Tackle testers, Mark Sawyer and Aidan Bordiuk have been testing a variety of barbel rods in varying scenarios to ensure they ...

I have been fishing now for about 1 year - carp fishing - and I joined Wigan DAA this year to fish heapy but there is a magnet in my head that is pulling me to the River Ribble for barbel. Please ...

Barbel are among the most thrilling species of coarse fish in the UK that anglers can pursue. With their long, streamlined bodies and impressive strength, the experience of landing your first barbel ...

Immediately I knew this was a big barbel.

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 ...

Gone Fishing: Fancy a big chub? Then go barbel fishing How I wish I had a ‘fiver’ for every thumping great chub that has come way over the years not only from local rivers but flowing water all over ...

BARBEL, a type of bottom-feeding catfish, is renowned for being terrible-tasting, but many anglers love to catch them because of the massive fight they put up once the hook is set. The bait used to ...

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 ...

Fishing groups, Pixham Farm, Clevelode and Beauchamp Court Syndicate, and the Worcester Angling Society have collaborated with the Environment Agency in order to restock the river with barbel fish.

Hundreds of fish have been released into the River Thames to help boost stocks for anglers. As part of the Environment Agency's (EA) fish restocking programme, 250 barbel have been released at Ferry ...