As others have said, not an out and out Barbel boy. But when the rivers are closed to me I tend to fish the canal a lot (out of the living room window) and I'll take whatever pulls my string.
I have bought a ticket this year for a local lake so I'll be trying to up my pb Tench.
When the river season is in full flow, its barbel and more barbel. So far been carping once for a few bream, but the way the weather is i am going to wait until the temp comes up again. In between then and fishing its doing a few recce sesssions for the barbel season....