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I was a Barbel Virgin, but now...
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Mark Wintle
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Quite a rare fish there, Kevin, a bream x barbel hybrid.
Kevin Perkins
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Thanks Mark
I knew someone like you with a galactic knowledge of all things icthyological would help me identify what species it was.
When you have spent as much time blanking as I have it does become a puzzle to identify just what you have caught when something finally throws itself onto your hook.....!
I knew someone like you with a galactic knowledge of all things icthyological would help me identify what species it was.
When you have spent as much time blanking as I have it does become a puzzle to identify just what you have caught when something finally throws itself onto your hook.....!
Mark Wintle
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The bream x barbel is easily identified by the fact that it smells like a sack of manure, and fights like one, too.
The lady of the stream that I was targeting last week, on the other hand, smells of Chanel No. 5...
The lady of the stream that I was targeting last week, on the other hand, smells of Chanel No. 5...
Jim Crosskey 2
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Dear Kevin
Thanks so much for finally clearing this up, turns out I'm a much better barbel angler than I thought!!
Jim
Thanks so much for finally clearing this up, turns out I'm a much better barbel angler than I thought!!
Jim
Neil Maidment
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A bit harsh Mark. The one I had recently had me going for all of two minutes before it flopped up onto the surface and into the net... and it was 9lbs+.
mg:Another excellent read Kevin.
....and to think I used to sit in those swims, and all I ever caught were chub !
Congratulations Kevin!
Congratulations Kevin!
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greeny1321
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It seems from that picture that I have also caught some nice barbel in my time, in fact I was pestered by them whilst fishing for carp this summer!
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Seems to be the same high level of success my old friend is having with his spotted Welland (Maxi cut) chub.
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Re: I was a Barbel Virgin, until...
... I discovered Smirnoff.
Apologies, but I was thinking of an old advert and the social, mental and physical wreckage it subsequently wrought in a once glass of Light Ale or Sweet Sherry for the Ladies and a few pints of Stout or Bitter for Us Men Britain...
... I discovered Smirnoff.
Apologies, but I was thinking of an old advert and the social, mental and physical wreckage it subsequently wrought in a once glass of Light Ale or Sweet Sherry for the Ladies and a few pints of Stout or Bitter for Us Men Britain...