Author: Simon

The weather down the lake today is very wet with rain falling. It also rained throughout the night with some heavy downpours. There is a brisk south westerly wind hitting the lake. There are hundres of fish on the top by pegs 9 and 10 following the wind. John thinks thw wetaher today will improve the fishing. We shall see.

BREAKING NEWS…… Mick Lane has draw a crapper. Peg 19 stuck to his hand and he was not too chuffed. He was shocked when he opened his hand to see peg 19 rather than peg 13.

No overnight drama’s last night down the lake.

On to the draw today.

Section 1..

• Dai Thomas. Peg 34
• John Draper. Peg 8
• Paul Newbury. Peg 15
• Chris Telling. Peg 16
• Ernie Malyon. Peg 17
• Phil Powell. Peg 23
• Andy Johnstone. Peg 24
• Wez Hillier. Peg 26

Section2..

• Michael Corsini. Peg 2
• Steve Waters. Peg 7
• Pat Pritchard. Peg 9
• Clive Pritchard. Peg 13
• Dave Wightman. Peg 14
• Mick Lane. Peg 19
• Mick Hughes. Peg 27
• Matt Smith. Peg 31

Section 3..

• Mark Malin. Peg 4
• Jeff Edwards. Peg 6
• Curtis Tranter. Peg 10
• Mick Chappell. Peg 21
• Andy Quarmby. Peg 29
• Joff Rogers. Peg 35
• Jon Walker. Peg 38
• Jonny Broadbent. Peg 40

Looking good for Chris Telling with Mick on 19 and Mark Malin on peg 4. Anything can happen though as you know if you have ever fished Rolfslake….

First update will be 12.30pm (ish)

Update1. 12.40pm..

Horrible conditions down the lake at the minute. Wind is picking up and there is a constant drizzle.

John Draper on peg 8 is having a nightmare much the same as Clive yesterday, He is out fishing long but his sections are sticking together with the rain and he is loosing fish whilst trying to unship. Steve Waters even stopped fishing to get of his box and try and help him out, what a gent.

The fishing is quite slow to start off with and the little lake is very quiet with only Mark on peg 4 into fish. Current Favourite Chris Telling has hooked and lost 1 and got one in his net, whilst Mick lane flew off and bagged 2 carp pretty much right away but its gone quiet for him now. So out of the 3 festival leaders Mark is off to the best start.

Here’s how it stands at the moment…

Section1..

Ernie on 17 had 3 carp.

John Draper on 8 has 2 carp but has lost a few too.

Phil Powell on 23 has 2 carp and is playing another.

Section 2..

Dave Wightman on 14 has 3 carp.

Mick Lane on 19, Matt Smith on 31 and Steve Waters on 7 have 2 carp.

Section 3..

Curtis Tranter on 10 has 4 carp.

Andy Quarmby on 29 has 3 carp.

Mick Chappell on 21, Jeff Edwards on 6 and Mark Malin on 4 have 2 carp and Mark is playing another.

Next Update in and Hour, Cheers.

Update 2..1.44pm

The wind has calmed down a bit not and the rain has stopped. The little lake is still very quiet.

Chris Telling is still on 1 carp on peg 16 but has just landed a big pike. Phil Powell was just playing a carp and has broke his topkit, he currently playing a carp on half a topkit 😀

Dave on peg 14 and Marcus on 10 are both fishing long and having a few fish, Dave is also catching of the bush to his right. A lot of the others are hooking and loosing loads of fish which is very frustrating.

Section1..

Ernie on 17 has 4 carp, from the bush.

John and Phil on 8 and 23 still have 2 carp

Section 2..

Dave on 14 has 7 carp.

Steve on 7 has 5 carp.

Matt on 31 has 3 carp.

Section 3..

Curtis on 10 has 6 carp.

Andy on 29 has 5 carp.

pegs 21,6 and 4 still have 2 carp.

 

Update 3. 2.35pm

Very cold down the lake at the moment. Very little action to report really. JOn Walker on 38 has stopped fishing to gather his thoughts as its rock hard down the little lake. He reports that Mark on peg 4 has about 10 fish but Eddie has him down for 4 fish, Paul Jay is going round soon to update everyone so he will get a better answer from Mark himself hopefully.

