Here’s three great tips for getting the most out of barbel fishing on big rivers like the Trent, although these are tactics that will work on most middle and lower stretches that contain good heads of barbel.
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3 Barbel Tips. No3- The UKโs biggest Barbel is in Rutland Lake…..No2- The UKโs most highly evolved Barbel is in the Thames….. No1- Never Go Barbel Fishing on less than a 20lb clutch
Put the fish back earlier use fishing disgorgers should know better really
always have fished lightest leads and smaller hooks ..big baits had 100 s of doubles from all over ..less resistance more bites
You brits are so easy, soon you'll start fishing for pike with pellets and boillies..
Leadcore in the wrong hands is dangerous to the fish thats why this chap is using a helicopter rig (no doubt with a soft bead on the top) that is safe and if the mainline breaks the leadcore will pull away if lost just leaving only the hooklink which is as safe as it gets. I have never broken this heavy main line, I use a balanced rig and lead dumping, after saying that I now use hollow rubber tubing instead of leadcore for abrasion resistance only and have not suffered any reduction in catch.
Thanks for the tips lads I'm fishing for barbel on the river ribble tonight so ill be incorporating some of those tips and hopefully be pulling them in ๐
Lead core should be banned on rivers, soon as that fish snags him up lines going to break on the knot and barbel left trailing with the lead core
Spot on this, when you lose a few doubles in the lower Trent you will finish up on 15lb line with leadcore I can assure you – they go like trains.
