Pete has reached a milestone.
Well done mate ,I will leave it to you to fill in the details.
Micky
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A KENNET BEAUTY
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Posts: 46 17/07/2008 20:21:28 |
Hi Pete give us some details - It looks nearly as big as you
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Simon Moxley.barbelfishingworld |
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Posts: 1 17/07/2008 22:11:28 |
Thats got to be 12lb +++
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Posts: 317 17/07/2008 22:17:00 ex-admin
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That's a cracker Pete, well done.
Something tells me I must start my 2008 campaign soon 
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Posts: 240 17/07/2008 22:39:04 moderator |
Thanks Gents.
After just over a year of Barbel fishing I have at last landed my first double. A mere 10.9oz but a huge mile stone none the less. As the photo shows It didn't sink in for a while but when it did I was over the moon, many thank to Micky and Stuart for their help and 13 months of beating me around the head and telling me to do it right.
Mickys magic camera made it look bigger than it was but it was a beautiful fish in perfect condition and one I will not forget. It took a single pellet and held the bottom right next to a snag I kept the pressure on and felt the line grate as it gave a couple of inches on three occasions before coming out into open water, then the fight was over. It looked like it could be a double in the landing net but after a few 9 lb fish in the past I knew better than to expect it to be a double but how good it feels to be wrong.
I am now having a celebration whiskey.
Tight lines A very happy Barbel angler Pete W |
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Posts: 1235 17/07/2008 22:48:06 Moderator |
You made it at last Pete and what a cracking looking fish.
Well done mate and I hope it's a good single malt that you are drinking to celebrate. Very ,very pleased for you,---Best wishes,---John. |
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Posts: 47 17/07/2008 22:54:56 |
Pete I am really pleased for you, that's a terrific looking fish many congratulation.
I assume the whiskey will be a double too. Well done mate Tony L |
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Posts: 135 17/07/2008 23:23:02 |
more than massive congrats Repete; Super fish !
This would explain why Micky was catchin all those lil'uns on the fish-in, you being such a faithfull ghillie an' all. At 3 am as per this witness. What turns around may come around. It's from a very old tradition guys, no more than that. whjatwife, serves mne right with all these rum-an-cokes, but really, they are superb pics..... |
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Posts: 1387 17/07/2008 23:35:13 Moderator |
I've just got in from an evenings blank on the Kennet and poured myself a whisky in commiseration. Imagine my surprise to see Pete's smiling chops and
a splendid Kennet double. So that's what I'm having now - a double in celebration.
Well done Pete! Roy |
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Posts: 500 18/07/2008 00:08:53 |
Well done Pete what a lovely looking fish GL DR
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Posts: 216 18/07/2008 09:12:43 |
well done,truley chuffed to bits for you mate
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Posts: 242 18/07/2008 09:16:16 moderator |
Thanks for the comments Gents, I slept well after a few whiskeys.
In the exictement I forgot to mention that I also had a small chub and a 7lb barbel on pellet sweetcorn cocktail. looking forward to the next one Pete W |
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Posts: 218 18/07/2008 09:24:35 |
now youve caught a double pete,your next target has got be a 20lber eh mate.
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Posts: 245 18/07/2008 09:42:32 moderator |
Luke with the high I am on at the moment anything is possible
Pete W
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Posts: 54 18/07/2008 10:28:40 |
Nice one mate its always a buzz to reach milestones good on ya.
Wozza 
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Posts: 246 18/07/2008 11:11:03 moderator |
cheers Wozza, thought I would try and make the extra effort after your excellent catch.
is that a new avatar. Oh yes it my double 
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Posts: 94 18/07/2008 11:57:42 |
Cracking fish Pete. Well done - enjoy it. Hopefully you will now discover that doubles are a bit like buses....
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Posts: 82 18/07/2008 11:59:36 |
Hi Pete, Well done with your first double, I hope its the first of many.Tell Micky its a bit early for Christmas decorations, with all his feeders hanging in
the trees at the Benyons. Tight lines Ray Thorpe.
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Posts: 84 18/07/2008 20:56:11 |
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Well done Pete, nice one, Jez |
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Posts: 117 18/07/2008 21:42:56 |
Cracking fish Pete, well done!
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Posts: 234 18/07/2008 23:25:44 |
Well done Pete, a lovely looking fish.
The beauty is at 10.09 its a scraper of a double, so you can now strive for and 11, a 12 etc. I think you're luck to be doing it that way. Some are fortunate or misfortunate enough (depending on how you look at it) to catch say a 14 or 15lb fish as their first double and realistically they'll struggle to beat that once more, but I have a feeling you'll continue on and will be rewarded with some other good fish now...it often happens that way. So let's hope your next is around 10.12
Many congratulations, Paul |
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