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Fishing out the back of my new best friends back garden which overlooks the Cherwell and another rivers confluence  today,
So in effect I have two rivers to myself!
The rivers down here in Oxford are as low as ours up home but I have fished here before so I know at least their are lots of fish about,

I was after quality perch, I bought my worms down from stoke, these worms are pampered and huge, I also had some perch flavour attractor from Archie Braddock, so as far as I was concerned, the perch were in trouble!

I caught, a very welcome tiny and beautiful barbel, the smallest barbel in the world, first cast!
A huge snotty bream and lots of smaller ones, roach, dace, more barbel and Ronny crayfish,

Not a single perch went for any bait, but plenty attacked my stick float as I reeled it in, I should have got the spinner out really but I was determined to do stick fishing



The reel is three and a half inch diameter to give an idea of scale

Nice one Leveller, I love that picture, it's says it all.

Hi Leveller, I live very near the Cherwell in Oxfordshire, I don't suppose you are in a position to share the location of these lovely fish are you? Obviously a general idea rather than your friends address

You have a pm

Its good to see the Cherwell has some young fish in it, the barbel population plummeted some time ago. Lovely picture.

Stunning
Bumble

Very nice

Lovely baby barbel and good news for the Cherwell.

My god...if I caught that I think I'd think I'd smashed the gudgeon record. What a little cutie, superb!!

Lovely Baby Boris and a great photo