On Christmas Eve 2015, I caught my first barbel on fly, and I have been hooked ever since. It was in one of the dams in Delta Park in Johannesburg – where fishing is now banned – and it had been a ...

The River Trent is often discussed in legendary terms, especially those who target barbel. It’s flowing waters, deep pools, and abundant food sources make it an ideal habitat for some magnificent fish ...

THE future of fish stocks remains in good health as hundreds of tagged barbel were released into the river, improving opportunities for anglers and scientific study. Two hundred and fifty barbel fish ...

Autumn, a ”season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and barbel”. So wrote poets Johns Keats and Bailey and I know the great one of the two would have agreed - if he had actually caught a great, golden ...

Anglers want to banish otters amid depleting fish stocks after 20lb barbel dragged out of River Ivel in Bedfordshire and has its throat torn out Big Lady in 2013 when it weighed 21lbs and was ...