THAT FISH IS 'TOPPER' !
He's come from the THAMES. I can tell by the fact that the top of his dorsel is cut off straight. He was last caught by Colin McMad and featured in CF.
We never saw him again after that.
Here he is in better times -
Now there's either barbel rustlers operating again, or it is possible for barbel to go out to sea, swim halfway around the British Isles and enter the Ribble (was it?)
Well we want him back! He looks a bit undernourished, but that typical with you tight northerners not wanting to feed them properly. Send him back immediately or I will report you to the National League for the Protection of Tame Barbel.
PS, that's 'Tame' as in not feral and not meaning it came from the River Tame.