Migratory Behaviour In Barbel

A question was raised recently on the Fishing Magic web site relating to the movements of barbel by ‘Neneman Mick’. Rather than post this lot into the thread I’ve decided to park it here and if the barbel nuts out there want to know the answers then here they are.   He Asked: I was [...]

The Making Of Barbel Days And Ways

Read the inside story… It’s barely a year since Stu (Walker) announced that he was going to film our sturgeon adventure. He’d bought a camcorder, read the instruction manual and was raring to go. We thought he was slightly mad. Surely you had to have some talent to make a movie?   The planning meeting [...]

River Don Barbel

The River Don Catchment – A New Kid On The Barbel Block The River Don doesn’t exactly leap to mind when folk start talking about ‘great’ barbel rivers or even Yorkshire barbel rivers, but it has a great deal more potential than you might imagine. Indeed the true potential has nowhere near been explored yet [...]

In Search Of The Bronzed Warriors – by Lee Swords

A big thanks to Lee Swords for contributing the following article. As we all know he’s as mad as a bucket of frogs and nearly as good looking. Here he describes a session on a flooded River Trent. (Parental warning: This article contains mild swear words)   In Search Of The Bronzed Warriors   (it [...]

Floodwater Barbel

Now and then I get this irresistible urge to put the record straight. Okay, it might ruffle a few feathers but if I don’t do it who else will? Anglers are worse than washer women for repeating old wives tales. Read fishing articles for long enough and you’ll hear the same old dogmas repeated over [...]

Winter Barbel

I don’t know how I would cope without television weather forecasts, especially the Sunday farming bulletin. I tend to tape that one because it gives me a pretty accurate idea of what the week ahead will bring. If, like me, you are in full-time employment and have no choice but to fish at weekends, evenings [...]

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