I went for a walk along the river Ivel yesterday,took a box of pellets,but hoped to see barbel spawning,well I did,sadly there were only three of them,all around 5/6lbs,it was lovely to watch them cavort around,breaking for a moment for an obvious male to chase the chub off,where are the others,have they survived,or have they still to join the party,or have they left it early. Anyway I fed a fair few chub,some looking around 6lbs or so,all very nice.