The River Severn at Bewdley hosted the thirteenth round of RiverFest 2019 and although the river was a little low and clear, there were still some good weights of silverfish to be had. Geoff Brierly took top spot on the day from peg 72F in B zone with 22lb 12oz. This mainly consisted of perch […]

The River Trent at Burton Joyce was holding nearly four feet of extra water for this weekend’s qualifier and thus a bit of slack was needed for a few bites. However, weights for this qualifier were as good as ever and there some proper battles along the stretch. Paul Cannon took the match and B […]

Conditions for the eleventh round of RiverFest were rather appalling on the River Yare. Gale force winds and driving rain met the anglers, however, this certainly didn’t seem to put the fish off! Top of the pile was John Taylor on peg 155. John fished a long feeder chuck to his far reed lined margin, […]

A very low river Tyne with bright sunshine made for tough conditions for the thirty five anglers taking part in the seventh round of Riverfest Qualification. Nicky Jose of Tricast Woodlands crushed the opposition in A Section. Nicky caught 23lb 11oz of dace on the pole at 9 and 11 meters with maggot over groundbait […]

The River Don hosted Riverfest’s sixth round and although the river was fining down and rather clear, anglers at the draw still fancied a few fish from A-sections’ ‘Earth Centre’ and so this certainly proved to be! It was the top of A section that saw a right ding dong battle between Fred Prudham peg […]

The River Trent was running at seasonal level for this qualifier and with cloud cover and early morning rain, bream weights were expected to dominate the proceedings in at least two of the zones. The match was won at downstream end peg 60 by Stuart Gray who plundered a shoal of bream and skimmers on […]

Fifty-five anglers lined up along the roadside stretch of the North Bank of the River Nene. Hot and still conditions made the fishing tricky and the stretches resident bream were finicky. Gavin Butler was the runaway winner in the match with 19lb 10oz of bream on the feeder, from an early peg in zone A. […]

The River Weaver always seems to fish well for bream when there’s colour in the water and this match was no exception! Making full use of a favoured end peg draw, Welsh International Lee Edwards made no mistakes and ran out victor at his first attempt this year. His weight of 37lb 3oz mostly bream […]

With the River Swale at Morton carrying around a foot of extra water and a good colour, hopes were high for some bumper weights in the latest RiverFest 2019 qualifier. The big question on everyone’s lips at the draw was, could Matt Maginnis continue his exceptional form on this match? Matt had qualified for the […]

The ever-popular Angling Trust RiverFest is back once more in 2019 as THE largest competition in running water. With a newly boosted prize pot of nearly £50,000, we’re sure that some of the qualifiers will sell out on day one! Ticket price for 2019 is £35 (corrected 27/03) and Round 1 will open on Monday […]

With the new year just around the corner, we thought we’d get a few dates lined up in the calendar for next year’s Angling Trust RiverFest 2019. We’ve carefully selected some of the best river stretches in the country and done our best to avoid clashes wherever possible. We must thank Dave Harrell Angling for […]

The Angling Trust RiverFest 2018 had its first year on new final location, The River Severn at Shrewsbury, with the Quarry and County Ground sections being used. Conditions on the two-day final were unseasonably warm and this saw a lot of silverfish being caught, especially in the county ground section. Day one saw a few […]

A cold morning met the 38 contenders for the last two qualifying spot for the RiverFest 2018 Final. This meant that weights were down on the river, but this made for an incredulously close affair! Ian Exley took top honours from peg 283 in B section with 12lb 15oz. Roach and chublets made most of […]

This eighteenth round of RiverFest qualification fished really well at Straford Upon Avon, with good weights of chub, roach and dace all along the length. Leigh Gardner took top spot with an outstanding weight of 29-11-0. His catch came from just below Seven Meadows weir at peg 6, in the faster water on waggler fished maggots […]