11/07/2024
Having had a difficult start to the season on the barbel front, I opted to go back to some more basic tried and tested approaches on an old haunt on the Warwickshire Avon that has chucked me a few big fish in the past. Garlic cheese groundbait in the feeder, with a lump of meat on a hair. Second cast into the session and my rod ripped off! Putting up an almighty fight, I smiled as I enjoyed every lunge and surge in the current, running upstream, then down stream,fighting until the last moment, “get in” as I got the net under it on the second attempt. Finally after what felt like an eternity, my barbel account for this season is open. 11lb 8oz of perfection.