My Fishing Blog/Diary

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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

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Well, it couldn't last forever!

Posted by Tim Hughes on Thursday, September 8, 2011, In : Blanking!! 
I arrive on the banks just before 5am in the pitch black in the middle of nowhere!

As soon as I saw the river I knew it wasn't going to fish as it had risen by nearly 2ft overnight. I measured the water temp and it had fallen by several degrees and I knew the Welsh had been up to their old tricks, releasing ice cold water from their dam.


This peg was being fished around 10 hours ago and was my chosen swim for my first early morning session in about a year!

I setup and cast into the muddy, cold w...
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What a pair of Blankers!!

Posted by Tim Hughes on Friday, August 6, 2010, In : Blanking!! 
Karl and I decided to have a crack at a larger size of fish than we usually catch. We decided on severn Stoke which is renowned for large barbel. Fishing the lower Severn is, if you'll pardon the pun, a different kettle of fish to fishing the middle severn. Its alot wider, much deeper and the boats......................dear god, the boats!!

I had got some background info of a new fishing mate Lawrence Brakespear. He told me a couple of swims to aim for and some tactics. So when we arrived arou...
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3 in a Row!!

Posted by Tim Hughes on Thursday, August 6, 2009, In : Blanking!! 
Well, 2 weeks of a fairly high river appears to have done alot of peoples Barbel fishing some good on the Severn. NOT mine!!!

I would normally never blank in the places I fish. I seemed to have turned a particularly annoying corner in my fishing career and discovered how not to catch any fish or get any bites, no matter what bait I use.

I have now fished 3 short sessions of about 3 hours apiece and caught nothing. I've been equipped with my new mini video camera to capture my prize, netbusting...
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