Floodwater Avon barbel is a new PB

MAKING the most of floodwater conditions yielded this plump 16lb 4oz barbel for Paul Allen.

He dropped a pastewrapped boilie into a slack on a rapidly rising Hampshire Avon, and told us:

“Just after dark, in the pouring rain, my rod pulled around and I landed a barbel which I knew would test my old PB of 15lb 5oz. It was well worth a soaking!”

Paul Allen with his 16lb 4oz Hampshire Avon barbel