birdsnest
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********Roy and Friend******* What an ugly old trout....the fish isn't much better
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Post by birdsnest on Feb 8, 2006 6:32:13 GMT -5
Has anybody ever caught a barbel on the fly ? On purpose or otherwise ? I have a crazy German friend who works in spain and regularly fishes for them with fly tackle with great success. I suspect that the spanish Barbel are a different species to ours but I just wondered. I can only assume that you get one helluva fight.
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Post by Dom on Feb 8, 2006 7:23:36 GMT -5
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birdsnest
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Post by birdsnest on Feb 8, 2006 9:47:56 GMT -5
Thanks for the article Dom. Very, very interesting. Must give it a go. Poor mans Salmon fishing eh ?
Tight lines
Birdsnest
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Post by Sewinbasher on Feb 8, 2006 10:17:21 GMT -5
I have fly fished for barbel in the Aragon province of Spain and they do take the fly quite well. I used a cased caddis to good effect but the barbel were more picky than the trout.
They do appear to be a slightly different species with shorter heads however they fight like tigers and are good sport.
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Post by sandfly2 on Feb 8, 2006 12:35:39 GMT -5
I intend to try for Barbel with the fly rod this season as my local river has them in some areas .
Davy .
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maharg
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Post by maharg on Feb 8, 2006 13:19:02 GMT -5
Sure I saw an article somewhere of a guy catching them on an annomite nymph. think he prebaited heavily with hemp first to get them feeding well.
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Post by moustique on Feb 8, 2006 16:05:13 GMT -5
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chub1
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Post by chub1 on Feb 8, 2006 16:10:02 GMT -5
Seconded.Barbel will test your tackle to the limit.Better go well beefed up
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Post by FlyBri on Feb 9, 2006 13:41:16 GMT -5
In andalucia there is a guiding operation which for 300 euros a day will take you out to catch barbel on the dry on a river. I'm going to try it with a bug or ptn on the avon next year.
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Post by chub1 on Feb 9, 2006 14:34:25 GMT -5
I would think that a hallibut pellet-look alike fly would work a treat,or a luncheon meat lookalike ;D,cast down and accross in fast water or is that cheating ;D
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Post by tigermoth on Feb 9, 2006 14:38:27 GMT -5
There are apparently now, sections of the Wye on which Barbel can be caught by fly. Maybe we should put up a trphy to anyone who catches one on this summers social that Ben Wynde is organising I used to trot for Barbel on a small cheshire river and even the small ones would go off like torpedos - they would make some serious scrapping on fly tackle.
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pmd
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Post by pmd on Feb 10, 2006 9:00:15 GMT -5
I often target Barbel in the summer months using a large heavily weighted nymph slowly inched along the bottom, fry imitations also work
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Post by moustique on Feb 10, 2006 15:53:49 GMT -5
Don't forget that barbel can be caught on minnows! So if you remember they are preditory, a minnow like fly / bug should / could also produce fish. 300 euro's (can't find a sign key?) thats pretty pricey! If you find the fish they you'll catch anyway! Better take an 8# - 10# and plenty of backing ;D
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chiro
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Post by chiro on Feb 14, 2006 8:54:13 GMT -5
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Post by moustique on Feb 14, 2006 17:27:44 GMT -5
Hi Chiro, From what I have heard, the majority are caught using carp tactics of 2 or 3 rods and large beds of bait. A few may be caught on a fly rod and nymphs, but if you look at the pictures, you will also see a carp rod. It is disappointing to see someone using a "boga grip" to pick up and hold a barbel? It's not like they have a mouth full of teeth and a grip of this kind will cause damage to the barbel around its nose and mouth area It's a great concern if this is the start of a new trend Nice pictures apart from the offending one
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