Catch of the day [Fishing]
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Dream fish for me this evening…a double figure Barbel
Congrats on the catch mate, great looking fish!
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Thanks HTF…they are beasts, the hardest fighting British coarse fish
I had an up and down end to the river season here; I lost a HUGE Barbel in a spot I'd been prebaiting for 3 weeks with boilies.. Two days later my mate (a fisherman who features regularly in the angling press) dropped into the spot with a bit of meat and caught the river record ...18lbs. (Anglers mail next week I guess)
On the last night, cold and tired, I managed to pull another smaller one out, on hair rigged bread.
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One of these would look great in the fishing room, @Giles…
And a great reason to finally come visit me!
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It sure would…..But, currently fishing room looks like a couple of Great Whites have had a bust up in there. I'm modifying my GT rods (taking a hacksaw to a USD800 rod concentrates the mind) and updating the hardware etc on a load of lures, so we have paint, varnish, Araldite, you name it, all over the place. I have to keep the door shut, in case Paula sees the squalor....
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… taking a hacksaw to a USD800 rod...
Sounds fun!
Well there's a three year wait so you've got plenty of time to cleanup.
You know where to come Giles, 1-2 weeks into the season and I can go 80% on you catching a Barbel in a certain weirpool near me 