The wind is now blowing from the big lake down to the little lake. From what can be seen the anglers are catching on banded hard pellet, expanders, corn and meat. A few are using worm too.

Section 1..

peg 17 has 4 carp.

peg 23 has 3 carp.

peg 8 has 2 carp.

Section 2..

peg 14 has 8 carp.

peg 7 has 5 carp.

9 and 31 have 4 carp.

Section 3..

peg 29 has 9 carp and is playing another

peg 10 had 7 carp.

peg 4 has 4 carp (maybe more, not confirmed yet as he is out of sight of the spotters)

 

Last update before results. 3.41pm

Bit of drama down the lake in the last hour. When your staying over for the festival and have pitched a tent please make sure you use the provided tent pegs properly….Unlike Jonny Broadbent. He was sat on peg 40 and watched in amazement as a strong gust of wind lifted his tent off the ground and dropped it behind the roped area on peg 34 where it turned upside down and started to sink with all his clothes and food still inside.

Back to the fishing and its still fairly slow, big black clouds are looming over the lake ready to pee down for the weigh in do doubt. People are still catching all round the lake in dribs and drabs.

Big news is that Mark on peg 4 has confirmed he has 12 carp and was playing another, he could win the section but Andy on peg 29 now has 14 carp and was into another with regular bites which could knock Mark down 1 point in the section.

Section 1..

Ernie on 17 has 6 carp.

Phil on 23 has 3 carp.

John on 8 and Andy on 24 have 2 carp

Section 2..

Dave on 14 has 9 carp.

Steve on 7 has 6 carp.

Matt on 31 has 5 carp.

Section 3..

Andy on 29 has 14 carp.

Mark on 4 has 12 carp.

Curtis on 10 has 8 carp.

Joff on 35 has 5 carp.

Check back for the final results for the festival in about an hour and half, Thanks

 

 

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

Points	Name
4	Mark Malin  407-2
7	Dave Wightman  228-2
8	Ernie Malyon  168-9
9	Mick Lane  240-11
9	Chris Telling  187-7
9	Steve Waters  180-10
9	Dai Thomas  154-8
10	Kurtis Tranter  301-13
10	Jeff Edwards  255-5
10	Matt Smith  252-8
11	Phil Powell  157-6
12	Andy Quarmby  345-15
13	Jonny Broadbent  199-2
13	Joff Rogers  197-12
15	Pat Pritchard  135-0
16	Michael Corsini  131-1
16	John Draper  120-4
16	Andy Johnstone  113-7
18	Wez Hillier  78-6
19	Clive Pritchard  96-8
21	Paul Newbury  77-11
22	Jon Walker  96-7
22	Mick Hughes  88-8
23	Mick Chappell  97-8

Big congratulations to Mark for the win. Well done to Dave and Ernie for framing

Check back later for the pictures Eddie took today, including one of a 14lb pike caught by Chris Telling on peg 16 today.

Thanks for reading, Simon, Eddie and John.

 

The rain fell overnight at the lake but this meant that again the frost was kept at bay. There was some drizzle at the draw but it’s brightening up ready for the anglers today.

Someone (no names) went out on the pop last night and has a very bad head today and turned the carpark at Rolfslake into a disco when he came back early in the morning, local bouncer Dai Thomas had a job waking him up from his drunken slumber despite knocking the window. It’s going to be a very long match for ****** hehe.

 

Jeff Edwards, current Leader has had a good draw today on peg 13. Second place Chris Telling was not so lucky pulling out peg 35 which is not a favoured peg but can throw up good weights from time to time, if anyone can get a good weight from it Chris can. Third place Mick Lane has drawn ok too with peg 15.

Right on to the draw for today….

Section 1.

• Matt Smith. Peg 34
• Clive Pritchard. Peg 8
• Mick Lane. Peg 15
• Dave Wightman. Peg 16
• Steve Waters. Peg 17
• Mick Hughes. Peg 23
• Pat Pritchard. Peg 24
• Michael Corsini. Peg 26

Section 2.

