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Barbel details - Barbus barbus Barbel are often present in clean fast flowing rivers, such as the Wye, the Dee and the upper Severn. The streamlined barbel can hug the river bed in fast flows while feeding on passing invertebrates. Freshwater shrimps, nymphs and caddis larvae are their staple diet, but they will also take small fishes, crayfish and swan mussels. Barbel
Barbel are long-lived fish and can grow to well over 10lb (4kg). The British record barbel, caught in 1993, weighed 15lb 7oz (nearly 7kg). |
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