16lb barbel falls to angler fishing the River Ouse

Alan Lawrence had homemade boilies and paste to thank for this pristine 16lb 2oz barbel taken on his latest trip to the Great Ouse. 

The Vauxhall Angling Club regular fished a popular stretch of the river in Northamptonshire and fed just five boilies each into several likely-looking swims before circling back round to fish them. 

After the first few spots failed to produce, Alan settled next to a high reed bed, cast his paste-wrapped boilie into a crease in the flow and the fish was on.