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Great News Glynn...its going to be a good one, come and say hello on the day!!

That is a great idea Graham...

Fair comment guys, but we thought as it has a central location now, its good for northern and southern barbel anglers....not forgetting those from the west and east...

Superb trade hall with deals on the day, Angling Trust, Environmental Agency & Calverton fish farm information tables, plus a presentation by Mark Lloyd the Angling Trust CEO and lots lots more, a truly superb Barbel event...

It's going to be a good one...

This just reiterates what we have being saying for weeks....

Unfortunately Graham the barbel world is very fragmented and divided, the Barbel Society is dammed if it does and dammed if it doesn't , as i said we try our best, but invariably fail to please everyone....thats just way it is mate.

Funny enough Graham, Lewis Baldwin has a stretch on the Warks Avon and was anxious to do the right thing, so we put him in touch with one of our freshwater biologist contacts in the EA and strangely enough the EA have given approval to fish the Avon, i was amazed! The BS wouldnt tell anyone not...

Graham....its water Temps that are the problem not air, certain species die once water gets to 25c, water temp on the middle severn is at 22c, whilst Barbel and other species will undoubtedly survive this current period, some won't and catching them lessons their chances of survival. Lactic acid...

One thing that gets forgotten, which is amplified in these conditions is lactic acid build up, during a long spirited fight with a big barbel the acidification of the barbels blood will take place, this can disrupt the barbels whole metabolism, coupled with low dissolved oxygen and high water...

PPM, the point emphasised is that when the DO is at its lowest is during the hours of darkness up until dawn, and yes you are right, this is normal, however what exasperates this is the increased percentage of treated effluent (due to low water levels) in the river, high water temps (25c plus in...

See the graph below, that shows declining Dissolved Oxygen levels on the river Wye in Herefordshire, it shows the lowest levels being around first light/ dawn/early morning, it won't be long, if these conditions continue, we will wake to barbel and other species on other rivers going belly up...

Night fishing is the worst time to fish for barbel in these weather conditions, during the hours of darkness sub surface plants actually consume oxygen, with an hour before dawn dissolved Oxygen being at its lowest, during the day and bright sunlight, plants will actually create Oxygen via...

With all due respect Fred, Barbel are studied probably more than any other species, especially in Europe where they are considered to be the indicator species of many European rivers due to their susceptibility to chemical and heavy metal pollution, people think the reason why barbel were...

Otters dont have to kill many barbel to have the most severe profound effects on a barbel population on a river, as I said earlier on the thread, the ratio between male and female barbel is about 7 to 1, on some rivers its as high as 10 to 1, the larger barbel 10 pound plus are invariably female...

No way , shallow narrow small rivers are finely balanced mini eco environments and an Otter or otters soon tip that balance into their favour as they eat their way through barbel populations....

Bang on Nick...

I have my own ideas Michael.....and i think we anglers pay enough? What do you suggest? Its clearly something that needs yo be discussed, however the resource is already available