One of 3 doubles in an afternoon when we got the timing right !
Through one thing and another I have not been able to get out fishing much lately and so last weeks trip to the Warwickshire Avon was my first session for nearly three weeks.
The river was about a foot above normal level and carrying a nice brown tinge to it. My only concern was that we may be a day late, has the river had dropped at least 2 ½ feet from the previous day and there would be a good chance that the barbel had fed hard with the extra water on. This proved to be the case, as myself and my good mate Geoff struggled for one barbel each.
These were fish of about 7 ½ to 8 ½ pounds and were‘as fat as butter’ thus proving that we had missed the real feeding spell by about 24 hours. As in all types of fishing, timing really is the key to successful winter barbel fishing! Working full time you have to get out whilst you can and therefore you can’t always be there at the optimum times. Apart from a couple of small chub these were the only bites of the day. continue reading…
