i went summer piking a week or so back on the river nidd with plugs and a few smelt. about lunch time i hooked what turned out to be the biggest pike of the day about ten pounds on sink n drawn smelt.the strange thing was while playing the pike there was a very good barbel just below it or just behind it,it wasnt a case of the barbel being spooked while i was playing the pike cos every time i got the pike near the net "3 times" the barbel was there every time . ive never had or at least never seen this before