A very high Yorkshire Ouse greeted the hardy RiverFest anglers this past weekend, with some awful weather and six foot of extra water on the river, it was always going to be a struggle. Stan Haigh took the match from peg 224 in the Hunters section with 7lb 2oz. This was made up of a […]

After 12 hours of heavy rain, the Warwickshire Avon was starting to rise as the 55 competitors got to their pegs. As always on rising rivers, some species like to feed and those who were on areas where there were some bream and barbel managed to catch well. Worcester’s Tim Biddle drew the downstream end […]

The River Thames at Reading saw the top four anglers land over 600lb of bream, which included a new record weight for the competition. Andrew Cranston set the new standard at peg 34 where he put 194-4-0 of bream on the scales to book himself a place in the final. Next door to Andy, at […]

The River Severn at Bewdley hosted the seventeenth round of RiverFest qualification this Saturday. Conditions on the morning were bright and clear, which weren’t ideal and those with some cover had a distinct advantage. Facebook blogger, Villa fan and one time MatchBox supremo Jim Burton was on such man on peg 49 in B zone, […]

The Seventeenth round of RiverFest qualification saw the 50 of the country’s finest river anglers pit their wits against a rather low and clear river River Soar. It was Sensas backed Darran Bickerton that took the match from peg 7 in A zone. Darran rotated a 5m line for perch on worm, and a longer […]

Anglers were greeted by a very low and clear tidal Trent for the latest RiverFest qualifier held at North Clifton, Laughterton and Torksey. With no tide due for the match, the main targets would be the roach, dace and the hope of an odd barbel. Winner on the day from North Clifton peg 22 was […]

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 […]