BREAM WEIGHTS FIRE CANNON TO RIVERFEST GLORY!

The eighth RiverFest final took place over the weekend of October 3^rd and 4^th when 72 of the countries top river anglers went into battle on the River Trent at Burton Joyce.

Heavy rain on the first day didn’t stop the fish from feeding and top spot went to Paul Cannon who landed 44-6-0 of bream using open-end feeder tactics on peg 37 at the top of the Nelson Field.

Close weights followed with Trent legend Wayne Swinscoe taking second place on the day with 28-9-0 of roach and dace from peg 18, just below the outfall on the Road Stretch.

Third place went to Cameron Hughes who took 26-6-0 of roach from peg 16 at the bottom end of the Ferry Field.

In total, the first day saw 29 double figure weights recorded, despite the weather!

Day Two saw the river rising slowly but the colour was surprisingly good and, just like the first day, good weights followed.

On the downstream end peg 72 on The Rack section, Clive Fletcher used pole, whip and stick float tactics and ran out winner with 26-7-0 of roach and dace.

A few swims up from Clive, at peg 68, Tom Noton landed 20-9-0 of roach and dace on pole and stick float rigs for second place.

Third place on the second day went to England International Sean Ashby with 18-11-0 of roach and dace from peg 8 in the Ferry Field.

Paul Cannon managed to hang on to his top spot with a hard earned 11-1-0 of bream and skimmers from peg 33 and this gave him a 55-7-0 total, the coveted trophy and a cheque for £14,000!

Runner up spot and £7,000 went to the second day winner Clive Fletcher who had landed 15-11-0 on the previous day and ended on 42-2-0.

Third place and a cheque for £5,000 went to Darren Frost who also had two very consistent days recording 24-9-0 and 15-11-0.

 

Competition creator Dave Harrell said: “I was absolutely delighted with how the weekend went. We saw all sorts of methods used and a big variety of species caught from all along the match length.

“My personal thanks go to the Ashfield Angling Club for the use of their waters and I sincerely hope that we can develop the competition together on the same stretch over the next few years.”

“I have already started work on RiverFest 2021 and we’ll be announcing the dates and venues, together with ticket sales information early in the new year.”

 

RESULTS

DAY ONE

1^st Paul Cannon 44-6-0 (Peg 37)

2^nd Wayne Swinscoe 28-9-0 (Peg 18)

3^rd Cameron Hughes 26-6-0 (Peg 16)

4^th Hadrian Whittle 24-10-0 (Peg 72)

5^th Darren Frost 24-9-0 (Peg 19)

6^th Charlie Gooch 23-13-0 (Peg 68)

7^th Steve Harwood 19-13-0 (Peg 59)

8^th Tom Noton 19-3-0 (Peg 7)

9^th Glen Lawrence 17-0-0 (Peg 69)

10^th Sean Ashby 16-9-0 (Peg 53)

 

DAY TWO

1^st Clive Fletcher 26-7-0 (Peg 72)

2^nd Tom Noton 20-9-0 (Peg 68)

3^rd Sean Ashby 18-11-0 (peg 8)

4^th Simon Willsmore 18-7-0 (peg 27)

4^th Tony Marshall 18-7-0 (peg 71)

6^th Alex Clements 18-6-0 (peg 3)

7^th Toby Bunting 17-0-0 (peg 42)

8^th Steve Harwood 16-3-0 (peg 36)

9^th Lee Edwards 16-1-0 (peg 24)

10^th Steve Rowen 15-15-0 (peg 69)

 

OVERALL

1^st Paul Cannon 55-7-0 (£14,000)

2^nd Clive Fletcher 42-2-0 (£7,000)

3^rd Darren Frost 40-4-0 (£5,000)

4^th Tom Noton 39-12-0 (£3,000)

5^th Wayne Swinscoe 38-15-0 (£2,000)

6^th Steve Harwood 36-0-0 (£1,900)

7^th Sean Ashby 35-4-0 (£1,800)

8^th Simon Willsmore 34-10-0 (£1,700)

9^th Cameron Hughes 34-0-0 (£1,600)

10^th Charlie Gooch 31-14-0 (£1,500)