• Joff Rogers. Peg 2
• Curtis Tranter. Peg 7
• Mark Malin. Peg 9
• Jeff Edwards. Peg 13
• Andy Quarmby. Peg 14
• Mick Chappell. Peg 19
• Jon Walker. Peg 27
• Jonny Broadbent. Peg 31

Section 3.

• Andy Johnstone. Peg 4
• Phil Powell. Peg 6
• Paul Newbury. Peg 10
• Dai Thomas. Peg 21
• Ernie Malyon. Peg 29
• Chris Telling. 35
• Wez Hillier. Peg 38
• John Draper. Peg 40

First update will be 12.40pm (ish) Check back later thank you.

Update1. 12.40pm

Its flat calm down the lake and cloudy. The little lake seems to have had a good start again like yesterday but slowed down already.

Phil Powell on 6 and Chris Telling on 35 were having a sword fight both fishing 16 meters and fishing the same swim virtually. Festival Leader Jeff Edwards on peg 13 had a brilliant start but they were all foul hookers and he lost a lot of fish but despite this he has managed to catch 5 carp.

The lads on the car park bank are fishing too far out and struggling it seems, Michael Corsini on peg 26 has just moved onto an 8 meter line and started catching, the others may follow suit if he keeps on catching. Phil on 6 has switched from his girly elastic after being led on a merry dance round the small lake and under his platform by a resident carp lol.

Andy Johnstone on peg 4 is hooking plenty of fish but loosing them which has give him some hope as peg 4 yesterday was pretty poor.

Scores on the board so far….

Section 1..

Matt Smith, Peg 34 – 6 carp

Mick Lane, Peg 15 – 4 carp

Mick Hughes and Steve Waters, Peg 23 and 17 – 1 carp

Section 2..

Joff Rogers, Peg 2 – 5 carp

Jeff Edwards, Peg 13 – 5 carp

Curtis Tranter and Mark Malin, peg 7 and 9 – 3 carp

Section 3..

Phil Powell, Peg 6 – 3 carp

Chris Telling, Peg 35 – 2 carp

Wez Hillier and John Draper, Peg 38 and 40 – 1 carp

 

A good start again, will it slow down again like yesterday, check back in an hour. Thanks.

 

Update 2.. 1.44pm

The sun is shining and its flat calm. Fish have started popping all over the lake and there are a lot of fish on the surface. Much the same as yesterday the fishing has slowed down again. Clive on form peg 8 is really struggling and Curtis on peg 7 is fishing long and and catching and losing a lot of fish. Dai on Section winning peg 21 is also struggling today loosing fish.

Dave Wightman again is a late starter being the only person not to have caught a carp yet. He was much the same yesterday and then stormed ahead in the last hour.

Section 1..

Matt on Peg 34 has 9 carp.

Mick on Peg 15 has 5 carp and is playing another

Michael and Steve on Peg 26 and 17 both have 2 carp

Section 2..

Jeff on Peg 13 now has 7 carp and loosing loads.

Joff and Mark Pegs 2 and 9 both have 6 carp.

Andy on Peg 14 has 5 carp.

Section 3..

Phil Peg 6 has 4 carp

Chris on Peg 35 has 3 carp

The rest of the little lake all have 1 carp too.

 

Update 3. 2.40pm.

The little lake has died and everything stays the same in there except while talking to John Matt and Chris telling land another fish. It has now clouded over and a little bit of rain has fallen on the lake. As I was speaking to John the wind has picked up and literally people started to catch whilst on the phone. Mick Lane landed one and hooked another, Dai on 21 was playing a fish and so was Ernie, Andy Q and Jon Walker. Clive on peg 8 is having a nightmare day by the looks of things.

Having seen Michael catching on the 8 meter line the rest of the car park bank did the same and managed a few fish.. Hopefully the way people were starting to catch we should have a better update next time.

