Hertfordshire specialist Dave Currell with an incredible Barbel weighing 20lb 7oz caught on a Super Specialist Barbel hook! The wonderful fish came from an undisclosed river and is a most deserving winner of a weekly Drennan Cup award.
Dave used maggot feeder tactics utilizing one of our Vari-Weight Feeders, with a flying backlead buffered with a Grippa stop pinning the mainline down. At the sharp end Dave used a size 12 Super Specialist Barbel hook baited with four maggots on an 18 inch 10lb ESP Sinklink hooklength. A Harrison 12ft 1.5lb rod and Shimano reel were used to skillfully play the monster Barbel to the net.
“When I saw the scales spring past 20lb I was shaking so much that I couldn’t hold them still” Dave told Angling Times!