Originally Posted by Jam

Sorry to be a bit picky but were the Barbel in the Severn not stocked (or should I say more Barbel stocked) from the River Kennet during September 1956?? May I assume the Lambourn is a tributary of the Kennet as it is the same area of the country?? But I think I’m right in saying that there were Barbel caught in the river Severn prior to 1956 hence suggesting that there were already Barbel in the river Severn??

Yes the Lambourn is a Kennet trib as well as the enbourne (another source of the fish) But i'm afraid that you are wrong in your assumption, the barbel did not exist in the Severn before this time, all severn fish descend from these stocked fish.