Bucking the Tren...t.

In angling, sometimes we are spoilt rotten with what we catch, most of the time we are not. Barbel angling for me over the last few years has been a slog for the most part as most of you know, however on the odd occasion I have come up trumps with some incredible captures of fish I could only dream of. This leads me on to this session, sometimes we get spoilt rotten. The Trent needs absolutely no introduction, it is without doubt the best Barbel river in the country, so where better place would there be to do a product film for the new Acolyte Barbel rods in the stepped up sizes of 2lb and 2¼ test curve. I was keen to catch for the cameras after a 180-mile drive up to the river from home, after getting set-up and putting some robin-red pellets out at the range I thought would be suitable ( after leading around I found a drop off into the boat channel ), not even 15 mins had passed before the downstream rod hooped around and a fighting fit 6lb Barbel was in the net. 20 mins later I…