Product Description

During the last twenty years there have been dramatic developments in barbel fishing. This volume comprehensively covers the modern barbel fishing scene, discusses the size of the fish caught and illustrates the changes that have taken place in tackle, tactics and bait. There are individual chapters written by experts on each major barbel river in England. Each expert is also a member of the Barbel Catchers Club.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #321424 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

About the Author
The Barbel Catchers Club is organized by dedicated barbel anglers and has a strong social base. Mick Wood who is chairman of the Barbel Catchers Club and Bob Singleton who is also a member have compiled this volume.

Customer Reviews

Barbel Rivers and Captures
What can I say about this book? It is awesome!
Written by Anglers for Anglers and every bit as good as the previous Barbel Catchers book, if not better.
There is a brief introduction, explaining the reason for the book. A chapter on boilies and baits and some advice re the advances. Then there are 14 chapters devoted to 14 different rivers, all of which have produced double figure barbel to members of the club. Each chapter is written by a member of the BCC and the "end" part of each chapter is written by the member who holds the "Club" record for that river, describing the "records" capture.
Make no bones about it, with the exception of the "Cherwell" chapter, which is written by Tony Miles, there are few if any "household" names writing here. It is all just good honest stuff.
It is not a book about rigs methods and where to fish. Each chapter starts with the river in question being described from its source to sea or where it joins another river. Barbel density is looked at in the various rivers and general areas that contain fish. The relevant author then describes his approach and how he gathers his information. Beleive me they dont give the game away, but they do give you an insight into how they go about things and what works for them.
Do not think that the BCC is elitist like some specialist groups. They have maintained a membership of around 50 since their inception, and every member is expected to write at least 1 article a year for their quarterly mag "Barbus", but they are just regular anglers, with a few exceptions. They havent caught the biggest barbel in the world and are in no way "big headed" in any sense of the phrase. In fact I have caught bigger barbel on one or two of the rivers covered.
The book is superb, I recommend it unreservedly and somehow I am envious that I am not a member!
Well done the BCC on a superb work, and dont leave it so long till you produce another, I have read this one twice already!