Birmingham Anglers Association

I've recently been reading The National Angling Championships, a book by John Essex. It says that Harris used an Avon type float in a turbulent swim with a 3 x AAA bulk and 2 x BB down above the hook. Feeding maggot and caster his catch was made up of Barbel, Chub and Dace. It was only his 2nd visit to the Severn and he had previously only ever caught 1 Barbel. Leicester won the team match, captained by the great Ivan Marks with the brilliant Clive Smith's BAA in 2nd place. Known as the Barbel National due to The Angling Times stocking of the fish some years earlier.