Section 1..

peg 34 has 11 carp

peg 15 has 6 carp

peg 17 has 4 carp

Section 2..

peg 13 has 8 carp

peg 14 had 7 carp

peg 9 has 6 carp and was playing another

Section 3..

peg 6 still has 4 carp

peg 35 just caught another and now also has 4 cap

rest of the little lake still have 1 carp.

 

Last update before the results in an hour. Thanks.

 

Last update before the results. 3.35pm

Overcast and windy now which seems to have spurred the fish to go back down and have a munch. Andy Q on 14 has been potting big pots of bait out and fish straight over it to get a good reaction from the carp. Dai on 21 is getting plenty of action now but also loosing a lot of fish. Lurker Lane on 15 is catching Matt on 34 up quickly now getting plenty of bites. It seems a lot of fish have been lost today and that will be the story as the scales go round the lake I’m sure.

Section 1..

Matt on 34 has 15 carp.

Lurker Lane on 15 has 12 carp

Mick Hughes on 23 has 6 carp

Section 2..

Jeff and Mark Malin on 13 and 9 have 8 carp each.

Andy and Joff on 14 and 2 have 7 carp each.

Curtis on peg 7 has 7 carp.

Section 3..

Chris on 35  is doing the biz and has 7 carp

Phil on 6 still has 4 carp

Michael C on 29 has 4 carp also.

 

Results for Today..

OVERALL LEADERBOARD (Weight Countback)

Points	Name
3	Mick Lane
3	Mark Malin
3	Chris Telling
4	Jeff Edwards
6	Dave Wightman
6	Phil Powell
7	Matt Smith
7	Curtis Tranter
7	Ernie Malyon
7	Dai Thomas
7	Steve Waters
8	Jonny Broadbent
9	Joff Rogers
9	Michael Corsini
9	Andy Johnstone
10	Andy Quarmby
11	Pat Pritchard
12	John Draper
13	Paul Newbury
14	Jon Walker
14	Mick Hughes
15	Clive Pritchard
15	Wez Hillier
16	Mick Chappell

Thanks for reading, Eddie will add some pictures later so please check back.

 

 

Chris Telling took some pictures… View them here, I dont want to steal them http://christelling.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Section 1.

• Mick Chappell. Peg 34
• Jeff Edwards. Peg 8
• Curtis Tranter. Peg 15
• Jonny Broadbent. Peg 16
• Joff Rogers. Peg 17
• Jon Walker. Peg 23
• Andy Quarmby. Peg 24
• Mark Malin. Peg 26

Section 2.

• John Draper. Peg 2
• Paul Newbury. Peg 7
• Andy Johnstone. Peg 9
• Ernie Malyon. Peg 13
• Phil Powell. Peg 14
• Wez. Peg 19
• Chris Telling. Peg 27
• Dai Thomas. Peg 31

Section 3.

• Mick Hughes. Peg 4
• Clive Pritchard. Peg 6
• Dave Wightman. Peg 10
• Mick Lane. Peg 21
• Michael Corsini. Peg 29
• Pat Pritchard. Peg 35
• Steve Waters. Peg 38.
• Matt Smith. Peg 40

 

I will add an hourly update on how the anglers are doing. First update will be 12.40 (ish)

The weather down the lake today is warmer than yesterday and the Sun is trying to poke out from the clouds. It rained quite a bit in the night which in turn stopped the frosts.

Update 1. 12.48pm

Plenty of carp feeding today which is good news for the anglers. Only 2 people have not caught a carp as of yet, Dave Wightman and Phil Powell. Pat Pritchard has just landed his first carp but has been catching plenty of silvers on peg 35.

Top 3 per section.

Section 1.

Jeff Edwards, Peg 8. 7 carp.

Mick Chappell, peg 34. 4 carp

Mark Malin, peg 26. 3 carp

Section 2.

John Draper, peg 2. 4 carp

Paul Newbury, peg 7. 3 carp

Chris Telling + Andy Johnstone.. 2 carp

Section 3.

Mick Lane, peg 21. 6 carp

Steve Waters, peg 38. 4 carp

Matt Smith, peg 40. 3 carp

As John was updating me more carp were being caught so check back in an hour for another update. Looking good so far.

