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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA-Life Member)
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I've caught thousands of them in my life and have to admit that they do pull a bit and in most rivers are quite pretty fish.
Yet where they are numerous, they are not particularly hard to catch and don't demand anything special in the way of skills or baits.
Yet I am told that they are probably the most desirable and esteemed of all British river coarse fish.
Why?
I would certainly put chub and quality roach above barbel any day, and even river bream.
But everyone wants barbel.
Let's have your reasons for this?
Yet where they are numerous, they are not particularly hard to catch and don't demand anything special in the way of skills or baits.
Yet I am told that they are probably the most desirable and esteemed of all British river coarse fish.
Why?
I would certainly put chub and quality roach above barbel any day, and even river bream.
But everyone wants barbel.
Let's have your reasons for this?