This three-day event pulled in a good crowd as anglers battled it out on both Broadland rivers.
At the final whistle, two men were locked on five points – Bob Nudd and Steve Harwood.
But with total weight coming into play, four-time World Champion Bob got the nod with 46-4-0 against the 43-11-0 of Steve to take the title.
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Both anglers scored a section win and two seconds over the course of the festival.
Bob’s week began at peg 8 on the Coldharbour section of the Thurne, where caster and pinkie over groundbait at 6m to hand gave him 11-7-0 of roach and a couple of bonus perch to see him into second in the section.
He was back to the Thurne on Wednesday, where peg 3 on the Womack section lay in wait.
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After a slow start on the feeder, Bob changed to the whip at 7m, again with caster and pinkie, for a fine 17-5-0 net of roach, including some quality fish when the tide turned. That was good enough for second again, just a few ounces off top spot in the section.
Peg 61 on the Yare was Bob’s final port of call. Fishing the whip at 5m with a 3g rig, and caster and pinkie over groundbait, he caught plenty of roach, along with what would turn out to be a very important 4lb bream. At the scales, 17-10-0 was enough to win the section and leave the rest up to the mathematicians!
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RESULT: 1 B Nudd, Browning/Van Den Eynde, 5pts (46-4-0); 2 S Harwood, Daiwa Tackle & Bates, 5 (43-11-0);
3 A Ison, Cambridge, 6 (91-2-0); 4 D Botley, Angling Direct, 6 (56-13-0); 5 G Abbott, Norwich DAA, 6 (40-11-0); 6 G Butler, Daiwa Tackle & Bates, 6 (39-10-0).
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