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Adams Mill

Im as thick as a dungeon door, cant understand anything past the first smiley !!!

I really enjoy though, the literary musings, of the genius, that is the Pons, on the odd occasion, hence my stumble upon this great thread.
 
Paul Boote said:
Simple souls, then, perhaps should not listen to - let alone believe - those far more complex than themselves: they can end up being badly misled and seriously confused.:)
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I am happy to be a misled,confused old country boy,leaning on the farm gate with just the bleating of the sheep for company,as the Peregrine rushes over,master of all he surveys,and beady eye missing nothing.:D
And will let all the clever stuff be spouted by rather sad ,embittered folk who must be superior ,because they tell us they are.

The artist formerly known as Fat Boy Pons.
 
All this bile and no mention of a certain specialist group! What has BFW become? :D

Come on chaps, enough is enough. This forum would be a pretty tedious place were it not for postings from the likes of Paul and the two Chris's. Let's keep it friendly and informative.

Or find an argument we can all join in :p
 
noel coward, he was a london elite snob, funny that,as for Norfolk, it's a beautiful county.
 
Terrible snob, wooftah, lots of other things, but a writer with an unerring eye for human foibles, weaknesses and our propensity for petty cruelty and self-deception...
 
Simon Haggis said:
Very interesting. Were you fishing there owing to the size of the fish? I would have liked to have chanced my arm there had I been fishing but I was working too hard.

I'm an average barbel angler so sounds like I'd have had a long old blank. 2 years is serious persistence for not even a bite I must say.
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Simon,

I had never seen Adams Mill before I joined the syndicate I only joined it because my application was accepted which was a total shock as I believe the names were drawn out of a hat after certain other named anglers were put on the list so I was told!

Like everybody else I had all read about the fish there in the papers so it was an opportunity I was not going to turn down.

Over the two seasons I fished it I was working away from home in Ireland during the week and also fishing the Wasing on the Kennet so I mainly fished Adams on a Sunday afternoon as it was relatively local to me at the time.

I cant quite remember the numbers but I think there was a maximum of 6 anglers allowed and very strict on an off water times which was very frustrating as just as the light started to fail it was time to pack up.

You could see these record breaking fish visiting your swim and inspecting your bait which at times were heart stopping moments but as I said in my earlier post I never caught a Barbel there or even wittnessed one caught !

One of the problems I found was the swans they seemed to turn up in my swim when these amazing fish were present and you were forced to take your bait out or run the risk of hooking a swan anyway the Barbel soon disappeared when the swans were present

That type of fishing does not interest me anymore - Ok I would have been nice to catch a monster and I did have the chance but I am much happier these days fishing the what only can be described as the Fantastic River Wye - The fish may not be monsters but they are proper wild fish and fight like Tigers and I enjoy every second I am on the bank

Dave
 
Yes, quite a turn-out. And all because I wrote the lines pasted below, not looking to start a slanging match, merely expressing an opinion:


-- self, 5.7.10 4:20pm, replying to David Hall's "think about why the syndicate went?"

Yes I have. Thought often in the past several years, long before the oft-caught Traveller ate it, that British barbel angling might just become a lot more grounded now, with readers of weeklies no longer seeing the same dozen fish, with the bait barons turning their attentions and directing their sponsorship back to boilies-by-the-wheelbarrow-load carp and carpers.......
 
back on topic, while we can,
a prime bit of river, huge barbel, with catching big barbel becoming the new beetles,
what would you do as a club?
 
Paul Boote said:
Yes, quite a turn-out. And all because I wrote the lines pasted below, not looking to start a slanging match, merely expressing an opinion:


-- self, 5.7.10 4:20pm, replying to David Hall's "think about why the syndicate went?"

Yes I have. Thought often in the past several years, long before the oft-caught Traveller ate it, that British barbel angling might just become a lot more grounded now, with readers of weeklies no longer seeing the same dozen fish, with the bait barons turning their attentions and directing their sponsorship back to boilies-by-the-wheelbarrow-load carp and carpers.......
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Seldom do I agree with Paul and even less fequently do I like the tone that can be/is readable into his posts
BUT
this time he looks about right, IMO of course....;)

The real 'big' questions now facing barbel anglers has got to be, which river do they flood to as the 'mecca' to their sport?
And what new river can be stocked with this invasive non-indigenous alien species, bearing mind they don't seem to grow big t'up norf or oot west and the 'natural' homes of the species is running out of water, hmm decisions decisions..........:eek::rolleyes::rolleyes:

(maybe Cornwall has potential):p:D
 
David Potter said:
I cant quite remember the numbers but I think there was a maximum of 6 anglers allowed and very strict on an off water times which was very frustrating as just as the light started to fail it was time to pack up.

You could see these record breaking fish visiting your swim and inspecting your bait which at times were heart stopping moments but as I said in my earlier post I never caught a Barbel there or even wittnessed one caught !
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Appreciate your reply, very interesting for me to hear about the stretch.

Sounds tricky. I didn't realise the no night fishing part.

TBH I enjoy watching fish as much as catching so I imagine it would have been great to see some true clonkers swimming around.

I'm stuck on the monster path at the moment but whatever you enjoy you should stick to, I look forward to fishing the Wye one day as everyone seems to love fishing there.
 
Colin Gordon said:
Seldom do I agree with Paul and even less fequently do I like the tone that can be/is readable into his posts
BUT
this time he looks about right, IMO of course....;)

The real 'big' questions now facing barbel anglers has got to be, which river do they flood to as the 'mecca' to their sport?
And what new river can be stocked with this invasive non-indigenous alien species, bearing mind they don't seem to grow big t'up norf or oot west and the 'natural' homes of the species is running out of water, hmm decisions decisions..........:eek::rolleyes::rolleyes:

(maybe Cornwall has potential):p:D
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Any chance before August - i've got a week booked :D
 
Paul Boote said:
Yes, quite a turn-out. And all because I wrote the lines pasted below, not looking to start a slanging match, merely expressing an opinion:


-- self, 5.7.10 4:20pm, replying to David Hall's "think about why the syndicate went?"

Yes I have. Thought often in the past several years, long before the oft-caught Traveller ate it, that British barbel angling might just become a lot more grounded now, with readers of weeklies no longer seeing the same dozen fish, with the bait barons turning their attentions and directing their sponsorship back to boilies-by-the-wheelbarrow-load carp and carpers.......
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Must admit, sounds about right to me. At one point I complained to Anglers Mail because i was sick to the back teeth in seeing the same old Adams Mill Barbel filling the first 8 pages week in week out.
 
Huge. Have been browsing old galleries and archives discussing Adams Mill. Amazing.

A fit 20lber, how hard must that pull?!
 
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