Barbell bolloks lol

[andy76]

Great read greame , I'm not great with words and sometimes feel like I out things accross wrong
I'm the same enjoyment wise , this year mainly gonna be tees ,but iv got a bit of wharfe as a banker to ensure I feel the power of barbel from time to time

[Marc]

Andy you cant catch what isnt there but doesnt mean there arent in the river. It would take you 1000s of years to fish the tees throughout to find em and then to find that they've move somewhere else like I wa saying about that swim I was on about when they are there they go nuts but stay stay there long. Needle in a hay stack comes to mind. Best bet is fish the tees with a foot in and try and fish 2 or 3 swims into dark aswell. That way you've given it a proper go then try another area after that.

[dunsmuir]

I agree with the every word of Graeme’s comment! And Marc too about the difficulty of knowing what fish are in the Tees and where. It’s just such a big river. Although it’s probably quite a cold river because of its catchment area, on the other hand I often think that one way and another it must be a food-rich river, so we’re possibly fishing for well fed fish that often can’t be too ar*ed about what we offer them baitwise.

[Mick]

Great thread this lads really enjoying reading it, it's always gonna be horses for courses, and it's not for any angler to tell another angler how they should spend their fishing time, that's a personal choice of the angler it's their time and it's what brings them enjoyment main thing is their out there exploring and fishing, as for the Tees Swale conditions I agree basically with everyone's points, I can see the positive and negative in both rivers, I personally think that if your after getting a double figure barbel your chances are better on the Tees, numbers wise you'll certainly catch more on the swale but the average stamp is between 5 and 9lb, obviously they are big fish there but your just as likely if you put the hours in and fish the right times to hit a double on the Tees, of all the reports I see and hear about Tees fish the majority when caught will be 10lb plus, i often wonder if this is to do with the lower stock levels so less competition from other barbel for food, also this could be why they seem so more elusive ?? Swale barbel have more competition for food so take anglers baits more readily a bit of a eat it or lose it mentality where Tees fish are more likely to be filling up at leisure on the rivers natural food sources ? Just my opinion though and could well be very wrong lol 👍😉

[basha]

theres just less anglers on the rivers,fish stocks are lower and anglers arnt as open as they used to be spilling the beans on there catches,bet pound to a penny theres more fish gets caught than we would be made to believe.once over the banks ov the tees were rammed,so ude experience more barbel reports.no different to the swale yrs back.people these days would rather take 200lb carp then 50lb ov hard work on a river.

[andy76]

I agree Basha , all I know is I love fishing and life's better for getting into it