";s:4:"text";s:5122:" FEW anglers know the Trent as well as former Trentmen match ace and specialist angler Bob Roberts. Sew Kowalski and the new Trent record barbel of 20lb 6oz. He beat it using a 1.75lb Shimano Vengeance rod and a 6000-sized reel loaded with 15lb mainline. Ambiguous record claims (no venue given /not accepted / expunged) There have been many ambiguous record claims over the years. He invented the ‘Wallis Cast’ for the centrepin, where the line between reel and butt ring was pulled as the float was cast to make the reel spin. The most famous stretch, the Royalty, could be fished for coarse fish alongside salmon anglers but the best pools, such as the Parlour, were priced in a way that deterred maggot-drowners. Ambiguous record claims (no venue given /not accepted / expunged) There have been many ambiguous record claims over the years. The current British barbel record was caught by Colin Smithson on 7th … After a while I called my daughter and said ‘I’m going to give it another 25 minutes as I think something might happen’… and it certainly did!” When he got the bite, Colin presumed he was playing the big carp he’d seen roll earlier, and it wasn’t until the back-end of the fight that his opinion changed.
If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. When I finally got it to the surface I could only see its back, and at first I thought ‘Wow, it’s actually a common carp!” “Things then got scary when it snagged me under the bank. Here are a few of those that never made the record list, with the reason why in bold: 21 lb 2oz Barbel caught by Chris Mack on the Wensum 2008. The river has been kept quiet though it is know that it is a river in Sussex.
Self-confessed pleasure angler Colin Smithson, who banked the fish from an undisclosed river in Sussex, revealed that he ‘almost drove into a ditch’ when a friend told him that he had just beaten the national best for the species. Sew Kowalski and the new Trent record barbel of 20lb 6oz . FWK Wallis was one of those barbel record-holders who caught his 14-pounder from the Royalty in 1937.
The record – or, rather, records as there were three matching fish – was 14lb 6oz, and hadn’t been beaten since the first of this trio was captured from Molesey Weir on the Thames in Victorian times, only equalled.
“It’s a difficult river. Their decision came in their final meeting of 2019 at London’s Fishmongers’ Hall. The page was started in 2008 so only has history since then.
FWK Wallis was one of those barbel record-holders who caught his 14-pounder from the Royalty in 1937. As is normal at this time of the season rumours of a new UK barbel record surface this time its the Thames { a river that should do it } and 21lb 10oz BUT there seems to be a publicty blackout again. Using that technique, and suitably large floats, he was able to cast to the far bank of the Avon, probably using the Wallis Wizard rod.
New River Trent barbel record! He decided not to report his catch via any form of today’s media.
John Llewellyn came rocked the British barbel record with this 20 lb 12 oz heavyweight from the River Thames, caught soon before the 2018/19 river season ended.
Please enable JavaScript on your browser to best view this site.The current British barbel record was caught by Colin Smithson on 7th November 2019 weighing 21lb 2oz. The current British barbel record was caught by Colin Smithson on 7th November 2019 weighing 21lb 2oz. When I got the fish in the net I looked up at the sky and said: ‘I don’t know if that was you, but thanks Roy’.
The fish beats the old record, set by Grahame King with a fish from the Great Ouse in 2006, by just 1oz, and was taken during a short afternoon session on a club-owned stretch of river. December 24, 2019 THE BRITISH barbel record has been beaten following the capture of a 21lb 2oz giant. small rivers mean small river tactis, stealth and dont over bait. When I told my friend Bradley Hughes the weight, he replied: ‘That’s not just a club record!’ At that point I almost put my car in the ditch! Sadly, barbel populations in many of the UK’s smaller rivers have suffered due mainly to predation from otters, which have thrived after being reintroduced over the past 10 years.
Colin (60), who retired last year, revealed how the capture was just reward for the countless blank hours he had spent on the tricky, low-stock waterway over the past 15 years. The river was 3ft up and coloured, and still rising steadily. The Big Carp owner initially thought he’d smashed the 21 lb 1 oz British barbel record when he weighed the fish, but scales checks later revealed it to be just below the target, halting his plan to make a claim.