Polaroids? Check! Decent sized hooks? Check! With fresh water in the river - I hoped the barbel were on the feed. And I was soon into fish; a chub, an eel and eleven barbel found the net - no lost fish today!
I spotted my first big barbel of the summer between two weed beds and soon conned her into taking a bait - my first double of the season at 10lb 3oz - delighted! Nearly got run over taking the photo though!
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What a cracking fish, could be worse though Brian might have been a MAMIL
ReplyDeleteWe get a lot of them - what was once a footpath seems to have become a racetrack. I try not to venture out of the undergrowth onto it - but in this case the nettles were so dense I couldn’t get enough distance between me and the camera for a photo - had to risk it!
DeleteGreat fish, well done Brian!!
ReplyDeleteCheers Adam, was great to land the first big one I’ve spotted this season!
DeleteThat looked raleigh close.
ReplyDeleteAt least it wasn’t a Giant (sorry, that was rubbish - and took far too long to think of).
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