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A window of opportunity at Hampton Loade (barbel article and video, entry 438)

Click images above to enlarge From late autumn through the rest of the season, my barbel fishing is pretty much … More

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You haven’t had a disaster for a while (barbel article and video, entry 417)

Click images above to enlarge I recently wrote about not only thinking outside the box, but living there as well. … More

Barbel, double-figure barbel, Lower Severn

More haystack than needles – then along comes a sweet sixteen (barbel article, entry 208)

Although it is the title of one of my favourite Tamla Motown tracks, the saying ‘A needle in a haystack’ … More

16lb barbel, Barbel, double-figure barbel, River Dove

Rescued by a knight in shining armour (barbel article, entry 176)

If you read my Angling Journal regularly you will know that I have been struggling over the last couple of … More

Barbel, double-figure barbel, Steve Williams

Seeing double on the lower Severn (barbel article, entry 170)

After some reasonably heavy rain I was expecting the Lower Severn to be up by at least a foot, and … More

Barbel, double-figure barbel

I feel a good session in the making (barbel article, entry 163)

If you read my Angling Journal regularly you will know that I am pretty focused at the moment in pursuit … More

Barbel, double-figure barbel, River Sow

Getting all excited over a fish (barbel article, entry 159)

We had a limited, but nevertheless very welcome, amount of rainfall in the area. I didn’t know how the local … More

Barbel, double-figure barbel, River Sow

I make no apologies for my overindulgence! (barbel article, entry 107)

Whilst driving north to fish the Derbyshire / Staffordshire Dove, I thought to myself how well I had done this … More

Barbel, double-figure barbel

My encounter with a man from Auntie! (barbel article, entry 70)

It all started with a message left on my voice mail. ‘Hello, I’m Ian Johnson from the BBC. I’m very … More

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Oh, what a night! (barbel article, entry 61)

One of the great advantages of fishing alone is that you can please yourself where you go – you don’t … More

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Number 13 – unlucky for some, but not for me! (barbel article, entry 59)

In last week’s Angling Journal entry, I made a point about not being affected by superstition. (The article was all … More

Barbel, brown crumb, Derbyshire, double-figure barbel, particles, River Dove

Friday the thirteenth – business as usual (barbel article, entry 58)

Are you a superstitious person? As a committed Christian I most definitely am not – my destiny is determined by … More

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Making the most of the summer (barbel article, entry 56)

Although most of my barbel outings so far this season have incorporated an overnight stay on the river bank, the … More

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Elevenses on the Dove (barbel article, entry 55)

My last visit to the Dove had been one of battling against extreme weather, and although there was a breeze … More

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I-spy with my little eye (barbel article, entry 53)

I arrived on the banks of the Derbyshire Dove with quite a storm brewing. In fact, my old Bedchair Brotel … More

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A great start to the new season (barbel article, entry 49)

I had been looking forward to the start of the river season the day the last one ended in March, … More

Barbel, boilies, Derbyshire, double-figure barbel, little owl, River Dove

A slow start but it all comes good in the end (barbel article)

I start this week’s angling journal with what was my fourteenth visit to the Lower Severn so far this season. We … More

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Seeing double on the Severn (barbel article)

The session I’m writing about in this week’s diary entry, is one I thought I might not make. I set … More

Barbel, double-figure barbel, Lower Severn, river severn

The Dove runs close but it’s the Severn that does the honours (barbel article)

It was another hot day as I made my way north on the A38 to fish the River Dove. It’s … More

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