Author: Eddie

Rolfslake Easter Festival 2014 Day 1

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Today saw the start of the Rolfslake 3 day Easter Festival and with a sellout 24 anglers were hoping to be crowned2014 champion which was won last year by Middy sponsored angler Andy Quarmby.

Before the start John read out all the rules and one major change was that all fish were to be retained in the keepnets with a maximum 100lb net limit and any angler exceeding this would be deducted a penalty weight by how much you were over deducted from the weight limit of 100lb.

With draw called all the anglers made their way to the random draw which would decide the sections for the next three days and quite quickly the anglers called A section the section of death as it had all the big weight specialists in this section so they would be taking points of each other. As for the other two sections B and C it also had class anglers in them but were deemed to be more fairer so this was going to be a great battle.

The winner of A section today was Mark Newbold on peg 34 in the small lake and Mark had an eventful match but softened with a massive carp of 20-04 in his eventual weight of 161-06. B section was a very close battle by two of Rolfslake’s serial match winners Steve Waters and Dave Whiteman which would be eventually won by Dave with his weight of 112-11 to Steve’s 110-01 but Steve will rue the many lost fish on peg 9 today.

Mark Newbold with a common of 20-04

The star angler of the day was Malc Doyle on little favoured peg 17 and Malc put on a master class of short range paste fishing on his top kit to record the top weight of the day with 244-01 topped with a big common of 20-09 amongst his many othe big doubles.

Malc Doyle with his common carp of 20-09.

Tomorrow the anglers move to the next section in their sequence hoping to either repair the damage caused by todays results or push forwards for another good days fishing.

Come back tomorrow for days 2 results.

Also i will be posting some more photo’s from todays match.

Chris Telling with his common of 18lb.

 

Anthony Flint with a mirror carp of 17-08.

 

A Section

Place Angler Peg Weight  Points
 1st  Mark Newbold  34  161-06  1
 2nd  Chris Telling  5  121-11  2
 3rd  Phil Powell  7  88-09  3
 4th  John Draper  40  62-05  4
 5th  Ian McCullough  38  54-01  5
 6th  Micheal Corsini  36  53-11  6
 7th  Andy Quarmby  4  45-04  7
 8th  Geoff Edwards  2  31-01  8

B Section

 Place  Angler  Peg  Weight  Points
 1st  Dave Whiteman 29  112-11  1
 2nd  Steve Waters 9  110-01  2
 3rd  Johnny Broadbent 13  99-00  3
 4th  Jon Walker 32  80-10  4
 5th  Liam Bough 28  65-13  5
 6th  John Bennett 8  57-10  6
 7th  Andy Johnstone 31  35-07  7
 8th  Dai Thomas 10  27-11  8

C Section

 Place  Angler  Peg  Weight  Points
 1st  Malc Doyle  17  244-01  1
 2nd  Mick Lane  18  166-03  2
 3rd  Anthony Flint  26  128-13  3
 4th  Frank Hardy  25  106-03  4
 5th  Dan Deakin  23  104-02  5
 6th  Ernie Malyon  15  83-11  6
 7th  Paul Newbury  22  59-4  7
 8th  Justin Macabe  14  45-03  8

Top 6

 Angler  Points  Weight  Sponsor
 Malc Doyle  1  244-01  Jinx League
 Mark Newbold  1  161-06  Rolfslake
 Dave Whiteman  1  112-01  Hydro 2000
 Mick Lane  2  166-03  Rolfslake
 Chris Telling  2  121-11  Colmic
 Steve Waters  2  110-01  Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

Rolfslake Good Friday Open 18th April 2014

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Sunny cold day down the lake.

John tells me today that there was a good attendance down the lake but a cold north westerly wind slowed the fishing down a bit but still most of the anglers had a good days sport.

Todays winner was Steve Wilson who was fishing the small lake peg 4 where most of the fish were on the Wednesday match and Steve caught mostly carp in his weight of 175-05 and a long way ahead of second place [well done Steve ]. There was a real scrap for second place in which 7 anglers were in contention and which was eventually won by Middy sponsored angler Andy Quarmby with 111-01 and 11 ounces ahead of Paul Jay in third place.

Good luck to the anglers fishing the next three days.

Results

20 Fished

 Place  Angler  Peg  Weight
1st  Steve Wilson  4  175-05  Rolfslake
2nd  Andy Quarmby 14  111-01  Middy
3rd  Paul Jay 9  110-06  Rolfslake
4th  Chris Telling 15  109-12  Colmic
5th  Dave Howe 32  109-08  Browning Crowsports
6th  Mick Jones 7  108-14  Rolfslake
7th  Andy Johnstone 2  107-11  Rolfslake
8th  Maurice Woodley 30  100-15  Spro
9th  Liam Bough 22   94-15  Rolfslake
10th  Pat Pritchard 17   84-11  Rolfslake

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 16th April 2014

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The mystery of the missing fish in todays match.

