It's bloody freezing!

Been a while since my last post on here now, and this is a very quick update. At present, there's snow on the ground, and the temperature is around 2c, with water temps on our rivers somewhere between 4-5c, so not conducive to barbel fishing at all. I'm not sure when my next trip will be, but it won't be until we have a marked rise in temperatures.

A fine 11.15

The last two months, and December in particular, have been good to me however, and my seasons tally of doubles now stand at six! All of these fish have been Warks Avon specimens, the Severn is still not keen to offer me any of her doubles. The best of these was an 11.15 I took on a boilie at Fladbury, but I also had a 10.15, and a 10.3 from the same venue. The temps in December were quite incredible, some days touching 15c, with water temps up in double figures, quite something. Since then though, things have settled to more normal winter temps, but I'm hoping February will have something more to offer.

Ive got the last two weeks of the season off work, so hopefully some big fat backend barbel will grace my landing net. At least, that's the plan.