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