It has been a hard few weeks of late, I don't generally flourish in the Closed Season and this years Closed Season has been especially...

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Barbel Fishing on the Trent....Am I just too inclusive to get myself a proper beast?? But do I really want to change the way I...

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What are you looking for when seeking out good barbel hooks? And who makes the best hooks for barbel?

That is a question I am often...

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July 2013 may well go down as one of England's rare summers! I can remember 1977 and I can vividly remember the day it all ended...

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Barbel baits come in many sizes and many shapes, for me long passed are the days when a big lump of Spam would be my...

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Closely related to and following on from "Trent Fever...

Fame". Trent Fever ...Fortune, is a strange illness that drives anglers to do strange things. Read More »

Here is an old barbel based article that was published in the Anglingstar some six or seven years ago, I actually smiled as I read...

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I like the stuff produced by the Hook Bait Company, because I generally don't like using mainstream hookbaits that have been  produced by the billion, that  has never...

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The Loop Rig and the "fixed" Carp Clip Bolt rig are not included in my “Good Rigs Guide” for one reason and one reason alone,...

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Trent Fever affects people in many ways, for some it is simply a personal obsession with the Trent, for others it is something altogether different that they crave,...

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