Barbel fishing has become an increasingly popular branch of angling, with big fish being more accessible than ever. Now is the time to get out there and catch some of these majestic creatures, but you ...

On Christmas Eve 2015, I caught my first barbel on fly, and I have been hooked ever since. It was in one of the dams in Delta Park in Johannesburg – where fishing is now banned – and it had been a ...

Barbel are growing in popularity, with many anglers turning away from stillwaters and carp fishing in favour of targeting the “Prince of the River.” Big barbel are now more accessible than ever, ...

Turkey on Thursday hailed the unexpected sighting of the leopard barbel fish—listed as one of the most endangered in the world—in the Tigris River. Environmentalists say the spotted carp-like fish was ...

THE future of fish stocks remains in good health as hundreds of tagged barbel were released into the river, improving opportunities for anglers and scientific study. Two hundred and fifty barbel fish ...

Autumn, a ”season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and barbel”. So wrote poets Johns Keats and Bailey and I know the great one of the two would have agreed - if he had actually caught a great, golden ...

Anglers want to banish otters amid depleting fish stocks after 20lb barbel dragged out of River Ivel in Bedfordshire and has its throat torn out Big Lady in 2013 when it weighed 21lbs and was ...