Author: Eddie

Only one more week to the Easter Festival.

Today saw 14 anglers fish Rolfslake’s Sunday Open .The day was sunny but breezy and carp could be seen swimming on the surface but ended up hard to catch.

Today’s winner was Rolfslake’s in form Angler Dan Blackwell who also won last Wednesday’s match.

Dan fished peg 4 in the small lake where a combination of long pole 16 metres and bomb fished into the corner resulted in carp to 17-10 in his weight of 134-13.

In second place was Steve Wilson from the other end of the lake who also caught a few carp in his weight of 111-14.

Completing the frame was Charlie Bishop ( Top Tackle ) who was fishing opposite  Dan on peg 38 who after 5 hours caught 86-01.

Results

14 Fished

Place	Angler	Weight	Peg	Sponsor
1st	Dan Blackwell	134-13	4	Rolfslake
2nd	Steve Wilson	111-14	22	Jinx League
3rd	Charlie Bishop	86-01	38	Top Tackle
4th	John Bennett	75-12	14	Rolfslake/ Drennan
5th	Dave Wilsden	41-10	34	Rolfslake
6th	Jack Griffiths	38-06	32	Top Tackle
7th	Lewis Wood	33-14	10	Rolfslake
8th	Jamie	32-07	9	Rolfslake
9th	Mick Chappell	14-08	24	Rolfslake

Thanks for reading John, Eddie and Simon.

Report to follow

17 Fished

Results

Place	Angler	Weight	Peg	Sponsor
1st	Dan Blackwell	159-08	5	Rolfslake
2nd	Mark Newbold	110-07	14	Rolfslake
3rd	Malc Doyle	101-04	24	Jinx League
4th	John Bennett	73-07	7	Rolfslake/ Drennan
5th	Derek Newsome	65-01	22	Rolfslake
6th	Steve Curling	63-07	32	Rolfslake
7th	Andy Rayment	59-14	28	Rolfslake
8th	Gordon Worrell	59-03	18	Top Tackle
9th	Eddie T-Green	55-09	9	X4 Baits
10th	Dave Wilsden	51-09	4	Rolfslake

Thanks for reading John, Eddie and Simon.

Biggest weight of the year so far.

Today saw 13 anglers fish Rolfslake Sunday Open on a mild day for a change.

With the Easter festival approaching, it was an opportunity for the competing anglers to get in tune with the fishes current moods and feeding pattern.

Today’s winner was current Festival champion Anthony Flint who today drew peg 8 in the chanel between the big and small lake.

Anthony started on the 6 metre line snaring a couple of big carp but then changed to a 14 metre line towards peg 32 as it was vacant. In this swim Anthony caught 7 bream but when fished 16 metre against the far bank he added another 26 carp all caught on pellet for his great weight of 212-00.

In second place was Andy Quarmby who also had a great day fishing on form peg 10 on the motorway bank. Andy also had big fish in his final weight of 185-00 and was only 2 fish off victory.

Completing the frame was Dan Blackwell who was fishing peg 38 and after a slow half of the match manage to line a few carp up fishing down the edge. Dan had carp to 18lb in his weight of 104-03.

Results

13 fished.

Place	Angler	Weight	Peg	Sponsor
1st	Anthony Flint	212-00	8	Drennan Bordon
2nd	Andy Quarmby	185-00	10	Middy
3rd	Dan Blackwell	104-03	38	Rolfslake
4th	John Cowling	95-02	14	Rolfslake
5th	Ernie Malyon	91-09	24	Rolfslake
6th	Dave Wilsden	82-06	9	Rolfslake
7th	Neil Fenner	74-03	22	Rolfslake
8th	John Bennett	64-15	7	Rolfslake/ Drennan
9th	Steve Wilson	63-06	34	Jinx League
10th	Mick Jones	53-13	16	Rolfslake
11th	Steve Stayte	50-00	18	Rolfslake

Thanks for reading John, Eddie and Simon.

Late start time results in bigger weights.

Report to follow.

Results

14 Fished

Place	Angler	Weight	Peg	Sponsor
1st	Malc Doyle	144-09	4	Jinx League
2nd	Andy Rayment	138-10	9	Rolfslake
3rd	Frank Donachie	119-14	7	Colmic
4th	Mark Newbold	111-05	8	Rolfslake
5th	Mick Jones	109-13	5	Rolfslake
6th	Gordon Worrell	81-14	26	Rolfslake
7th	Dai Thomas	70-10	10	Jinx League
8th	John Bennett	53-14	18	Rolfslake / Drenna
9th	Terry Turnip	52-05	24	Rolfslake
10th	Derek Newsome	52-05	16	Rolfslake

Thanks for reading John, Eddie and Simon.

The fish get back on the feed.

Results

14 fished.

Place	Angler	Weight	Peg	Sponsor
1st	Dan Blackwell	85-00	16	Rolfslake
2nd	Charlie Bishop	77-11	10	Top Tackle
3rd	Lewis Wood	70-09	38	Rolfslake
4th	Chris Lovelock	61-05	24	Rolfslake
5th	John Bennett	45-14	22	Rolfslake /Drennan
6th	Gary Kelsey	44-02	34	Rolfslake
7th	Steve Stayte	38-07	14	Rolfslake
8th	Adam Griffiths	21-11	18	Rolfslake
9th	Dai Thomas	19-01	4	Jinx League
10th	Steve Wilson	19-00	32	Jinx League

Thanks for reading John, Eddie and Simon.

All seasons in 5 hours.

Down at Rolfslake today the anglers had to bear horrendous weather with rain , sleet, hailstones plus a very cold wind.

For comfort it was decided to fish the motorway bank except if you were on pegs 8 and 10 then you had the rain straight in your face.

The story of the day was with high water levels and ice cold water it seemed to slow the fishing down, with most anglers struggling for bites.

Today’s winner was John Bennett who was stuggling to get bites on the pole but when he switched to the bomb it was a different story.

John switched between corn and pellet to catch 4 carp and 2 bream for his weight of 34-02 and the win ( well done John ).

In second place was Andy Rayment who was fishing next to John on peg 14. Again Andy struggled for bites due to the gusting wind, but when he fished a shorter line Andy had the swim fizzing like a Jacuzzi. Andy managed to catch 3 carp and a few silvers for his weight of 31-04.

Completing the frame was me (Eddie) on a very cold peg 4. After getting broke by a carp first put in I struggled for bites but eventually found 3 carp and a few silvers fishing down the edge fishing corn feeding pellet for my weight of 21-12.

Results

7 fished

Place	Angler	Weight	Peg	Sponsor
1st	John Bennett	34-02	16	Rolfslake /Drennan
2nd	Andy Rayment	31-04	14	Rolfslake
3rd	EddieT-Green	21-12	4	X4 Baits
4th	Gordon Worrell	10-00	10	Rolfslake
5th	Mick Chappel	8-11	8	Rolfslake

Thanks for reading John, Eddie and Simon.