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If I may post a personal message. As many who know me will know, I have a tendency to open my mouth, or put finger to keyboard without always thinking through the consequences of what my words may achieve. I have to post this in relation to the thread relating to the Barbel Society show last...

RIVER GOLD - A PASSION FOR BARBEL Thirty Five of the best barbel anglers in the country were asked by Terry Theobald, himself a renowned barbel angler, to contribute a chapter to River Gold - A Passion for Barbel. The result is a compilation of stories covering a broad spectrum of angling for...

Having now been a member for several years; one of the reasons for joining was access to the river reports. A post has been put up on the Dorset Stour in the last few days referring to the lack of reports. The individual surmises that the reason for this is we as barbel anglers are being overly...

Over many years of fishing for barbel, mainly on small rivers; during the summer fishing hemp and caster; baitdropping regularly to build up a swim. Until the last two years it worked really well on both the river Loddon and Kennet, my local rivers; nine times out of ten, it produced multiple...

How often do we check the line guides on our rods? Yesterday while fishing, I had a disaster that leaves me really upset. Fishing a small river in a swim that the fish appeared spooky; I was fishing with my rod tip resting on the river bed and waiting for the centre pin to scream. Well, very...