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I generally tend to avoid raising a subject in Barbel Fishing for fear that it may turn nuclear but...
What’s your preference?
This came about as a remark I made to Flighty during a late night conversation recently and I mentioned that I’m getting to the point where I don’t want to catch them on the tip anymore.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy with a barbel on any method and circumstances will often dictate what it is but given the choice I would much rather catch them on the float.
It’s not just the enjoyment of the method either, the fight is a completely different affair altogether with the tip tending to be a downriver or bust job against maximum force, whereas the float is more of tactical affair as the fish turns when it realises downriver isn’t working and pumps its way up the far bank against the flow to an upstream position where you then know it’s surely all but beat barring any slip ups during the often prolonged battle which will ensue in the pool below the rod tip, once you’ve brought the fish back towards you.
Having said that I got done big time only yesterday by an upriver fish which wasn’t following the script and just kept ploughing on until it dumped me in a snag but I reckon it was a carp, could’ve been a big barbel though.
What say you…
Float, tip, rolling or not bothered either way?
What’s your preference?
This came about as a remark I made to Flighty during a late night conversation recently and I mentioned that I’m getting to the point where I don’t want to catch them on the tip anymore.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy with a barbel on any method and circumstances will often dictate what it is but given the choice I would much rather catch them on the float.
It’s not just the enjoyment of the method either, the fight is a completely different affair altogether with the tip tending to be a downriver or bust job against maximum force, whereas the float is more of tactical affair as the fish turns when it realises downriver isn’t working and pumps its way up the far bank against the flow to an upstream position where you then know it’s surely all but beat barring any slip ups during the often prolonged battle which will ensue in the pool below the rod tip, once you’ve brought the fish back towards you.
Having said that I got done big time only yesterday by an upriver fish which wasn’t following the script and just kept ploughing on until it dumped me in a snag but I reckon it was a carp, could’ve been a big barbel though.
What say you…
Float, tip, rolling or not bothered either way?