[Sieger Devries]

Sometimes, when you are very lucky, you find these days to remember for a long time. I found such a great fishing day last friday.

Together with a friend I was invited to come fishing on a river near Cologne (Germany). To be short... the trout weren't really up for it, but I caught Barbel in stead of it.. A kind of fish I never had the pleasure with before.... What a great sport fish it is... It's not often that I have to use the brake of my reels, but now I did.... I made an article on my blog...

http://tight-loops.nl/?p=3200

And to tease you here by some photo's.... Hope you'll enjoy them...

[Iain Goolager]

Haven't read the Blog yet but watched the video.

Great photo's as usual Sieger 

Loved watching you play the Barbel with your left hand up the rod blank and the rod bent in a hoop. That's the way I play almost all of my fish and I've said before that you get a very good sense of how much strain you are applying to the fish & tippet.

Great stuff

Iain

[Jim Eddie]

Looks like great fun on a fly rod Sieger  never seen a Barbel in the flesh, we don't have them in Scotland, oh maybe some that Rob introduced to the Clyde  only kidding Rob 

 

Jim

[Noel Kelly]

Looks really good 

[Sieger Devries]

Thanks guys....

And Iain... my right wrist needed a bit of support too...  But you're right... you can feel the pressure you put on the rod, line and tippet much better this way.... Not needed with the smaller ones, but when even it comes close to the breaking strength.... this helps a lot.