Pic: Winner Dave Stenson (Centre) with fellow qualifiers Richard Wood (Left) and Tom Noton (Right) Sunday saw the sixth round of RiverFest qualifying take place on the middle Trent at Shelford, Hamms Bridge and East Bridgford. As these sections of the river had not seen a lot of match action for the last couple of […]
Trent barbel to 12lb land Dave Stevenson a place in the 2017 RiverFest final
Scotthorne through to RiverFest 2017 after drawing the Hulses Island bream peg on the River Weaver
At the draw, everyone was hoping to bag the point peg 5 on Hulses Island and when five times World Champion Alan Scotthorne drew it, most thought the match, at least in terms of an individual win, was over. Five hours later, Alan put 43-4-0 of bream on the scales and won himself a place […]
Change of hook bait leads to Clive Fletcher bagging 40lb of Swale chub and place in RiverFest 2017 final
Nottingham angler Clive Fletcher made full use of a good draw on the Swale to win the second RiverFest 2017 qualifier, but it took a change of hook bait to earn him a shot at the £13,000 top prize in the big money November final. After bringing a match-winning 40-12-0 to the scales, a delighted […]
Dave Miles in front on the Calder as Riverfest 2017 gets underway
The River Calder hosted the opening qualifier for Riverfest 2017 and with the prize pool growing to a massive £39,500 it was inevitable that the 60 peg match would be fully booked. Leeds star Dave Miles became the first angler to book a place in the big money November final when he put 22lb 6oz […]
