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We all have parts in different worlds whether its the world of work (or retirement), the world of sport, the world of family and friends etc. When one world expands another contracts or disappears altogether. At the moment my wife I married 41 years ago is dying of cancer in a hospice and my...
On my latest session I noticed a couple of patterns of barbel behaviour that could have implications for some of us to enjoy a more successful season. I was fishing a narrow, 3ft deep, medium paced river. Note barbel in other venues may not exhibit this behaviour.
Firstly, the tendency of...
3lbs in 24 hours! No not a barbel but me! Mind you my record is 6.5lbs weight gain in 24 hours! 12.02 Christmas morning and 12.085 Boxing day morning! I am sure some you can obliterate that!
Other than using flavoured marbles and ball bearings are there any barbel baits resistant to crayfish or that they do not like? (to dream the impossible dream!!)
Let me kick start a thread with a useful item that has improved my fishing. It's a pair of folding secateurs. They are fairly light, cheap (£10 or less) and fit in a pocket like scissors but are really useful to remove the stinging nettle or thorny branch that just happens to be in the wrong...
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