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Rivers I have fished

Taff
Rother
Royal Military Canal
Thames
Pang
Bristol Avon
Chew
Avon (South Hams devon)
Wye (upper)
Monnow
Eden
Dionard
Twyi
Annan
Grand union canal
Oxford Canal
Warwickshire Avon
Usk
Aeron
Mimram
Lea
One up in the Pyrenees before my car took a 10ft leap into a potato field?

There may well be others lost in the clouds of time plus numerous small streams in Scotland and north west.
 
Joe Winstanley said:
Bollin
Dane
Dean
Peover Eye
Wincham Brook
Goyt
Weaver
Dee
Ribble
Trent
Derwent (Derbyshire)
Dove
Warks Avon
Severn
Wye
Hants Avon
Stour
Test
Kennet
Culm (Devon)
South Teign
Duddon
Lickle
Bure
Waveney
Yare
Thurne
Willow Brook

Only 10 of the above fished for barbel.
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Forgot the following:

River Gowy
Great Ouse
Vyrnwy
Cumbrian Esk (not Border)
Wandle
 
I have also not included streams or canals. My first list only had 10 rivers on it and after a little thought it has more than doubled.
Trent
Leen
Severn
Soar
Swale
Wharf
Lea
Yare
B. Avon
W. Avon
Derbyshire Derwent
Dove
Nene
Welland
Witham
Humber
Don
Ancholme
Irwell
Erewash
Shannon in Ireland
Skjern in Denmark
13 of these rivers I have only fished once or twice.
 
Hampshire Avon
Dorset Stour
Wye
Seven
Warks Avon
Test

Apart from the Hants Avon and Stour I've probably spent a combined total of 16 days on the other rivers
 
Caught barbel from these rivers;

Thames
Cherwell
Kennet
Windrush
Severn
Arrow
W. Avon
Teme
Great Ouse

I've also fished;

Bristol Avon
Wye
St Pats

Lost barbel on Bristol Avon and on St Pats, blanked on the Wye. Compared to most on here I seem to have fished very few rivers. Hope to fish the Wye again and the Trent next season.
 
For barbel

Hampshire Avon
Dorset Stour
Teme
Severn
Kennet
Loddon

for other species

Cherwell
Test
Warks Avon
Thame
Henmore Brook
Dove
Trent

Outside the UK

South Platte, Colorado
Boulder Creek, Colorado,
Yampa, Colorado
St Vrain, Colorado
Big Thompson, Colorado
Roaring River, Colorado
Meramec Spring, Missouri
Sacramento, California
Bogachiel, Washington
Quillyute, Washington
Deschutes, Oregon
squamish, British Colombia
Skeena, British Columbia
Snake, Wyoming and Idaho
Gallatin, Montana
Yellowstone, Wyoming
Soda Butte Creek, Wyoming

It’s been an adventure
 
Only been back fishing for the last few years. Life gets in the way sometimes. Back now 😉 only really fished four rivers. Spend time with grown up sons fishing one love the rivers one carp fishing so I’ve got feet in both camps.
Thames
Colne
H/avon
D/stour
We’ve got others on our list but the h/Avon & d/stour are keeping us occupied.
Some of you guys have massive lists wow is all I can say 👍
 
Robert West said:
Only been back fishing for the last few years. Life gets in the way sometimes. Back now 😉 only really fished four rivers. Spend time with grown up sons fishing one love the rivers one carp fishing so I’ve got feet in both camps.
Thames
Colne
H/avon
D/stour
We’ve got others on our list but the h/Avon & d/stour are keeping us occupied.
Some of you guys have massive lists wow is all I can say 👍
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To be honest Robert, a lot of the rivers on my list don't mean anything to me, they were fished a time or two on family holidays as a kid. Sometimes not within the rules...

Only half a dozen rivers on that list I've spend any meaningful time getting to know which is what really counts in my book. If I was lucky enough to have the Stour and Havon on my doorstep I wouldn't want to look elsewhere!
 
Mark Walker said:
For barbel

Hampshire Avon
Dorset Stour
Teme
Severn
Kennet
Loddon

for other species

Cherwell
Test
Warks Avon
Thame
Henmore Brook
Dove
Trent

Outside the UK

South Platte, Colorado
Boulder Creek, Colorado,
Yampa, Colorado
St Vrain, Colorado
Big Thompson, Colorado
Roaring River, Colorado
Meramec Spring, Missouri
Sacramento, California
Bogachiel, Washington
Quillyute, Washington
Deschutes, Oregon
squamish, British Colombia
Skeena, British Columbia
Snake, Wyoming and Idaho
Gallatin, Montana
Yellowstone, Wyoming
Soda Butte Creek, Wyoming

It’s been an adventure
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Some good barbel rivers there Mark where you haven't fished for them. Well I'll qualify that by saying some of them used to be good barbel rivers..
 
H Avon
Dorset Stour
Kentish Stour
Thames
Kennet
Itchen
Test
Ouse
Trent
Ancholme
Darent
Blackwater
Severn
Wye
Rother
Spey
Mole
Wey
Lea
Witham
 
Bollin
Dane
Wincham Brook
Weaver
Alyn
Dee
Ribble
Dove
Bristol Avon
Severn
Vrynwy
Wye
Hants Avon
Stour
Thames
Mole
Wey
Kennet
Exe
Wharfe
Nidd
Swale

Cauvery (India)
 
Richard Parsons said:
Bristol Avon
Naver
Goyt
Mersey
Tame
Severn
Teme
Trent
Thames
Swale
Ribble
Hants Avon
Dorset Stour
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A slightly irrelevant (and probably pretty boring aside 😂), but I was shown an old map (early 1800's I think) by an old farmer near Werneth Low, which showed the Mersey extending all the way up to Hollingworth, e.g. what is now known as the Etherow. And what we now now as the Goyt from watersmeet to the confluence of the Etherow was also labelled as the Mersey. E.g. the Goyt ended at the confluence with the Etherow.

Any, this has reminded me that I can add the Etherow to my list.
 
I've been barbel fishing for about 50 years, but compared to most above I have led a sheltered life :) ....... but then when I compiled my list I surprised myself :D

Lea
Hants Avon
Kennet
Holybrook
St. Pats
Loddon
Thames
Cherwell
Gt. Ouse
Warks Avon
Teme
Trent
Swale
Wye
 
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