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I realize chub is the sensibel target these days, Andrew, but I can fish for chub back home (in Norway), but not barbel. I will try every second I have over here to catch barbel, nothing else counts... With respect to the likings of BIG NORTHERN girls, I suppose I could have some comments, but...

Attracting smaller fish to feed has many times been favourable for me when fishing for other species. My experience from this autumn is that there are no small fish to attract! At least the places I have been fishing there are very few, if any, dace, gudgeon, roach, small trout etc. I have been...

Thanks, Mark and John, this is very helpful. I have read the book of Miles&West (Quest for barbel) about the active way of fishing strecthes, bit by bit, moving the bait around. Good to hear from local expertise this is reccomended! Most people I see by the river are more static. I guess this...

Interesting this, some of the articles I read (also on this site) state one should introduce some feed in the swim also in winter fishing (mild winter conditions, 7-9 degrees) to 'kick-start' the fish. Do you think feed will actually put them off, or just not necessary (do no harm, but has no...

I am new to barbel this year, and have been fishing the Ribble. I haven't caught a barbel since mid-september, and I am wondering about the feeding of swims now when the water is colder (7-9 C these days). Do you feed the swim prior to fishing? How much? Do you use feeders or plain sinker...

Yes, I admit the rubber baits are not my first choice. Not that I doubt their effectiveness, its just that they are not 'proper' baits. Like fishing tench with a fly... I will probably try them next summer, anyway. Boilies are also pretty 'artificial' to be honest. I am the romantic type, like...

In my tench waters the problem is the nuisance fish, extremely aggressive small roach and rudd. Forget maggots/casters, even 3-4 grains of corn is chewed to bits in seconds, they are like pirhanas. I rate lobworms as the best of all baits for tench. Big lobworms can sometimes last long...

Both the Rapidex and the Trudex from Young are small reels that will start spinning easily. I use one for trotting roach and grayling with small floats. The Rapidex was mentioned in here yesterday...

Based on what most people here say, I think one may conclude: 1. In order to describe a line you should know both diameter and breaking strain. This is something the internet shops should notice (they usually only tell you one of them). 2. If you know your brand of line well, you need only...

I also have one and love it, but I use it for lighter line and trotting for smaller fish (roach, grayling). I don't know how good it would be with heavier lines needed for barbel, it is quite small...? 40 quid was a good price, it's worth every penny!

I like the american Berkley lines, and when I buy line I never even look at the breaking strain, only the diameter. What do you mean by breaking strain being constant? This is purely down to what you choose to hold as constant, right? - If you compare the breaking strain of a Trilene line of...

I suppose the one you are used to is the one you feel is the most informative. I don't think its about lb vs kg or mm vs inch, at least not in my eyes. Anyhow, I think that if you stick to one brand, and learn to know it properly, you always know which breaking strain corresponds to which...

Yes, I agree both are needed, but most online shops only give you one of them, this site included. And if I could only have one piece of information, I would rather have the diameter than the breaking strain. I feel the diameter tells me a little bit more.

I have always been puzzeled by this: Why do british and american anglers always describe their fishing line by the breaking strain? In scandinavia, and I think the rest of Europe, we always focus on the diameter of the line, not its breaking strain. As you know there is a huge variation in...

I have caught bleak well over 3 oz, in Norway. Almost like a herring! Excellent bait, even for pike. I think pike love them, and prefer a medium bleak to a good sized roach. Bleak should not be a nuisance when barbel fishing, unless you are fishing really shallow...?