His Barbel Quest took James back to The Severn, I tagged along as I've never fished it before. We headed to a tidal section - a low population of fish, but they were rumoured to be big...
James was trying to add a double to his quest, I just wanted my first Severn barbel. Meat had worked well on The Wye but I wasn't convinced here - so I set up a second rod fishing a 16mm pellet...
To cut a long day short - fishing about 100 yards apart - only one bite between us in 12 hours (48 rod-hours). A barbel fell for the pellet - and what a barbel - it's always better to be lucky than good!!
One bite, one fish - 12lb 2oz - that'll do!
What a way to open my Severn account!!
Proper lump, nice one Brian, !!
ReplyDeleteCheers - if you can only catch one - that’s the one to catch!
DeleteYou spawny bugger.
ReplyDeleteVery much so! But I will be back to see if I can do it again.
DeleteYou ain't wrong! Jammy git...
DeleteI agree! :-)
DeleteAmazing, well done. I wonder what James said?? .....
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot tighter swim than the photo suggests, so James couldn’t get down to knock it off with the net! He’ll get one next time - I doubt he’ll invite me :-)
DeleteI asked if had packed a wetsuit, to which his answer was no, so I couldn't push him in, so I made him walk home :))))))
DeleteVery surprised I wasn’t walking home after this one on top of The Wye fish..!
DeleteMaybe James should start tagging along with you! P.s they do like meat,try half a tin on a wire rig next time!
ReplyDeleteI’ve been on a bit of a roll recently, but these things don’t last long. I’m confident in meat on The Wye, somewhere new I think it’s better to give them a couple of options. I’ll have to go back for further experimentation :-)
DeleteMy legendary luck is rubbing off on you!
ReplyDeleteAll jokes aside you owned that trip, kudos geeza. Shame it didn't happen for me but that's life!
New river luck! We’ll have to go back and see if we can do it again (both of us).
DeleteBlimey, what a pig. Well done.
ReplyDeleteCheers - not bad for my first Severn fish - looking forward to going back and seeing if I can find more!
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