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Mr

Tim Hughes

Bridgnorth, Shropshire

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

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Browsing Archive: October, 2011

Autumnal Afternoon

Posted by Tim Hughes on Monday, October 10, 2011, In : Autumn Days

Ok, so today really feels like autumn. Gone are the ridiculous temps. of the last week or so and here are the cooler, blustery days that signal the real beginning of autumn.

I decided to fish a few hours this afternoon as the river was dropping after a brisk rise of a foot or so. The weather was still mild for the time of year at about 18oc and there was some good cloud cover. I knew that the sport may well have slowed down with the turn in the weather so settled in for a not so frantic sessio...
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Quick trip after a hot day in October!

Posted by Tim Hughes on Monday, October 3, 2011, In : Pallatrax gear

Ok, so its been 25oc+ for a week. Its very dry, hot and pretty windy today. I'd decided to get out on the banks and try out some new gear sent to me by Pallatrax. I was using their 'Elixer 6 Squabs' superglued to a hair below a size 14 Pallatrax hook. This was on a 4inch hooklink, which is considerably shorter than I'd normally use, but on advice from the manufacturer I thought I'd give it a bash. I was also using their Stonze system as a kind of method feeder, which was surprisingly effectiv...
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A good few days with Billy and Chris

Posted by Tim Hughes on Sunday, October 2, 2011, In : Guided Fishing Packages

Billy contacted me some months ago about a fishing trip in September. The weather can be dodgy around then, but as it turned out the weather was fabulous - well for sitting in, not really for fishing. I had them fishing mainly on pellet and paste with the odd boilie and lump of meat thrown in for good measure. The river fished really well and some of the tips and tactics I taught them really paid off. These are some of the fish and photos I took over the 3 days I fished with them