New Barbel Sticks For a Trip Down Memory Lane
I used to love float fishing on the River Severn in Bridgenorth for barbel with my dad in the early 1980's and was lucky enough to be the first name on our school match trophy all those years ago. This year we and a few friends are planning a trip down memory lane revisiting the stretches of the mighty River Severn where I learnt to fish a float on a river over 30 years ago. 😲😲😲😲😲 To commemorate the trip I am making a few new stick floats, hopefully, to catch a few barbel, amongst other species and get some nice pictures for the blog (Not to mention a bit of banta and a few pints ) 😉 This is the first one. A barbel stick Taking approximately 4AAA ( Hopefully a little more ) Constructed in balsa and aluminium the body was turned from a single piece to increase strength for the rigours of heavy barbel fishing. A fluorescent orange tip, red pearlescent body, Plus a feather inlay & Black gold, violet and scarlet silks completed the build. I