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2012 The summer that never was, the severn was brim full with water and barbel. Opening day the only river that was fishable local was the Arrow, caught a barb first cast, crazy times.

Far from the madding crowd.

Sadly I think you are right. 😢

Great Neil... it could be a long wait happily toast your success if you do manage a Dee Barbel with a bottle of Moet I have set aside for Bristol City's promotion to the Premiership. I wonder what will come first?

Agreed Jim, by nature those types want all the groundwork already done. For me anyway I love that sometimes a Barbel can be caught in the most unlikely of places be it a urban centre or the wilds of West Wales. I was born in Bristol by the Bristol Avon near the center of Bristol, it was then...

I get the fish chasing side if what we do, I am a very average Barbel angler but lucked out on a few fish on a particular stretch and understand how some people enjoy ruining it not only for the angler but for the fish too. I have no time for that personally and seeing a fish I caught...

Oh! come off it Joe there's ways of keeping the location secret whilst celebrating a Dee barbel, however unlikely that maybe.

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Come off it Joe, it would make a great story.

The Dee was my very first river I ever 'fished', I was all of about six and my grandparents were hoteliers and the river ran alongside. The tackle consisted of my seaside crab line and bait I nicked from the cats dinner. I even waded into some likely spots, but alas I never did catch a...

Dance faster

Well it worked...a bit🤔

A few years back I attended a Barbel Society meetings in Tewkesbury my home town. The brilliant Dave Mason was a guest speaker and he advocated to only use rock salt, and or 'cattle lick' salt to boiles as an additive; reason being Barbel especially post spawning crave it. I was intrigued but...

We can start practising the rain dance ...now!

I have never cast overhead, for the reasons probably unfounded I consider upon entry it's a better tidier cast. But this is just down to the fact am an old bugger anyways. Mind you I do set up a rod and lead in the field behind me and just have a bit of fun occasionally, beach caster style...

They do apparently, but the only time I used it I was playing a barbel and the clutch locked up solid, having no back wind I was stuffed and subsequently lost the fish. The problem was a nylon bush that dislodged from spool pin and wrapped around the pin rendering it stuck. I managed to get...

Great stuff Alan, 'tis why BFW is the best.

It's a special stretch and so sad it has come to this.

Yes I bought one. used it once not a fan.

Stop it..