Had a proper good scrap over the weekend from a fairly hooked Trent carrier bag !!!!!
Paul
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Posts: 424 (10/03/08 10:17) |
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malc |
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Posts: 1144 (10/03/08 10:48) |
Teme Tigers
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malc It's not the size that counts it's the beauty. |
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Posts: 960 (11/03/08 21:59) |
The fight from those 7 and 8's is pretty fast and furious but doesn't last as long as the resistance of the doubles.
I fish the Dove and Trent, the swims I fish on the Dove are usually shallower and narrower and have snags close by, so there is a lot of hit and hold in many swims. Some years ago I took a ten pound carp from the Dove and it didn't fight anywhere near as well as a ten pound barbel taken from the same swim. An eleven I had from the Trent didn't fight as well as an eleven I had from the Dove but the Trent swim was much deeper. I've only had fish up to 8 from the Wye but they fought pretty hard. I suspect that the Teme and Dove have a reputation for hard fighting fish as they are similar small, fast flowing venues with plenty of nearby snags for the fish to find. Bill |
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Posts: 407 (11/03/08 22:31) |
Teme tigers just like 10 rounds with Tyson
If only everything in life was as easy as catching a barbel |
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Posts: 3591 (11/03/08 22:33) |
...any Barbus Barbus from any river
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EXTEST |
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Posts: 32 (11/03/08 22:53) |
No matter which river.
No matter the size of fish. The older I become, the harder they seem to fight.---John |
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Posts: 278 (11/03/08 23:33) |
Teme.. never had a 'gimme' from this river, but all shallower rivers seem to offer better sport.
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Posts: 145 (12/03/08 00:01) |
Teme - with the Dove a close second
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Posts: 23 (12/03/08 06:51) |
Has to be the teme for me. Real hook and hold tactics. Such a small river with loads of snags, got me into barbel fishing . Top river.
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