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	<description>Tales of barbel &#38; other fishing exploits</description>
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		<title>Brrrrrrr&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.zzzzzzzz</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2012/01/16/brrrrrrr-zzzzzzzz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well folks just to get those with RSS readers in a frenzy here is a new post. I went fishing on Sunday 15th January on a Yorkshire river that has barbel and a few good perch and grayling in it. I caught none of them! I had a 10oz grayling but that&#8217;s not a good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parlour Pool Part 2</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/10/11/parlour-pool-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I blanked. Lee blanked. Richard caught a bootlace. I doubt very much that I will ever make the mistake of sitting in the parlour pool for 14 hours again. It was a Friday and it was not too busy and I simply should have had a roam around. I am fairly sure that had their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parlour Pool Part 1</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/10/07/parlour-pool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the Parlour pool on the famous royalty fishery on the hampshire Avon. Although I think that the fishery is actually in Dorset. Richard Walker and I arrived last night at about 9:30pm, checked in and met fellow angler Lee Sinfield who as it turns out is a cracking lad. I&#8217;ve also bumped into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quicky</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/10/05/quicky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been really busy fishing since the last update and have added another few rivers, I&#8217;m now on #34. I have also failed to catch barbel from another 2. The Wye do was a merry affair as usual and I  got hammered as usual on Friday. I was a little worse for wear on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A summary of sorts: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/09/21/a-summary-of-sorts-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday 7th September &#8211; back to Bedfordshire After my experience in the Blair Witch wood adjacent to the Great Ouse I thought that I&#8217;d go back. I felt that I had something to prove. I had heard that there were a number of smaller barbel downstream of where I fished last time with a range [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A summary of sorts: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/09/21/a-summary-of-sorts-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been difficult to keep the blog going lately , I apologise but it seems to be a problem for many bloggers at the moment. In my case it&#8217;s a combination of my mother having a hip operation after a fall, being extremely busy at work and spending all my spare time fishing. Anyway what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jungle warfare &#8211; the jungle won.</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/08/27/jungle-warfare-the-jungle-won/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I managed to catch the only one eyed mug barbel on the river last night so decided to move on to another river that flows east and is a bit nearer home. I did doze for an hour last night but decided to check into a hotel today. Earliest check in was mid-day so by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looks Good!</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/08/26/looks-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here I am in Berkshire, the river is up and coloured and my traps are set. Bloody raining again though. As you can see from the photo (if it works) the place is idyllic, a proper barbel river. I&#8217;m really optimistic.]]></description>
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		<title>Takes a while that boilie making in manual mode!</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/08/26/takes-a-while-that-boilie-making-in-manual-mode/</link>
		<comments>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/08/26/takes-a-while-that-boilie-making-in-manual-mode/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m all ready for my weekend trip now, I have made some fresh boilies for the first time ever. It was not straightforward but I got there and I have made 1/2 kg of nice boilies and sausages ready for the weekend. I enjoyed it despite the difficulties and encourage you all to have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On my travels again</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/08/25/on-my-travels-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wife is away this weekend with some of her family and I just happen to be working in Reading again tomorrow. I hope to catch barbel from at least 2 new rivers this weekend. I am even making my own baits for the trip! Poor Bob Gill and Ian Grant have had their ear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new PB</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/08/16/a-new-pb/</link>
		<comments>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/08/16/a-new-pb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I caught this huge fish at the weekend, you can click on the picture to see more detail. I promise that I&#8217;ll update the blog this week and tell the tale, there were a few hairy moments. I have a poorly mother who had a fall today and it&#8217;s a case of priorities. Failed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/08/12/time/</link>
		<comments>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/08/12/time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t got enough but don&#8217;t loose interest because by the middle of the week (was weekend)  I will try to. Report on the maddest hoteliers in the whole of the Northern Hemisphere! Explain the perils and advantages of eating in the dark Discovering that Pope&#8217;s patch is a car park in Herefordshire Fishing a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday 16th July &#8211; The Association of Barbel Fishers AGM</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/07/16/saturday-16th-july-the-association-of-barbel-fishers-agm/</link>
		<comments>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/07/16/saturday-16th-july-the-association-of-barbel-fishers-agm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The details of what when on during the AGM are now a matter of public record and members of the ABF can read the minutes on the forum, what is not a matter of public record is the stuff that I shall put below. Abe our host continued with the friendly banter in the morning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday 15th July &#8211; The maddest hoteliers in the Northern Hemisphere</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/07/15/friday-15th-july-the-maddest-hoteliers-in-the-northern-hemisphere/</link>
		<comments>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/07/15/friday-15th-july-the-maddest-hoteliers-in-the-northern-hemisphere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eve of the AGM and Richard Walker and I had spotted a nice little river to try not too far from the hotel where we were staying. It is somewhere in Bromyard, Herefordshire. We arrived at the Hotel at 11.30 AM, walked into the reception whereupon a waif like, googly eyed older lady with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunity knocked</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/07/15/opportunity-knocked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday 7th July Normally when I am required to work away from home I have a good moan about it, not so when I have to work in Reading in July.There are one or two nice barbel rivers close by and work paid for the fuel &#8211; result! The place I visited is one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy? Probably &#8211; but if it makes me happy&#8230;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/07/11/crazy-probably-but-if-it-makes-me-happy/</link>
		<comments>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/07/11/crazy-probably-but-if-it-makes-me-happy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday 2nd of July I got it in my head that I would like to fish 2 small Midlands rivers in one day.  It seemed like an excellent idea at the time and was definitely more economical but the reality of such an exercise is pretty exhausting. Of course some would say the more economical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Listening</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/06/28/the-art-of-listening/</link>
		<comments>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/06/28/the-art-of-listening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is rumoured that my mate Hobby is a very lucky angler, he is so lucky, so often, that many of us wonder why he has been blessed with such good fortune. However yesterday I was blessed with a bit of good fortune myself, in fact 4 lots of good fortune as you will see. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unsportsmanlike</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/06/28/unsportsmanlike/</link>
		<comments>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/06/28/unsportsmanlike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rich Walker and I had decided to have a go on another new small Midlands river on Sunday. I got home pretty late so it was not an early start, in fact when I surfaced at mid-day and walked outside to get the gear ready I nearly passed out! I was not expecting the 28 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glee</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/06/28/glee/</link>
		<comments>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/06/28/glee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not a blog about that awful TV program which makes me want to retch but about an angler and his first barbel. As part of my 2011/12 economy drive I found myself doing the brakes on my van on Saturday morning, it is the first time that I have done any mechanical stuff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monkey Off My Back!</title>
		<link>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/06/27/monkey-off-my-back-2/</link>
		<comments>http://barbel-fishing.com/blog/2011/06/27/monkey-off-my-back-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conrad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday 21st June There is a river in Yorkshire that is fairly big, fairly famous and for me very difficult to catch barbel from. In my defence I have never made a trip there when conditions have been good, a warm summer flood, for instance. No. I have chanced my arm as and when I [...]]]></description>
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