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  • Effective Barbel Rigs – Part Two
    By admin on January 28th, 2010 | 21 Comments21 Comments Comments
      But the plain truth is, no, I’m not holding anything back. There is no Holy Grail out there; there is no top secret rig that only the most successful anglers use. What I described is exactly what I used for the vast majority of last summer and very effective it was, too, although it is not th...
  • 2009 - Mid July Blog
    By admin on July 9th, 2009 | No Comments Comments
    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 woul...
  • Click Here To Buy DVDs
    By admin on April 24th, 2009 | No Comments Comments
    Barbel Days And Ways DVDs cost £14.99 each (UK), £15.99 (Rest Of World), including package and posting.   BARBEL DAYS & WAYS VOLUME TWO Barbel Days and Ways Volume Two delves deeper into barbel behaviour, giving the viewer a unique insight into the feeding habits of barbel. Using state ...
  • The Making Of Barbel Days And Ways
    By admin on March 12th, 2009 | No Comments Comments
    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 pl...
  • Click Here To Buy Barbel Days & Ways Volume One
    By admin on September 4th, 2008 | 9 Comments9 Comments Comments
    As you will see from the free DVD clips, Barbel Days and Ways provides a unique insight into the life and feeding habits of the barbel. Using state of the art technology, the cameras get closer than ever before to barbel as they feed, and then bolt as they feel the steel. Add to this an informative...
  • Short Session Carping
    By admin on September 4th, 2008 | No Comments Comments
    As a match angler back in the 1980’s I never really hankered after catching a big carp. Okay I would frequently pick up magazines and newspapers to gaze in admiration at covers that portrayed some very serious angler or other cradling what was, for the time, a huge carp. I say huge, but back in...
  • Back-end Perch
    By admin on September 4th, 2008 | 8 Comments8 Comments Comments
    Big perch are nomadic in summer, as eager to swim in the fastest current as haunt the deepest eddy as they seek out shoals of prey fish. In winter they will invariably be found in quieter water and this means swim choice is much easier. If you can find an area of steady water below a bend with feat...