Huge Announcement

[Beaker]

Just to let you all know,I have managed a fishing trip this morning,my first in ages,owing to a serious foot injury.

I went to the Thames at Kelmscot and caught my first ever barbel,all 6lb of it.IT was the most beautiful fish I have ever caught.

 

[Jeff Woodhouse]

Congratulations and well done.

Best way to start, like I did, with a small one and then work up. Try next for a 7, then an 8, then a 9 and so on. Little steps and great rewards.

 

[Morespiders]

Congratulations and well done.

Best way to start, like I did, with a small one and then work up. Try next for a 7, then an 8, then a 9 and so on. Little steps and great rewards.

Thats true Jeff, but impossible to do, If a 27lber comes along, its hard luck

Well done anyway Beaksy, great feeling innit?

 

[slime monster]

Well fished that man

 

[Alan Tyler]

I don't think much of the notion that a six-pound barbel is a "small" one; it's only a pound shy of the "Specimen" weight of twenty or so years ago, and is still a fine fish. Well done, that man!

 

[Beaker]

Thank you all ,to let you know I caught it on a basic running ledger rig, 8lb mainline 6lb mono hooklength,size 6 Drennan super specialist hook sweetcorn hookbait over some corn and hemp.

 

[Tee-Cee]

Now everybody will be fishing with that rig......mark my words,you'll be sorry you let all that info out in one go!!

Very well done anyway....and unless I miss my guess most people would be very happy with a 6lb'er in these low river conditions...

By the way you didn't mention which swim you caught it from!!!

 

[Dicky (Angling Trust PAC)]

Well done Beaker,

Glad to hear you're on the mend

 

[Beaker]

Well done Beaker,

Glad to hear you're on the mend

Cheers,****y

 

[Fred Bonney]

May it be the first of many Beaker, they are a fine looking fish,and a 6lb barbel is a good fish.
It'll also give you a better tussle than the bigger ones.

 

[alan whittington]

Well done Beaker,its a lot harder on the Thames to catch any barbel than it is on many other rivers,as already said in these conditions even harder.

 

[quickcedo]

Good man!! Really pleased for you.