I was talking to a lad fishing a stretch of the Trent local to me the other day. He was after barbel with two rods set up with bolies and bolt rigs. I suppose that catching chub when barbel fishing and vice versa is unaviodable to some extent, but I was surprised that he regarded chub as nuisance fish far less worthy of his atention than the barbel. To be fair, I enjoy catching both, but this angler seemed shocked that I would expect to get more satisfaction from landing one six pound chub than two twelve pound barbel. I have seen decent barbel, but nothing has ever fired me up as much as seeing my first five pound chub (5.8 - but a friend of mine caught it in a match). Another match angler had another of 5.7, which confirmed my desire to catch one. I've yet to get a 'five', but will target one seriously this year. I also fancy a big perch, and I hope to combine my quest for a 'five' with some perch fishing. OK, so they're not as big as barbel, but for me they are all I want at the moment.