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17lb-plus barbel the best of ‘a double on each rod’

by Chris Haydon |

Published on20th February 2024 at 10.19am

Catching one big fish can be exciting but two at once can soon turn into absolute chaos. That was the case for Dean Bradshaw on a recent trip to the middle Trent where he found the resident barbel hard on the feed.

Kicking off his swim with a few pints of chilli hemp, he fished boilies over the top and early the next morning his upstream rod roared off with a 12lb 4oz fish.

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"It was a great start, so I introduced another load of hemp," he told us

"As the evening drew in, I hooked another good fish, and as I played it, my other rod went too!

"Thankfully, I had the first one in the net quickly and was able to grab the other rod and land the second fish.

“The pair gave me a fantastic brace – the smaller fish weighing 11lb 12oz, the bigger one 17lb 10oz. I was buzzing!”

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