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Liphook wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:47 am Super fish Vito

Well done Vito. I will be heading over there after mid Oct to try to find some big chub too.

Lovely fish Vito! Good luck chasing the big girl chub.

Chevin Chaser wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 6:49 pm

Lea Dweller wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:57 am Well done, great pictures! What rod did you use?

Thank you. Top rod is a WA Allcocks Adonis and the bottom rod is a prototype which was made in Germany.

I am amazed that an Adonis was up to handling a Barbel of that size!

Lea Dweller wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:58 pm

Chevin Chaser wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 6:49 pm

Lea Dweller wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:57 am Well done, great pictures! What rod did you use?

Thank you. Top rod is a WA Allcocks Adonis and the bottom rod is a prototype which was made in Germany.

I am amazed that an Adonis was up to handling a Barbel of that size!

Its taken much bigger barbel. Here's one of them.

Beast!

What a fish and what a rod!

Snape wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:24 pm Well done Vito. I will be heading over there after mid Oct to try to find some big chub too.

Good luck Snape, I'm very much looking forward to getting covered in mud and scratched from head to toe amongst the brambles and branches. Yes I must be mad

Liphook wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 11:32 pmBeast!

Lea Dweller wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01, 2020 12:03 am What a fish and what a rod!

LD, I've always said that I don't like any specimen fish to fight hard, if I can help it. I used to think other anglers would look down at me for saying that, until another said exactly the same thing to me. This particular barbel did exactly that, it was tug of war in such a tight spot. Be nice to catch it again later on in the season.