Author: Simon

Day Three report {Eddie}

The final showdown.

Today saw the anglers return for the grand showdown to see who would claim the title Rolfslake Easter Festival Champion 2015. There were at least 8 anglers in with a chance today and it would be interesting as three of these Phil, Anthony and Andy on 4 points were all fishing the same A section so two of these were going to be counted out. Defending Champion Steve Waters {Drennan] was fishing tricky B section with John Draper who was in with a real chance after his performance yesterday, and with C section having Micheal Corsini and current leader after two days Geoff Edwards {Colmic Reading} in was going to be a close tense affair.

The story of the day was that the lake fished quite hard and thus making it a challenge for all the anglers as they could see lots of cruising carp that would not feed properly .

In A section there were three anglers with a great chance of catching Geoff Edwards as they were only 1 point behind but with Andy on peg 2 and Phil on peg 5 it left the door open for Anthony to win the section ,but a great performance by Dai Thomas on peg 34 took the section win from the three of them with his weight of 47-12. In second place and upsetting the peg form from the previous two days was Andy Quarmby {Middy} who had a frustrating day as he was only 8lb behind Dai but lost over 11 carp which ended up being costly in the end.

Over in C section Festival leader Geoff Edwards {Colmic Reading} had drawn peg 14 and started well leading the section but the breeze picked up blowing into peg 18 and with that the fish moved out of range as he could see them but could not reach them. This left the door open for the anglers down the bottom end of the section and they made no mistake. The winner of the section was Micheal Corsini who was making a valiant effort after his poor day 1 result and by fishing shallow at long range was able to pick off the cruising  carp in his final weight of 76-06 and more importantly 1 point. Second in section was Mick Chappell on peg 22 who was specimen fishing today as he had carp to 19-14 well 5 fish for 59-09 but lost at least two huge fish that would of got him closer to 100lb.

Finally in B section there was that important question whether Steve could win his section from car park bank peg 28 . The leader in the first part of the match was Mark Sawyer who had caught a couple of quick carp to take control of the section but as the match wore on Mick Lane put himself in pole position with two big fish for nearly 30lb leaving Steve at best in 4th place but a switch to his 2 plus 2 short line pulled him back in the game as he caught 4 smaller carp late in the match and the weigh in was going to be close. Steve was first up and he put 36lb on the scales and when Mick Lane put his two carp for 29lb it was all going to come down to silvers who was going to be champion. Micks silver net was raised from the water and after being placed in the weigh sling the scales settled on 3-14 leaving Steve the section winner and overall Rolfslake Easter Festival Champion 2015 and retaining the title he won in 2014 {very well done Steve}.

Rolfslake 2015 Easter Festival Champion Steve Waters {Drennan}. Steve retained his title from 2014

A special thanks go to Peter Drennan and his team at Drennan International for their kind supporting of the Festival and the bait packs and bait boosters given to all competing anglers .

For more information on the great Drennan range of products please go to the website.

www.drennantackle.com

B section winner and Festival Champion Steve Waters. 2nd Time in two years.

C Section winner and 3rd overall Micheal Corsini.

The top 4 anglers and Lake owner John Bennett.

Some of the section winners over the three days.

I  would like to thank on behalf of the anglers the following people who have helped make the Festival another successful event.

Firstly John and Pauline Bennett for organising the event being great hosts for the visiting anglers and providing the food during and after the event.

Dai and Anne Thomas and Micheal and Paul Corsini for preparing the lake ready for the visiting anglers and to Anne for helping Pauline prepare breakfast and the event food.

To Steve and Peter Drennan for supporting the event.

To Simon Mound and Chris Telling for posting the results and the taking of the photos.

I would like to personally thank Steve Waters for generously giving me his bait prize it was very kind Steve {thankyou}.

Cheers For Reading. John, Eddie and Simon.

Day two report { Eddie}

With the anglers returning for the second day of the festival , this day normally proves two things

1. A section fishes better than day 1 and

2. There are normally a suprise or two instore as anglers position themselves for the day three showdown.

Defending champion Steve Waters was hoping that after his good result yesterday a good draw would set him up nicely to win again and when he drew A section peg 7 i am sure his Drennan box was propelled to his peg in double quick time. Of the other two section winners yesterday Anthony Flint had drawn form peg 18 and Geoff Edwards {Colmic Reading} had drawn B section peg 10 and not a consistent peg .

John tells me that the story of the day was the windy conditions of yesterday had eased up today but it was still cold getting colder as the match went on, but it still did not stop the fish cruising the surface teasing the anglers.

