Lowestoft’s Andy Waters sent us some cracking Suffolk Chub pictures recently – and since then he’s been over to Herefordshire to catch some Barbel from the Wye, his catch including a fish of over 10lb!

Over four days of fishing on various Wye & Usk foundation beats Andy caught 37 Barbel, with three over 8lb including a superb 10lb 4oz specimen. Andy remarked that all the fish had amazing power in a very swollen and coloured river following heavy rain. All the fish came to feeder fished pellet & groundbait on very strong tackle: 3 or 4oz feeders to 12lb mainline and a size 10 hook to a 15lb braided hooklength. Andy used Drennan Martin Bowler Specialist Barbel rods, which of course coped beautifully with the hard fighting fish!

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