Update 2. 1.42pm.

They have had some drizzle and a lot of cloud but the sun has just come out and its brightening up.

Clive Pritchard on peg 6 has caught a double figure pike which is unusual. Dave Wightman still has no carp on peg 10 and Pat on 35 has managed another carp. Phil has also managed to catch 2 carp in the last hour. Things are not that much different as the fishing has slowed right down.

Section 1.

Jeff and Joff on Peg 8 and 17 both have 7 carp

Jonny on 16 has 6 carp

Mark on 26 has 5 carp.

Section 2.

John on peg 2 has 5 carp.

Paul and Chris on peg 7 and peg 27 have 3 carp.

Section 3.

Mick on peg 21 has 6 carp.

Steve and Matt on peg 38 and 40 have 4 carp

Update 3. 2.44pm

The wind has picked up and there is  a nice breeze on the lake now. Dave Wightman on peg 10 is still the only person without a carp. Phil is getting carp but taking ages to land them with his girly elastic(as John said lol) A fair few people are hooking and loosing carp to various snags on their pegs and foul hookers.

Section 1.

Jeff on peg 8, 10 carp

Joff on 17, 8 carp

Jonny on 16, 8 carp.

Section 2.

No Change for John on peg 2, 5 carp.

Chris on 27,4 carp

Andy on 9, 4 carp.

Section 3.

Mick on 21, 6 carp

Steve on 38, 6 carp

Matt and Michael on 40 and 29, 4 carp

Update 4. 3.44pm

The fish seem to be moving towards the big lake bowl. Dave Wightman has managed to catch one carp. People are starting to catch again as I was speaking to John. Are lot of foul hookers are giving the anglers headaches.

Section 1.

Jeff on 8, 12 carp

Joff and Jonny on 17 and 16, 10 carp

Section 2.

John on 2 had 2 more carp, 7 carp

Chris on 27, 6 carp

Paul on 7, Phil pn 14 and Dai on 31 all have 4 carp.

Section 3.

Mick on 21 has 7 carp.

Steve on 38 has 6 carp.

Matt on 40, Michael on 29 and Mick on 4 all have 4 carp

The next update will be after the weigh in. Will add the full results here after. Thanks.

Results for Day 1…

Section 1
Pos	Name	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Jeff Edwards	8	118-8	1
2nd	Mark Malin	26	100-4	2
3rd	Jonny Broadbent	16	93-4	3
4th	Joff Rogers	17	91-11	4
5th	Curtis Tranter	15	78-2	5
6th	Andy Quarmby	24	60-15	6
7th	Jon Walker	23	55-1	7
8th	Mick Chappell	34	40-8	8
	Total without oz		639lb

Section 2
Pos	Name	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Chris Telling	27	101-8	1
2nd	Dai Thomas	31	85-12	2
3rd	Phil Powell	14	68-3	3
4th	John Draper	2	67-4	4
5th	Andy Johnstone	9	54-2	5
6th	Ernie Malyon	13	51-12	6
7th	Paul Newbury	7	43-8	7
8th	Wez Hillier	19	18-6	8
	Total without oz		492lb

Section 3
Pos	Name	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Mick Lane	21	81-1	1
2nd	Steve Waters	38	54-8	2
3rd	Dave Wightman	10	53-12	3
4th	Pat Pritchard	35	45-0	4
5th	Michael Corsini	29	41-0	5
6th	Matt Smith	40	40-8	6
7th	Clive Pritchard	6	38-12	7
8th	Mick Hughes	4	22-4	8
	Total without oz		378lb

Day Points (Weight Countbacks)

Points	Name
1	Jeff Edwards
1	Chris Telling
1	Mick Lane
2	Mark Malin
2	Dai Thomas
2	Steve Waters
3	Jonny Broadbent
3	Phil Powell
3	Dave Wightman
4	Joff Rogers
4	John Draper
4	Pat Pritchard

Thanks to Vespe sponsored Chris Telling for some photo’s of day one.

 

 

 

 

Hopefully we can do the same format tomorrow with the hourly updates from the lake. Early days yet. Thank for looking in.