The eighth RiverFest
final took place over the weekend of October 3rd and 4th 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
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.
Pictured:
Part of Paul’s first day bream catch
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.
RESULTS
DAY ONE
1st Paul Cannon 44-6-0 (Peg 37)
2nd Wayne Swinscoe 28-9-0 (Peg 18)
3rd Cameron Hughes 26-6-0 (Peg 16)
4th Hadrian Whittle 24-10-0 (Peg 72)
5th Darren Frost 24-9-0 (Peg 19)
6th Charlie Gooch 23-13-0 (Peg 68)
7th Steve Harwood 19-13-0 (Peg 59)
8th Tom Noton 19-3-0 (Peg 7)
9th Glen Lawrence 17-0-0 (Peg 69)
10th Sean Ashby 16-9-0 (Peg 53)
DAY TWO
1st Clive Fletcher 26-7-0 (Peg 72)
2nd Tom Noton 20-9-0 (Peg 68)
3rd Sean Ashby 18-11-0 (peg 8)
4th Simon Willsmore 18-7-0 (peg 27)
4th Tony Marshall 18-7-0 (peg 71)
6th Alex Clements 18-6-0 (peg 3)
7th Toby Bunting 17-0-0 (peg 42)
8th Steve Harwood 16-3-0 (peg 36)
9th Lee Edwards 16-1-0 (peg 24)
10th Steve Rowen 15-15-0 (peg 69)
OVERALL
1st Paul Cannon 55-7-0 (£14,000)
2nd Clive Fletcher 42-2-0 (£7,000)
3rd Darren Frost 40-4-0 (£5,000)
4th Tom Noton 39-12-0 (£3,000)
5th Wayne Swinscoe 38-15-0 (£2,000)
6th Steve Harwood 36-0-0 (£1,900)
7th Sean Ashby 35-4-0 (£1,800)
8th Simon Willsmore 34-10-0 (£1,700)
9th Cameron Hughes 34-0-0 (£1,600)
10th Charlie Gooch 31-14-0 (£1,500