after many years living in Africa Andy has now found solace back in the UK, I used to fish...

Blood knots is an outstanding book with an incredible twist at the end....

1. Still Water Angling by Richard Walker 2. Drop me a line by Richard Walker and Maurice Ingham 3. Understanding Barbel By Fred Crouch 4. Confessions of a Carp Fisher by BB 5. Barbel Mania by Andy Orme

Fox Black Label 25mm isotopes .....

Already been done 2 years ago on the Teme, by Dr Katie Guttman Roberts, funded by the EA, Severn rivers trust and the The Barbel Society ... it basically told us there isnt much wrong with the Teme other than there arent many barbel....

I can understand your concern Graham, I have have fished the lower Severn and Teme for its big barbel for 30 years and the lower Severn is a notoriously and historically a late starter, due to barbel of all sizes hanging around Digils and Teme mouth until the first push of water drops them down...

People blame all things for the demise of the barbel, be it loss of habitat, abstraction and pollution or predation, so without wishing to get into a heated debate, here is my basic opinion, based on scientific evidence, anecdotal evidence, and personal experience . If the rivers were perfect...

I can understand that some anglers think that barbel could be seen as the "new Carp" some anglers have adopted carp fishing methods to fish for barbel, even by introducing a new description of "Carbeling", I can see that this particular method of this type of barbel fishing is attractive to...