Unleash The Dogs…
The entire concept of the closed season is nothing short of insanity if you ask me!
2009 – Mid November Blog
The old fishing’s started to get a mite tricky in recent weeks. From the heydays and high days of summer when barbel proved as easy to catch as certain mugs on the Internet forums I’m reduced to scratching around for bites.
2009 – Early October Blog
Low water conditions have had an impact on the fishing but that hasn’t stopped Bob giving his chief detractor both barrels. Batten down the hatches as the insults fly!
2009 – Late September Blog
September has been a pretty hectic old month and it’s no-where near over yet but I wouldn’t change a thing. Work continues apace on the next Barbel Days And Ways DVD, or should I say DVDs because we’ve already enough material in the can to fill two disks, but it has been incredibly hard this [...]
Carbology Explained (Part Two) by Lee Swords
Making sense of it all… In Part One I said that I would talk about triggers and by that I mean the events that trigger a reaction from our quarry, the magnificent Barbel. Triggers are stimuli that are picked up and reacted upon in either a positive or negative way. Triggers are many and varied, [...]
Carbology Explained – by Lee Swords
Carbology Explained – by Lee Swords. Part 1… (of several…) Carbelling: The fusing of barbel fishing and carp fishing Carbology: The science of catching barbel using techniques evolved from those used in the carp fishing fraternity. Carbologist: One who involves themselves in the science concerned in catching the aforementioned fish using the aforementioned tactics yet [...]
In Search Of Gold – Lee Swords
Fellow Don Valley Specimen Group member, Lee Swords entertains us with another epic tale as he and Mike Townsend head south to go-a-plundering stillwaters in search of specimen crucian carp … In Search Of Gold By 2.30 am the car was fully loaded and well on its way towards the nearest junction of the M1 [...]
2009 – Mid July Blog
Some Like It Hot… Work on the next volume of Barbel Days And Ways continues apace and the schedule is becoming demanding. It’s also pretty punishing in the heat. Stu and I slipped down to the Welsh borders hoping to fill our boots on the Wye but to say the conditions were against us would [...]
In search of Emeralds – Lee Swords
By way of a change, here’s a guest article by my good friend, top bloke, brilliant chef and ace angler, Lee Swords…. In search of Emeralds……Big fat slime covered green ones! By Big Swordsey Flushed with the success of the trip down south for crucian gold I have had a bit of [...]
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 [...]
