hi every one,difficult one this,as there all good days,as most of my fishing is on the hampshire avon,i think just being part of it is a pleasue,and all the wildlife you see,deer,foxes{my favourit animal,apart from my dog,half coolie,half alsation}and have had so many good days without catching,if you can understand that,but one trip out was to the dorset stour,with a friend from work,who had never caught a barbel in his life,and i put him in a swim where i knew there was a big barbel that used to feed in there at certain times of the year,normally september onwards,and this friend went on to catch it at 13lbs.8ozs.the whole story i wrote as an article on another site bfw,i think i was more estatic than my friend,so you dont always have to catch them yourself.cheers to every one.derek lewis.
