Fishing

paul (paul4barbus) whiteing cpin2_fast

my blog

Fishing Stuff

Tackle

for tackle and other fishing stuff, including my article "Centrepins and using them, especially for Barbel Fishing"

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Avatars and Stuff

Avatars

for some notes about message boards, usernames, and especially avatars

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Items for Sale

Fred Crouch Reels

Unfortunately, manufacture of all Fred Crouch reels has ceased.

click here for my details

Please note that I am NOT a dealer or in the trade, I just helped sell the Fred Crouch reels

click here for the Fred Crouch Reels website

paul4 Barbel Rod

paul4_rod_90

You can order the "paul4 Barbel Rod" from Peregrine Rods go directly to

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Some Friends' Sites

Fred Crouch Reels

Fred Crouch centrepins - Fred passed away but his legacy lives on

Bob Gill, a very good friend of mine, is currently taking a break from rod building !!

Chris Brown manufactures extremely good quality angling products - landing nets, bank sticks etc

I have some of his gear and it's first rate.

Barbule

My very good friend MikeB's site, although not very up to date!!

Alan Tomkins

Guiding and Tuition site by Alan Tomkins, PAA Coach

The Fishing Coach

Coaching site by Martin Porter, PAA Coach

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Specifically Barbel Sites

barbel fishing world

the largest barbel fishing site

click here

for the home page

click here

for the current forums

click here

for the previous system's FAQs

click here

for the previous system's 12000+ topic archives (note that this requires original login)

barbel angler

MickyH's excellent friendly barbel angler site for mainly southern-based barbel anglers

click here

for the current forums - unfortunately now closed due to recent lack of interest

click here

for the (preserved) articles

click here

for the (preserved) reviews

I considered this a worthwhile organisation to belong to, but am no longer an active member. Basically, whilst treasurer / membership sec / site admin it took up too much of my time, but it was in a healthy condition when I left in Apr 2015.

The Association of Barbel Fishers : Putting life and friendship into barbel fishing.

A natural evolution in specialist groups run democratically with elected officials and will continue to evolve as required.

Unfortunately the association has ceased to evolve and is now primarily akin to a two-fishery club.

barbel society

I considered this a worthwhile organisation to belong to, but am no longer a member. But they formulated the very worthwhile Barbel Handling Code.

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Angling Club / Venues Info

Twyford AC

for Twyford AC website

Thatcham AA

for Thatcham AA stuff

Verulam AC

for Verulam AC website

Fishers Green

for Fishers Green stuff

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River Systems Support Group

River Systems Support Group

for RSSG stuff - sadly no longer in existence

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