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Finally!!! Something half decent

Congratulations Richard, what a fish. I never take scales with me when I float fish and I had my PB last week. However, the fish I caught was half that size, I guess a good 7lber. The Yorkshire rivers are more challenging when it comes to catching doubles on the feeder never mind on the float and yet I will be purchasing another set of scales.
 
Stunning Richard, well done mate
 
Neil Watson said:
Congratulations Richard, what a fish. I never take scales with me when I float fish and I had my PB last week. However, the fish I caught was half that size, I guess a good 7lber. The Yorkshire rivers are more challenging when it comes to catching doubles on the feeder never mind on the float and yet I will be purchasing another set of scales.
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As a Yorkshire man originally myself i absolutely understand you there Neil.

I was never successful in my quest for a Yorkshire double when I was fishing primarily the swale 20 odd years ago. From what old friends tell me the Y Ouse occasionally throws 1 or 2 up but it’s still pretty rare.

However…. Imo you’ve got some of the hardest fighting barbel in the country from my experience. I’ve never caught barbel from any other river that go like those nutters in the swale.

Round this way it’s totally different. A lot of the rivers have quite low populations of barbel but if you do hook one there is a very sporting chance of it being a big fish into double figures.

The Nene is one of the better rivers to be fair. Its got enough barbel in some of the sections to warrant them as a viable target but you are still essentially fishing for 1 bite and blanks are a big part of life with it.

It’s not as hard as some of the other rivers round this way like the lower Lea, great Ouse and a bit further south the Thames and its tributaries. It would take a very patient and dedicated angler to attempt to catch barbel on the float from any of those rivers nowadays.
 
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Carl Salisbury said:
Cracking barbel Richard and on the float as well! guessing it’s a known fish with that tail?
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Unfortunately Carl I don’t think it’s possible to catch a barbel of that size in a section of river like this, that hasn’t graced afew nets more than once and yes if I look through my pictures, I’m sure to see her again
 
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