Hi Guys

Fished the Markle yesterday for the first time, nice place dispite the gale force winds. Took 3 fish from 4 bites all on barbless

I was using my new Cortland Endurance 9' 6# 4 piece rod, Vossler DC3 reel, i tied up a 12ft leader 10lb -6lb Berkly fluorocarbon joined with a 3 turn water knot which gave me my one dropper. Due to the very coloured water i started off with my green/black lure tied on Knapek barbless hook, and small naturals barbless on dropper.

My old PB was 5 3/4 lb smashed it yesterday with this stonker 9lb 11 oz not the prettiest fish and its tails seen better days, but i fought hard gave me a real run a round on the 9' 6# long runs, constant diving for reed beds, my nerves were shattered Luckily i normally try and play all my fish off the reel glad i did because i reckon i would have lost this fish as my line was constantly getting fouled up in bushes etc.

Believe it or not the fish at the bottom is 16" long and weighs 1 1/5 lb !!

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Englander

"Barbless since 2008"

Vision GT Four catapult 9' 6#
Vision GT Four SW 9' 9#
Vision 3 Zone 9' 5#
Vision Cult 9' 3#
Shakespeare Trion 9' 5/6#
Cortland Endurance 9' 6#
Shakespeare Expedition float tube
Vosseler DC3 reel
Okuma Helios 8/9 reel
Greys G series 3/4 reel
Snowbee Geo 3/4 reel

Well done Englander, cracking fish and a new PB.

Well done, nice to see the comparison with a smaller fish.
You will be eating fish for a while now, assuming you took it.

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Well done Englander,what a size .

so what size are the plates of meat at the bottom of the pic

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WHEN YOU LEAVE THE RIVER, TAKE NOTHING, AND LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT'S!!!

THA CAN TELL A YORKSHIREMAN ,BUT THA CAN'T TELL HIM MUCH !!

nice fish Englander

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Steve


"There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." Paul O'Neil

Lovely fish mate, if you'd got that in the tube it would have towed you around no problem!!

Tom

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Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt

God you done well to land that with a barbless. I'd be shaking.

Well done Steven..cracking fish!

cheers Diarmid.

Englander,

Nice fish - and the barbless hook didn't fall out (as if it would ! )

barbusbruce ,

Size 10 I believe !!!!!

Nigel