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5th Annual Ousemeister Barbel Challenge, 4th September, 2010

Conrad Farlow said:
Funnily enough Geoff the banker peg was the same peg that I found all by myself the previous Wednesday. I must be getting better at picking em ;) Which of course is nice to know.

I won't give up though, I quite like the river.

These 3 fish were not barbel I bet, if they were I would like to enquire if Patrick does guiding, be nice to get the Ouse monkey off my back :)

Lots of Pike moving around Geoff you are right there, me and my mate Ricky have vowed to take the pike gear next time there's a right lump just upstream of the 'flyer'.

Brilliant result Ken - well done!

Conrad
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Well word soon gets around doesn't it . I knew it would be hard to keep it quiet that 3 Burbot came out to one angler , good size fish as well ..





Only joking , in fact the fish concerned were Pike !. The captor my son Patrick ,who decided to come and show us all how it was done . Having blagged the requisite tackle from me , the lad took one look at the conditions and decided that Pike were a much better proposition that barbel , the barbel rig in only as a sleeper . He managed 3 nice fish best 7lb2oz , and lost a couple of other fish one of which was a big un . Between the Pike he also whipped out 40 or so gudgeon on the float .I managed diddly as usual , spending a fair amount of time unhooking pike and taking photos for Patrick . I also managed to stick a size 4 treble in my thumb as well , bled like a good un it's still throbbing now .

Despite the disappointing turnout and poor conditions it was a great day as always , and much merriment was had in the pub afterwards . Thanks to DNA baits for the samples and well done Robin for blagging the deal . I will try and put a picture up of Patricks fish this evening .
 
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Ken Jones said:
Robin
you need to learn the end of the arm trick to make it bigger.
Ken
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Either that or Robin goes down to the bank with a pair of those "Kenny Everet" hands!

Thanks for organising the event Robin, I'd never caught as much on an Ousemeister outing before. :rolleyes:

Here's to next year!

Cheers
 
Ousemeister champion 2010. Picture of one Patricks pike from saturday,a happy lad.

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Ken Jones said:
Well done Patrick on a great three fish catch.
Showed the 'old uns'a trick or two.
Really enjoyed the company and day, shame I did not catch from the flyer.
Big thanks to DNA BAITS for the samples,took mine to a match on the Tidal Ouse on Sunday and I set what we think may be a new river match record with 68lb 10 oz of skimmers and Bream.If you dont think Bream fight give the 5lbers a go on the tidal on match gear.
Thanks to Mike and Robin for organising the event.
Ken
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Well done Ken, your exploits were the talk of York Tackle at lunchtime yesterday!
 
Well done to patrick for sensing pike were an easier option in a low river and to ken for demonstrating his prowess on the river - even if they weren't barbel. There are barbel there conrad stick at it. I usually start fishing that area with a pike and barbel rod out - then change to two of which ever looks like giving the most action.
Glad you all had a good time anyway.
geoff
 
Hi all,
can't say i'm surprised there were not any barbel caught, well done to Patrick for at least managing a few reasonable fish.
One year you will have to get lucky and hit a perfect river, don't you think???
I'm glad you all seemed to enjoy it though, as that's what it's all about,
Leon
 
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