He probably meant centimetres
Yes minnows.
Caught a barbel on minnow live bait from Marlow Weir in the 70’s. Admittedly I was fishing for chub at the time but surely this must be a rarity.
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Oops - apparently not - thinking back I vaguely recall minnow live bait being used intentionally for barbel.
It definitely isnt mate,the late,great,Peter Stone caught many barbel trotting minnow when he was a boy.
Exactly, hence my oops, - and that was probably on the Thames as well.