Why do barbel roll?
Hi all, I'm sure this must have been asked before, but does anyone have an idea? I've noticed recently that they roll for a set time and then stop just as it gets dark, this has happened to many times...
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hi liam, how do you know if there aint nobody there?? you bin talkin to boris again ....j.w.
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I have two theories on this. One very much like Johns. They just feel good to be alive and are enjoying themselves. If anyone owns cats they may have noticed they also often have a funny half hour,...
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John W, cause no one has ever seen them ,while they have not been there John obvious en'it. ......Liam
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liam how do you know there wasn,t someone there, you wasn,t there, or was you there, you thereing devil ....j.w.
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Johnw, Have you ever seen a barbel roll when you were not there? ......Liam
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You guys should teach philosophy. I think leaping - as opposed to the much more common phenomenom of rolling - is caused by the fish competing for the best lies in a very low and clear summer river....
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Tom. Drivel. Sea lice would not attach themselves to a dead fish. Overcrowding......Yes.we should be so lucky! Signaling.......Maybe?
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Dear Graham, He caught it first. all the best, Tom p.s. Sea Trout taste very nice, especially fried in garlic and butter and wrapped in smoked bacon. Great breakfast after an all night fishing...
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Graham, One more point. Overcrowding is a relative term. If the river is at summer low, there aren't that many ideal lies for Barbel, so they will compete for the available accommodation. all the...
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Sieriously now!. I think that they leap because it is a "I'm the king of the castle" display, that is inherent in all animals. The fish are just proving how fit and strong they are. Probably to...
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I put it down to them showing us where they are then legging it up or down stream a couple of hundred yards to snaffle our carefully prepared prebaited swim whilst we flog the swim they have shown in...
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hi liam, no i never heve seen a barbel roll when i wasn,t there, but i have seen quite a few cheese and ham rolls when i was ....j.w
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Hi John, As you caught Paul on another thread, I thought that you deserved to be caught too. The statement that they only roll when someone is watching, Is one of those lovely little parodies that is...
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hi liam can you take this hook out of my top lip please ....j.w.john walker
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Sadly your all barking up the wrong tree. its quite simply synchronized swimming, Barbel style. Mark.
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No one has yet mentioned the constipation hypothesis, simply an energetic spasm that "clears the bowels" prior to feeding. Dick Walker certainly thought that at least some of the leaping by carp was...
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John I hope it is barbless, or he is a very experienced fisherman who can extract the barbed hook with no problems. Big MikeBad days fishing better than a good day at work! RSSG Membership Secretary
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big mike, one things for sure " HE AINT KISSING IT BETTER" .....j.w.
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I'm confused. Are we talking about rolling when fish roll and "flash" underwater or when barbel roll on the surface creating disturbance? The first one may well be a parasite/irritant thing. I used to...
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