Chris Turnbull
Senior Member
The thing is that its easy to strike at chub pulls hoping that they are cagey barbel and, by so doing, spook any barbel out of the swim.
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Hi Nathan, do you get the pulls when fishing a hair rig or just straight on the hook??Have to agree with Gavin on this. Had lots of chub bites this season that I didn't think were chub, just cagey barbel. Struck at a few when I could, as did others I was fishing with and made contact with a few barbel. On one day I waited for the rod top to wrap round with all these sharp pulls and it never did!
I'd like to start by saying it is a shame to catch the good roach on heavy tackle to me I love the sport and the challenge so I use a 1.75lb t/c rod with 8lb and 6lb bottom it's fantastic. But I think with the majority of replys Iv had I think Iv got to the bottom of them not been barbel. However I'm pretty new to the barbel fishing and would like to know what people mean by the three foot twitch?? ThanksHi Wayne,
over the past couple of weeks i have had more rod rattles than they sell in a baby shop, hair rigged, single elip, with a covert talon tip size 12, which is the sharpest, and best hook that i have used over gravel, the culprits have been Roach, for some wonderful reason, they are back in numbers on the Hampshire Avon and the Dorset Stour at Throop, they have all been on holiday and seemed lost forever, but here they are again, there are plenty of good fish to well over a pound, the only problem is, that it's a shame to catch them on Barbel tackle, well at least it's much better than eels.
So the advice that you have just had is to sit on your hands and wait for the three foot twitch.
Brian.
It would be a good read if I could get my head around the idea of using a baitrunner when you're gonna strike before it goes off?