Barbel

[DIDO.1 22,844]

Going after my first barbel tomorrow evening. 

What do you think of my bait choice and tackle? All this hair rigs and boilies is new to me. 

Bait runner reel. 10lb line. 2lb test curve river rod

[Daniel cain 45,807]

Get some halibut pellets and some large 2/3 oz open ended feeders, plug a few pellets in the feeder at each end with the groundbaitfiddly those pva bags, I use and prefer the mesh stocking type I use a fluorocarbon hook link 2 lb less than my main line, in clear water around 3/4 ft in length. Worth using some sort of dip, liquid krill, crab etc for a little edge. Most fish this time of yr are caught as its getting or after darkgood luck, best fighting fish in the uk imo

[blackmaggie 3,376]

Were you going dido ribble ? 

[ryaldinhio 4,684]

Agree with DC. Get open end feeder on go. If ur fishing a smaller river or shorter session I would just soak some 6mm pellets and squash them in feeder. If u need to bulk out to make it last use grounbait. Have a look at Bob Roberts DVD Barbel days and ways. Sure on there they do some underwater footage with pvas and the hook hold melted before rest of bag so the whole lot just f****d off downstream.

I would fish a longer loop on the hair rig and have a bit of a gap to the hook, about 1/4inch but that's personal choice.

Can't go wrong with robin reds on hook, DC of you haven't tried them give em a go.

[DIDO.1 22,844]

8 hours ago, blackmaggie said:

Were you going dido ribble ? 

Yeah. 

It's low but I can't wait any longer 

[Daniel cain 45,807]

Used those dre drilled Robin reds for last 2 seasons had all my fish this season on the krill tuffies 14 mm boilies so far

[Daniel cain 45,807]

7 hours ago, W. Katchum said:

What hooks do you guys use an what type a hair rig?

Fox armo hooks size 10/8,always tie my own hairs have my bait sitting around half inch from the hook, use korda iq fluorocarbon 10lb or braid. 

[neil r 1,861]

Which stretch are you going on . There’s a few been coming out lately . The robin red will catch but i never use groundbait on there , probably will work but it’s not necessary so I don’t carry it . The 3 baits I use on the ribble are mainline hybrid , sonubaits code red and dynamite robin red , I’ve had a lot of barbel on them over the years and all I do is hair rig a boilie and either put 2 crushed and 2 full boilies in some pva mesh if I’m using straight lead or wet some 4mm pellets to make them sticky and put them in a 3-4oz korum river feeder . My mainline is 12lb with about 18inch of 12lb flouro combi linked to 10lb braid and a 6-8 hook . You probably already know this but look for fast oxygenated water and fish below that if it goes in to deeper water 

[DIDO.1 22,844]

Gone to gregsons farm. Think it's a bit slow. Also forgot my frying pan

[blackmaggie 3,376]

7 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

Gone to gregsons farm. Think it's a bit slow. Also forgot my frying pan

Is that up by the bonzi place dido 

[Deker 3,478]

I am lucky to be close to both the Loddon and Kennet Rivers which both have good Barbel, but to be honest I don't spend enough time on them!

[DIDO.1 22,844]

Yeah. There's no flow though 

[neil r 1,861]

26 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

Yeah. There's no flow though 

Its been looking horrible down there recently . Have you looked at the free stretch below half penny bridge , its the bit that backs on to the golf course . Theres some fast water at the top of the stretch that might be a better bet if you go again

[DIDO.1 22,844]

Had a roach and mate brought a frying pan. 

[DIDO.1 22,844]

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