VIVA ESPANA

Cant tell you how pleased I am.

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BFW carries tales of woe from the tidal trent, dead barbel floating down river, barbel retained in nets in this warm low river, litter everywhere and anglers pitching up on other folks knees almost when half the river is devoid of fisher folk.

 The easy fishing always attracts the morons and lets be honest the Trent IS the easiest barbel fishing in the country at the moment. The internet must carry some of the responsibility for the situation, it spread the word that attracted the fools, though there have always been some. Be better when winter comes and they are tucked up cozy like.

 As it happens I fished the Trent yesterday for the first time this season, no thoughts of barbel for me though, I trotted for the silver fish and had a nice time, mainly because I wont fish in the places that attract morons these days. I did have a very happy few years on Collingham before this all started and I am glad of that. Believe it or not there was a time when you could turn up and almost always find peg1A empty on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, if you fancied it, now there’s a queue for it sometimes. …… Peg 34 was my particular favorite, not a pellet in sight, big lumps of curried meat did the job and maybe still would……..Seems such a long time ago now.

COME ON ESPANA.

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