The barbel is a masterpiece of evolution, a survivor of note that smashes a fly and rips line from your reel in a surge of ...

Species specific rods can be used for other applications too, the attributes of a carp rod will lend it self to fishing for pike, and other hard fighting fish. The same applies to a barbel rod ...

Before 1956, barbel were not native to the River Severn. The species was introduced through an initial stocking of 500 large adult fish from the southern River Kennet. These fish thrived ...