Huge barbel nudges Hampshire Avon record
A month after slipping his net under a 16lb 10oz Hampshire Avon barbel, Paul Allen returned to the same swim to bank possibly the largest fish in the river, weighing 19lb on the nose.
Paul waited nearly three hours in the rain for the bite… then had to walk 25 yards downstream with his rod and net just to keep up with it!
Paul said:
“When I lifted her on to the bank I knew it was the big ’un, and although she was 11oz shy of Pete Reading’s record I couldn’t care less!”
Paul’s new barbel best fell to a Big Squid boilie wrapped in paste.
Paul Allen and his 19lb Hampshire Avon barbel