The Barbel are biting! Spring is in the air…so good luck to everyone getting out this final week of the season.

Be sure to check the predictions page, I am like mystic meg!

The big story from my last trip was about the fish which took off like a rocket and nearly got tethered, once again I had to take off my bottom half and wade into a river only 6 celcius, (it does not take long for the pain to turn to numbness in water this temp). By the time we both managed to get out, I was shaking & shivering but we were both ok. My feet finally came back to me in the car on the journey home!

Here are a few pictures of some from my last sessions;

8lber with a sreaming take!!

11lb 6oz… what a fright and fight this one gave!

Finally resting and recovering to swim away, and fight another day.