Barbel
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Angling Challenges for 2024
I’ve set myself a few goals for this year’s fishing season, some more difficult than others, but all quite challenging.
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Barbel
The Barbel is often among a river angler’s favourite quarys as it is probably the hardest fighting species in our rivers.
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Purple Butt Pheasant Tail
The Purple Butt Pheasant Tail is a nymph tied to attract Barbel and Chub in faster water.
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The Sudden Take Nymph
The Sudden Take Nymph is inspired by the Guide’s Choice hare’s ear nymph.
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Clive’s Caddis
This is a simple Caddis Larva pattern using just micro-chenille, peacock herl and 70d olive thread.
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Guinea Fowl & Partridge
This is an interesting nymph pattern sporting two hackles – one at the tail (Guinea Fowl) and the other at the head (partridge).
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Pheasant Tail R’n’B
The Pheasant Tail R’n’B is a fairly standard, weighted PT nymph but with a thorax tied with red and black PT fibers.
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Pheasant & Peacock Maggot
Another in the maggot nymph series, the Pheasant and Peacock keeps the simplicity theme going while remaining a tempting morsel for our Chub.
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Jessica’s Jumper
I don’t know who, or where, Jessica is, but we’ve got her jumper for the native Chub.
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The Red Butt Doofer
The Red Butt Doofer is a year round, general purpose, weighted wet fly or nymph.