In my last post I gave you an insight into how I get the best out of what can be a tricky time to catch barbel, in the first few weeks of the new season. There’s nothing better to prove that my tips work than to tell you about a huge early season
A couple of weeks into the new river season, once the rivers have settled down a bit, is a great time to get on with some early season barbel fishing. On most rivers the barbel have now spawned, the heavy rain of the past few weeks has passed, and
Normally at this time of the year I would be getting excited about the upcoming start to the traditional river fishing season on the 16th, but this year, for the first time, I was out of the UK. Instead I spent the early part of June in France,
Being a traditional angler it took me a few years before I actually fished in what was the old close season, preferring to catch up on the decorating and gardening before the glorious 16th. However, over the last few years I have enjoyed the
Dutch angler Tim Janssen has just spent a few days in England with our Logistics manager and Barbel expert Ade Kiddell, Tim and Ade fish together several times each year, this year being no exception having caught Barbel in 4 different countries and
Time For Tench... Ade KiddellTench as a species haven’t been on my radar for a few years now, of course I’ve caught my fair share, but that has only been by accident whilst targeting other fish, but to set my stall out and to truly target them,