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Tim Hughes Hi everyone. My names Tim, I'm a 33 year old from Shropshire and I'm mad about Barbel. I work shifts in the Fire Service so get enough time off to give catching a few a good go in the season! All i'm hoping is that that the odd person may add to or benefit from my site!! CHECK OUT THE GROUP 'RIVER SEVERN BARBEL FISHING' on FACEBOOK!! Any advice is useful!! Thankyou

Browsing Archive: August, 2011

5 on the Super Paste

Posted by Tim Hughes on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, In : Short sessions 
After a busy few days I decided to take the chance to hit the banks for a couple of hours this evening. Armed with my rod, centrepin and Super Paste I set off, not really expecting to get my favorite peg, but to my surprise it was free.

I started off on the pin, casting perfectly on my first attempt!! I waited with heart in mouth as I am getting a real kick using my pin. Within 10 minutes my rod ripped round and I lifted into a fish, but the pin over span as I didn't cup the drum well enough. ...
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Cloudy warm day, gotta go fishing!!

Posted by Tim Hughes on Saturday, August 27, 2011, In : Late summer sessions 
I awoke to an overcast, muggy day and immediately thought Barbel! My girlfriend has been threatening to come and fish with me, so I arranged to meet her at my favourite fishing spot after work. I got down there at about 2pm and spent a couple of hours baiting up and pratting about trying to learn how to cast my centrepin properly. I eventually go a cast to land somewhere I wanted it to and sat back to enjoy the afternoon sun at about 4pm.

Having never caught a barb on a pin I was in somewhat o...
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Another good session on THE paste!

Posted by Tim Hughes on Thursday, August 25, 2011, In : Late summer sessions 
Just a quick entry tonight as I'm shattered! I went fishing at about 14:00hrs and sat in the baking sun feeding up my chosen swim before eventually wetting a line at about 16:00hrs.

My rig was a simple feeder rig with pellets, hemp and method mix in the feeder and 2 small pellets glued on a hair below a size 14 Barbel Maxx hook all wrapped in my homemade paste.

Right from the off I was getting bites and the first fish came within 20mins. The fish came steadily pretty much each cast until I had ...
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Super Paste or just good luck??!!

Posted by Tim Hughes on Wednesday, August 24, 2011, In : Short sessions 
After a busy few nights at work the lure of the bank was proving irresistable. It was overcast and heavy showers were forecast, so I was obviously thinkin 'Barbel time'!

With the river still low and clear I like to fish in heavy rain as I feel it breaks up the glare and sunlight. I arrived at about half 5 in the afternoon and setup my new centrepin on my rod. Having never used a pin, I knew it could be a steep learning curve. My first cast landed about 6 inchs from the rod tip and the subseque...
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An Evening with the Boy Steve

Posted by Tim Hughes on Monday, August 22, 2011, In : Short sessions 
I got a call off a mate Steve, who I met through the website last season. He was up here ofr a few days, but sods law dictated that I was working the whole time apart from Thursday evening. I arranged to meet him at 18:30hrs at a venue that was fishing well.

I arrived to find Steve already fishing and having caught 6 Barbel during the afternoon he was already well pleased with himself! I suggested moving to another peg and fishing one rod a piece so we could catch up and talk tactics for the r...
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Mid August 2 Day Trip

Posted by Tim Hughes on Monday, August 22, 2011, In : Guided Fishing Packages 
I was contacted a few months back by a keen Fly Fisherman, Ian and two of his friends about a couple of days fishing in August. One of the group had caught a Barbel on still water, which I don't personally like, but hey - horses for courses and all that!

The boys arrived to meet me at 9am and we headed off out of town for what would hopefully be a good day by the river and the day two Barbel virgins lost their cherries!

The river looked great, a tinge of colour but still pretty low and still fa...
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Quick trip on a muggy evening.

Posted by Tim Hughes on Monday, August 1, 2011, In : Short sessions 
I had had a long hot day, 20km training walk, cleaning, cooking etc and just fancied an hour or two on the banks. I headed to my favourite spot at about 5pm, arriving at my best swim for about half past. I set my gear up, two rods, 12lb line, and 10lb hooklink which is slightly scaled down from my regular 15lb as the water is very clear at the moment.

Nothing fancy this evening, just a plain lead to size 14 hook with my usual mounted on a hair below. I was feeding by hand as the water was very...
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