Barbel gear

there must be some expert Barbelers out there?
rod
reel
net
bait
hook
bits
give me a few ideas

rod-fox barbel floodwater
reel- any 5000 or over baitrunner
bait- same as carp but they like halibut pellet
hook-size to suit bait hair rig 10

if you fancy a day when rivers open jeff i will have a go and bring spare rods for you but catch more than me and i will take my ball home (that is rods lol)

i just might take you up on that Kell
many thanx for info

i might be up for that too if its ok for me to tag along... i have the gear but dont get many chances at barbel

jeff i use two types of barbel rods,the drennan power barbel,with s/baitrunner 8000 gte or the alltime classic porky pigs.depends on flow of river ect mate.fish 3 to 5 oz leads/feeders. line i use is my favate which is krystronite,9lb up to 15 lb.hooks are size 9 barbel speceist or size 8 esp raptor t.hook lenght about 2 ft kyrston floucarbon.bait 2 halibut pellets[18mm]tipped with plastic corn,fished over hemp,tares an sweetcorn mate

thanx Nick will chat later on about Barbel

nickcarpy wrote:jeff i use two types of barbel rods,the drennan power barbel,with s/baitrunner 8000 gte or the alltime classic porky pigs.depends on flow of river ect mate.fish 3 to 5 oz leads/feeders. line i use is my favate which is krystronite,9lb up to 15 lb.hooks are size 9 barbel speceist or size 8 esp raptor t.hook lenght about 2 ft kyrston floucarbon.bait 2 halibut pellets[18mm]tipped with plastic corn,fished over hemp,tares an sweetcorn mate

what TC rod would you recomend Nick,
also what lenght hook-lenght

depends mate,am a fan of useing about 2 foot plus on rivers.the rods i mainly use are 1.5/1.75.

nickcarpy wrote:depends mate,am a fan of useing about 2 foot plus on rivers.the rods i mainly use are 1.5/1.75.

Thanx Nick 1.75tc it will be then,woudn't want to be too beasty with them

hey guys,

i use 2 fox floodwater barbel 2.75 rods and 2 shimano 8000 bait runner reels, does perfectly for me!!! i fish on a fast flowing river so a 2.75 rod really does the job.

which rivers you fish pal?

river trent, got quite alot of pull where we fish so we use a 1.75 to 2.75, used the 2.75 when the river is really up, got a couple of 2 lb test curve rods an a 1.75, so got a bit of choice, i some times use the 2.75 for piking so i does me for both, where do u go barbeling? impressive carp by the way!!!

on the trent mate,thanks that carp is 36lb 8oz.cracking fish with the unuasall scale pattern

that carps a beauti pal,

the barbel in the pic was 14 pound 8 oz, gave me a right scrap, my arms were hangin off after the fight, a pleasure to catch, we went for 2 days an that was the only fish i had, well worth it tho