In A section with Steve drawing yesterdays winning peg the real question was were any of the other pegs going to challenge him and he had a good answer of that in front of him as Charlie Bishop caught well today putting 92-14 of carp together to win the section from peg 34 but the real suprise and performance of the day came from John Draper on peg 40 where there has been no sign of carp recently but John got his head down and caught 90-04 for second in section and pushing Steve into third place.

In B section it was a case of damage limitation as sometimes this section can mix up the form pegs and with Geoff Edwards {Colmic Reading} drawing off form peg 10 and Micheal Corsini drawing peg 32 and Mick Chappell on 8 Geoff could possibly see himself right down the section but a cautious approach saw him record 52-10 and take second in section.

The winner today of B section was Micheal Corsini who had drawn peg 32 by the cafe and Micheal put himself right back in the game after yesterdays bad result by weighing in one of todays 4 ton weights with his weight of 103-02 of carp and silvers.

The real battle of the day came from C section where 3 big weight specialists were battling it out for the section win. Phil Powell on 15, Anthony Flint on 18 and Andy Quarmby on 17 ended up having a shallow battle with the cruising carp which was eventually won by Phil with 164-12 of carp to double figures and second place was just snatched by Andy Quarmby with 149-12 from Anthony’s 141-02.

Tomorrow will see a fantastic tense finale to the Festival as there are at least 8 people that could win and it will be an important draw at 10am so good luck to all the anglers.

Special thanks to Simon back at base for getting the results up quickly and to Chris Telling for the use of his photo’s.

Steve Stayte

B Section Winner. Mighty Michael Corsini.

Phil Powell. C Section winner.

Cheers For Reading. John, Eddie and Simon.

More Pictures courtesy of Chris Telling…

Anthony on peg 18

Car Park Bank

Mick Lane on peg 36

Mick Chappell on peg 8

Geoff Again

Charlie Bishop landing a fish

Overall Winner today, Phil Powell

Andy Quarmby

Easter Festival day 1 {report by Eddie}

Today saw the start of the Rolfslake Easter festival and an assembled group of 24 anglers were going to pit themselves against their peers for the next three days. The reigning champion of 2014 Steve Waters {Drennan } was in attendance trying to do what no other angler has done by retaining the title for a second year.

The story of the first day was the weather was cold and windy blowing from the small lake into pegs 18 and 22 where the fish had been gathered for the last 6 weeks so a draw in this area would be a great start for the anglers fishing C section.

The section the anglers did not want to draw on day 1 was A section as it usually fishes hard getting better on days 2 and 3 as the bait gets put in settling the fish. B section is usually the fairest as it has a good selection of pegs to choose from so this was going to be the one for me to watch from the cafe today .

With the all in called it was a slow start in the first two hour getting better in hours three to five with anglers starting to line up a few carp as they went down in the water and came closer to the bank. A perfect example of this was Malc Doyle on 26 who set his stall to fish the top two line and paste and pellet and eventually the carp  came to him and he caught 6 for 64-05 and he missed quite a few bites showing the fish were happy to feed in the shallower water. Right opposite onn peg 14 John Draper was also having some good sport by fishing down to the bush on his right catch fish to big double figures in his final weight of 96-14.

The top three section winners today were Geoff Edwards {Colmic Reading } who was well well clear in A section with a great mixed bag of carp and 40lb of bream for 74-03 fish on the deck between 7 and 16 meters fishing pellet.

In B section the winner and fishing next to Geoff on peg 8 and fresh from his victory yesterday was Anthony Flint. Anthony fished a variety of lines to catch his weight of 97-14 and just ahead of his travelling partner Andy Quarmby {Middy} who was only two odd pounds behind on 95-05.

Completing the report on C section which was a real cliffhanger as the top three anglers in this section were seperated by only 12lb but eventually was won by Steve Waters {Drennan} with 108-14 who had fish to nearly 20lb by fishing long down the edge fishing corn and pellet hookbaits but also frustratingly lost a lot of fish as they would not settle down and feed properly. Spare a thought for Chris Telling {Colmic} who could of won the section as he landed and accidently missed the keepnet with a fish of at least 10lb that went through a hole in his landing net and back in to the lake.

It will be an interesting day tomorrow as the weather is supposed to get a little better so good luck to all the anglers for a good days fishing.

A special thanks goes to Steve Waters and Peter Drennan who have arranged a goodie bag of the full set of the new Drennan hookbaits and bait boosters for all the anglers fishing the Festival a fantastic gesture from a fantastic company thankyou very much.

Geoff Edwards. A Section Winner.

Anthony Flint. B Section Winner.

Chris Telling. C Section 2nd place and also Provided some pictures thank you.

Other pictures from the day…

Malc Doyle.

Mick Lane

Phil Powell

Andy Quarmby

John Draper

Section Winners

Thanks for Reading. John, Eddie and Simon