Barbie doll part 4!

After all the success of the close season with feeder maggots I was keen to try out the Barbies on the Trent, so June 16 saw me fishing a favourite swim. The trouble was it was very hot, the river very low, and bites were hard to come by. A couple of 3oz roach fell…

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Barbie Pink part 3 by Archie Braddock

Back to the hard number 1 pit, in early May, and we both had a culture shock – not a bite in seven hours. Back again three days later, another seven hour session for one bite between us; it came to my rod, a 3lb perch to a single Barbie with a maggot feeder. Not…

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Barbie pink part 2 by Archie Braddock

After the success of the Barbie/worm combo I stayed too long on that big deep pit, and although I picked up odd fish it was clear the majority of the perch had gone off to spawn. The newly discovered info that perch spawn once the water hits 47½ºf proved correct, but it left me in…

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