all the old game fishing boys on the Wye Ive spoken too over the yrs ,hated the barbel ?it was common practice to knock them on the head,on the Wye at least... apparently they shoal up with the salmon resting behind the groynes and push them out ??? how much truth there is in that I don't know...Ive foul hooked a few decent salmon in the tails when retrieving my lines barbel fishing the Wye the last 23 yrs? one time the tip of my fox duo lite 1.75 TC rod exploded?Was not a happy chappy..I've only fished the seven a hand full of times tbh,the Taff is on my doorstep and contains some of the