Report to follow

Results

12 fished

Todays winner Pete Arnold

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Pete Arnold 8 246-00 Rolfslake
2nd Louis Charmantas 30 155-03 Rolfslake
3rd Mark Newbold 28 138-08 Rolfslake
4th John Bennett 24 109-14 Rolfslake
5th Andy Rayment 16 108-05 Rolfslake
6th Eddie Taylor-Green 10 102-15 Rolfslake
7th Mick Jones 13 94-02 Rolfslake
8th Micheal Corsini 9 86-04 Burt Baits
9th Toby Pope 32 66-06 Rolfslake
10th Pete Archer 14 DNW Vespe
11th Paul Jay 18 DNW Rolfslake
12th Steve Anderson 26 DNW Rolfslake

The Pirate cracks under the heat.

The score now stands at

John 5

edie

Eddie 2

 

There is a open match tomorrow Good Friday times on the website and the lake is closed for the Easter Festival { Saturday, Sunday and Monday }.

To all the anglers fishing the Easter Festival John has mentioned that you can use your own keepnets and landing net tops

during the three days but they must be dried on the banks prior to fishing and spare nets will be available if required.

Draw times for the three days of the festival are draw 9.30 fish 11 to 4.

Good luck to all those competing and if you have any questions in advance regarding facilities or rules please contact John Bennett to clarify thank you.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 2nd April 2014

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Super Jay smashed the 300lb mark in todays open match.

Today saw the start of the new later match times which normally means two things big fish and bigger winning weights.

As i arrived today the carp park was full as there were pleasure anglers on pegs 34 to 38 and a mini match from pegs 40 round to peg 6 in the small lake so we were all squeezed in between peg 7 and resident Paul Jay right round to Russ on peg 32. The story of the match from where I was seated was there were plenty of carp cruising around both the big and the small lake which saw Frank Donachie , Pat Pritchard and Any Rayment all start on the waggler and long pole fished shallow with immediate success.

Both Paul and Pete were putting together a few fish in the gap on pegs 7 and 8 and also Mark Newbold was catching from no carp bay AKA peg 13 so thing were looking good for a big weight today and for the rest it was going to be a game of patience waiting for the wind to blow a few fish down to your pegs.

The pleasure and mini match anglers were also catching and with both parts of the lake in use and most pegs with an angler on the fish had nowhere to hide today.

In first place today and setting the benchmark and claiming the king of the lake was Paul Jay on peg 7 who started on the bomb catching a quick fish but when he saw a few fish on the top switched to the waggler and had about 4 carp, but it was when he switched to the right hand edge this is when his swim exploded into life. Paul fished 8mm pellet feeding pellet fished on the deck to catch most of his fish and he had a very good stamp of fish to 18lb which helped his board weight to 189lb and his final weight of 300-09 to set the highest weight of the year down the lake { well done Paul }.

Todays winner Paul Jay with 300-09.

Along way back and in a battle for second was Pete Archer on peg 8 and Mark Newbold on peg 13 which was won by Mark by just over 10lb. Both anglers fished pellet long to catch their fish alternating the depths to keep the fish coming and again there were some big fish on their board weights but in the end Mark won with his weight of 192-01 to Pete’s 181-02.

The theme as we went around weighing in the fish were the amount of big fish caught today as John Bennett on Peg 9 had 3 fish for 54lb topped with the biggest fish of the day at 19-10 and there were at least 6 other fish of 18lb or more caught today.

The last weekend opens for a while are this Saturday and Sunday draw times on the website and after that it is only going to be Wednesdays open where you can experience big fish and big weights and i expect Paul Jays weight of today to get beaten within the next couple of weeks as the fish are ready to have a good feed so it could be you.

If you are interested in fishing this weekend please phone John to book in  thanks.

14 fished

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Paul Jay 7 300-09 Rolfslake
2nd Mark Newbold 13 192-01 Rolfslake
3rd Pete Archer 8 181-02 Vespe
4th Pat Pritchard 24 175-01 Rolfslake
5th Eddie Taylor-Green 22 150-08 Rolfslake
6th John Bennett 9 111-05 Rolfslake
7th Andy Rayment 26 107-10 Rolfslake
8th Frannk Donachie 18 80-00 Colmic
9th Russ 32 DNW Rolfslake
10th Kev Dolton 28 DNW Rolfslake
11th Geoff Edwards 10 DNW Reading Angling Center
12th Graham Ridgely 30 DNW Rolfslake
13th Toby Pope 14 DNW Rolfslake
14th Neil Hutchins 16 DNW Rolfslake

The Pirate returns to close the gap on John Bennett

The score now stands at

John 4

Eddie 2

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

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