 To fish this bank, you need to have permission from the landowner officially. I think here I said just make a donation of £5 or more. This time I'm taking no prisoners, I want to know what's going on. So I've popped down to Premier Angling, bought myself a much bigger net and I've brought down a carp rod that hasn't seen life day for what knows how long. And I'm going to fish an inline lead and a short rig. Because the way I'm looking at it is that there's hardly any flow here. The downside to a short hook length is that the fish might bump into my main line because the angler line is coming down into the water. The short rig might have a better bolt effect. So it's a bit of a trade-off, but that's what I'm going to do. A nice big heavy pair lead that's inline. Semi-fixed, the swivel is pushed in, comes out easily enough. Funny how the game plan changes, isn't it? I had a couple of trouble in my last session, which was my target species. I was over the moon, but there was that fish in between the two, charred, but just tore off and I couldn't stop in the hook port. So everything organized, the net was down to the left, so I had to try and push it through trees, rambles. Yeah, this experiment might go completely wrong, but I've invented another game, mate. Okay, see that? So that rocked it to tap like that. They've got to move that lead, which is three and a half ounces, I think. Camera off, I guess, because it's getting dark. I've just had a call from Tom to say he's had a fish. Yeah, classic three-foot switch. So no missing that bite. That's on a long-running rig, was it, or? Yeah. Well done, mate. That's wicked. I'm well envious, but at the same time extremely chuffed. Cracking little fish. My first Bristol-Aven barbel for about, oh, nine years, maybe? He's been resting in the net, so he's a little bit lively. A bit lively, is he? Yeah. Look at that. Oh yeah, a little nibble in the fin, you're right, yeah. That is wicked. I'm well pleased to hear, mate. Thank you very much. Get in. Fantastic. Well done, mate. On the boilie or pellet? Boilie. Stay till midnight. All right, nice one. Brilliant, thanks very much. Cheers, Tom. Yeah. Well done. Tom's caught more than his fair share of barbel on the Bristol-Aven, and in fact, he put me onto my first, what I call proper barbel, blowing over a decade now. Yeah, so he knows his stuff, and he very kindly left me his rig, to have a quick look at. Is that long? He says he fishes longer. I think he used a slightly shorter rig because of the slower flow. He's braided all the way through, and he's got a much bigger hook than what I've been using for a start. He's got the bend in it with the heated shrink tube, and he's got the silicone on the shank to make sure that his boilie and bait doesn't roll round and mask the hook point. I did have my chance. Something picked up my bait and the lead, gave it a shake, and it must be a reasonably big fish to pick up that lead and give my carp a good old shake and pull round. I missed that bolt rig. No, I don't want to be doing that again. So that's all food for thought. I think I've probably just got a bit complacent, actually, about rigs. Anyway, thanks for watching, and see what happens next time, eh? Well done, Tom. Great fish.