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Fantastic way of sorting out the big fish. Generally fish a big piece hair rigged tight to the bend of a T6 raptor with a piece of twig as the hair stop on a strong fluorocarbon hook length. About as simple as it gets.
Not seen the Daiwa one but recently bought myself a Rovex folding net for about twelve quid. Plenty big enough, mesh maybe slightly lightweight, time will tell.
Does anybody go down the route of adding weight to the hook shank via tungsten putty or similar, as an alternative to having to weight the line with plasticine ? I wondered if this would help achieve a straighter run through the swim ?
Freebies, what are they John !? Hear what your saying but I believe in any flow a barbel will almost always take a bait and turn downstream. May be different in slack water, hence my preference for a heavier lead in such conditions.
My approach is very similar to Dave Taylor's except I will more often than not be using half to three quarters of an ounce only for the main lead. Rod tip as low as possible (on the river bed if I can) and if I can maintain a tight line the lack of weight in the lead doesn't bother me as I think...
Last two seasons on my usual river have both been good to me on the barbel front, decent numbers, high average size and have increased my PB in each of the two seasons. I've definitely noticed a decline in the chub fishing though and this winter the perch fishing, which was very good last year...
There's been some God awful angling on TV over the years and The Big Turn Off is in that bracket, in my opinion. I don't subscribe to the idea that any exposure is good exposure and I'm quite happy that the general public thinks angling is a sport for old men. Why we feel the need to appeal to...
Difficult to answer with any degree of certainty. I'm catching more barbel on my local river than I was 4 years ago. Other anglers are catching fewer !
Graham Rowles was the guy at OBH Dave. I had some very amusing run ins with him over the years, definitely a few sandwiches, or perhaps I should say "hot pies", short of a picnic !
Mono is just fine Jon. I like to hold the rod with one hand and loop of line across the first three fingers of the other, which I personally find more comfortable than looping the line across the fingers of the hand that holds the rod. All about practising until you find what is most comfortable...
As an angler with limited time, knowing what the water temp is doing is helpful in deciding whether to target barbel or other species instead. For that alone a thermometer is useful.
Back winding every time for me. A clutch, even when tightened up, gives line too readily and I prefer to boss the fish, especially when fishing close to snags. The fact I will be touch levering helps too as I am on the fish before it has built up a huge head of steam.
I touch leger for about 98 percent if my barbelling. You can find out a hell of a lot about what's happening in the swim, compared to watching a rod tip.
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