Riverfest Tidal Trent....Results

[Pedro]

ANGLING TRUST RIVERFEST 2013 QUALIFIER (58 fished)- South Clifton, North Clifton and Torksey.

Results:

1st John Urruty (Radcliffe On Trent) 2 South Clifton 20lb11oz

2nd Steve Lowther (Diawa Dons) 23 Torksey 18lb7oz

3rd John Summerson (Garbolino RAF) 13 Torksey 16lb12oz

4th Al Dyer (Garbolino Harrisons Lincs County) 19 Torksey 15lb

Qualifiers:
(South Clifton) John Urruty 20lb12oz

(North Clifton) Steve Edson 11lb10oz

(Torksey)Steve Lowther 18lb7oz

Hopes were high with the river having been fishing well in previous weeks due to touch of extra water and colour. Unfortunately this colour had gone and with a large tide expected any remaining would soon disappear. All anglers were hoping for a draw at Torksey due to the large number of skimmers and hybrids present and the possibility of latching into some of the resident barbel that so often make up the weights on this stretch.
Surprisingly though the winner was to come from South Clifton peg 2 in the shape of a 20lb11oz catch of big skimmers and 1 bonus 5lb bream.
The man to book his place in the prestigious final was venue regular and top rod John Urruty (Radcliffe on Trent AS). John opted to go against the grain and fish the groundbait feeder at just 20 turns where there is a deep hole. The majority of anglers tend to target the bream at long distance but by fishing so close John effectively gave himself an end peg and this paid off as 7 skimmers to 2lb8oz plus a late 5lb bream came to his net.As expected Torksey made up the rest of the framing weights and top rod Steve Lowther (Diawa Dons) made no mistakes from his draw at 23, this is a noted barbel area and fish are regularly caught into double figures but these pegs are notoriously snaggy and make it very difficult to get any barbel hooked landed. Steve decided to set his stall for the many hybrids and skimmers that can be much more easily extracted from the peg and this resulted in a 18lb7oz catch that was enough to win the zone and place him second in the match. These all came to the groundbait feeder with maggot as hookbait.Third on the day was John Summerson (Garbolino RAF) on peg 13 Torksey. John fished similar tactics to the winner and ended the day with 16lb12oz of hybrids and skimmers plus a bonus 2lb barbel. Unfortunately a number of hook pulls from hybrids cost John from making it through to the november final.The winner of the zone at North Clifton and booking his place in the final was Regular Tidal Trent angler Steve Edson (Leeds). Steve was drawn at peg 2 which is a noted peg for big fish but as with many of the pegs where these can be caught they are usually extremely snaggy and this is true of here. There is a sunken island in the peg and most of the time you need to cast into the deep channel past the island in order to catch. This makes it very difficult to get hooked fish past the shelf of the island. Steve did manage to winkle 2 fish out 1 was a 2lb skimmer and the other a very welcome carp of nearly 10lb, giving steve a final weight of 11lb10oz. Steve also lost another carp in the dying stages which would certainly have been enough for a match win that wont concern him considering he has the big money final to now look forward too
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[Pedro]

Well done Steve Lowther.....awesome angler n a gent too boot!!!

[Dodge]

Unlucky day for my team mate Barry "the bumbag" Thomas on this match ! Baz weighed 14.14.0 of skimmers but lost an 8lb Barbel when the tide was ripping so just missed out !

[Pedro]

Was he a torksey Dodge ?
Thas needs proppa gear on there if ya toi stand any chance of gettin'em art!!!

[Dodge]

Was he a torksey Dodge ?
Thas needs proppa gear on there if ya toi stand any chance of gettin'em art!!!

Torksey 63 seen off on 0.20 i believe !

[Pedro]

Bet he was well gutted

18lb flourocarbon/braid combi hooklenghts...gotta mek them whiskers swim!!!

Theres some big girls live darn there.......sh!t or bust tactics

[big_cup]

Bet he was well gutted 

18lb flourocarbon/braid combi hooklenghts...gotta mek them whiskers swim!!! 

Theres some big girls live darn there.......sh!t or bust tactics 

You should take wogga's muppet Peds = ANIMAL!!

[Pedro]

Not fo the faint hearted....i can tell thee
If yae gonna hook one...then iits gorra come art!!!

Nah!! Was gonna choose gonzo..but thought id betta leave him fo eric


Anyway....i like mi sax...too much

[tallman]

im glad you said sax Hedge row