Meuse : Trop beau pour être vrai… où sont les barbeaux ?

Feeder session on the Meuse, exploring a new spot that seems perfect for barbel: good depth, steady current—everything you’d expect. But unexpectedly, almost no activity. Very few bites, fish hard to tempt, and only one barbel landed in the end. A somewhat frustrating result on such a promising swim, showing once again that in fishing, reality can be very different from what you expect…