Steve Pope Barbel Fishing

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First Day of June Update

 
The beauty of writing this blog is that it affords me the opportunity, once in a while, to become terribly self indulgent!  As long as the temptation passes quickly I don’t see a  problem. So with that in mind…………..
DAUGHTERS
The recent good news from my pal Simon and his wife Dawn allowed me to take some time out for [...]


Guiding Days Update

 
The new season is only just around the corner and I’m spending a lot of time in my studio getting the tackle ready in preparation for the many barbel battle’s ahead!
My diary has a good number of days booked which I’m really looking forward to but there’s still time to grab a day or two [...]


Late May Update

 
Stop Moaning and Start Fishing
 
Had this short feature in Angling Times last week, the title says it all!
The gist of the article is to put a more upbeat point of view across rather than the doom and gloom which seems to be rather prevalent at the moment. If we’re not careful we could end up [...]


A New Review

 
Just added my review for Barbel Days and Ways Volume 4 to the Articles section.


Barbel Days and Ways Volume 4

 

The fourth instalment of this excellent series opens with Bob and Stu on the bank of the wonderful River Wye. Stunning visuals once again set the scene and Witney Court on the Wye and Usk Ticket is the venue on this  beautiful river.
Stu informs us how Google Earth is a great help before visiting a [...]


Mid May Update

 
BARBEL SOCIETY SHOW and AGM WEEKEND
In the blink of an eye it comes around once again. Luckily for me this year I’ve not had to worry about the organising of the show, my Society committee colleague Will Golightly took it completelyonboard, and apart from the usual AGM duties I was looking forward to a great [...]


Review Added.

 
Just added a review of  Barbel Days and Ways Volume 3 to the Articles section.
Thoroughly recommend this dvd to you, as well as Volume 4 which I will review soon.
Catch up with Bob and Stu this coming Sunday at the Barbel Society Show, RUNNING WATER 201O.
See you there,
Steve.


Barbel Days and Ways Volume 3.

Well it’s been almost a year since we enjoyed BD &W Volume 2, has it been worth the wait? Most certainly, once again Bob and Stu have come up with the goods and produced another dvd that every barbel angler will enjoy.
I’ll take you through the complete film that is an impressive 85 minutes in [...]