Results

River expert tops Tidal Trent Festival.
Alan Henry has won the three-day festival on the tidal River Trent. Alan is regarded as being one of the country's foremost authorities on tidal river fishing, and used a mixture of feeder and pole tactics to take victory.

Sections used were Dunham down stream and Laughterton.

The river was carrying two to three feet of flood water plus there were some exceptionally big tides over the three days.

Day 1

1st Wayne Bartholomew (Feeder Team England) 15 Dunham 28lb 12oz 4 bream (3 went 19lb 5oz) plus skimmers (groundbait feeder worm and caster.)

2nd Steve Clarke (Maver Image) 35 Laughterton 14lb 7oz Skimmers & Hybrids (groundbait feeder worm and caster.)

3rd Collin Stringer (Sheffield) 13 Dunham 13lb 14oz (2 Bream groundbait feeder worm and caster.)

4th Paul Goulding (Worksop) 12 Dunham 12lb 15oz (Bream & Skimmers groundbait feeder worm and caster.)


Day 2

1st Pete Hyde (Leeds) 17 Dunham 15lb 2oz (bream and skimmers groundbait feeder, worm and caster.)

2nd Shaun Rampling (Worksop) 37 Laughterton 13lb 12oz (skimmers & Hybrids groundbait feeder, worm and caster.)

3rd Alan Henry (Shimano/Dynamite) 44 Laughterton 12lb 1oz (skimmers on groundbait feeder, with worm and caster.)

4th Steve Roe (Leeds) 35 Laughterton 12lb (One barbel of 9lb, plus skimmers groundbait feeder worm and caster.)


Day 3

1st Jan Stephenson (Scunthorpe) 50 Laughterton 12lb 6oz (2 bream plus skimmers on groundbait feeder worm and caster.)

2nd Pete Reilly (Nottingham) 38 Laughterton 10lb 6oz (Skimmers and hybrids, groundbait feeder worm and caster.)

3rd Alan Henry (Shimano Dynamite) 14 Dunham 8lb 6oz (Skimmers on groundbait feeder, worm and caster plus perch on pole and lobby.)

4th Mark Halksworth (Leegem Angling) 2 Dunham, 8lb2oz (Hybrids, roach, perch and skimmers groundbait feeder worm and caster.)


Weight Overall

1st Wayne Bartholomew (Feeder Team England) 35lb 1oz (£500 Plus Matrix Horizon Feeder Rod)

2nd Steve Clark (Maver Image) 29lb 11oz (£400)

3rd Paul Goulding (Worksop) 28lb 15oz (£300)


Points Overall

1st Alan Henry (Dynamite Shimano) 4 Points (£700 Plus Matrix Horizon Feeder Rod)

2nd Terry Moroz (Worksop) 5 Points (£550 Plus Matrix 14ft Ultron Float)

3rd Mark Halksworth (Leegem Angling) 6 Points included 2 section wins (£400 Plus Matrix 13ft Ultron Float)

Joint 4th Steve Clark (Maver Image) 6 Points (£192)

Joint 4th Paul Moutrey (Scunthorpe) 6 Points (£192)