Author: Eddie

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 26th February 2014

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A mixed day down the lake.

Today saw a low attendance down the lake but there were still a few bites to be had with anglers starting with catching carp in mind but swapping to catching silvers if the carp did not repsond and this was evident in the catches of the top two.

In first place was Paul Jay on peg 22 who started on the tip fishing sweetcorn which got him two quick carp { one going 17lb } then swapping to to the long pole catching another two but after that had a a go at the silvers which he had 20lb + of silvers which after 5 hours gave him a winning weight of 65-08.

In second place was Kev Dolton who started on the tip trying to catch carp but after an hour with no joy opted to go for silvers and had a lovely day catching a near all roach catch of roach to nearly a pound but nearly 350 of them for his best weight of roach down the lake of 29-15. Kev played around with the speed of his caster hookbait falling which determined what size of roach he caught the slower the fall the bigger the roach.

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Paul Jay 22 65-08
2nd Kev Dolton 28 29-15
3rd Butch 26 12-08
4th John Bennett 30 6-11
5th Russ 24 DNW

After the match I had a go for a carp and casted a waggler fished at 18 inches spraying pellet fishing a pellet hookbait into about 20 carp on the surface and caught a carp of 12lb within 5 minutes. Kev had a go but this time on peg 25 in to about 50 / 60 feeding carp on the surface and caught a common of about 10lb but it was crazy to see so many carp up in the water on a cold evening.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 22ND January 2014.

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Hard day at the office except for bagger Bennett

Report to follow.

Todays winner John Bennett with a great 44-07.

 

My paltry small fish only went 11-07.

Report to follow

6 fished

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st John Bennett  23  44-07 Rolfslake
2nd Eddie Taylor-Green  26  11-07 Rolfslake
3rd Pete Arnold  32  7-15 Rolfslake
4th Graham Ridgely  30  3-12 Rolfslake
5th Cristoff  22  DNW Rolfslake
6th Neil Hutchins  28  DNW Rolfslake

John makes it three in a row.

The score now stands at

John 3

Eddie 0

Thanks for reading John , Simon and Eddie.

Rolfslake Sunday Open 12th January 2014

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Tough day at the office.

Today saw 7 anglers arrive ready to fish a full to the brim Rolfslake and the reason the lake had not flooded was to the stirling work done by lake owner John Bennett in controlling the water level.

With most anglers having to fish on the upper platform as the lower ones were well under water most anglers opted to fish the bomb or short pole as there was a horrid swirling wind at long pole distance. Todays winner was Wayne Parker who opted to do neither and fish the top two as there was a very good depth by the platform and by fishing caster Wayne caught a very good stamp of roach and perch during the 5 hours which boosted his weight to 24-03 well done Wayne.

Today the carp we very few and far between with only 3 caught with 1 each for John B , Paul and Neil which still were not enough to beat Wayne.

Todays winner Wayne Parker
John Cowling

Results

7 fished

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st Wayne Parker 26  24-03 Rolfslake
2nd Paul Jay 32  20-02 Rolfslake
3rd Neil Hutchins 25  17-03 Rolfslake
4th John Cowling 22  14-12 Rolfslake
5th John Bennett 30  8-13 Rolfslake
6th Eddie Taylor-Green 23  5-07 Rolfslake
7th Ernie Malyon 28 Dnw Rolfslake

John B gains the first point of the year against the Pirate.

After our battle last year which saw John come out the victor with his 17 to 12 wins { very well done John } we started our competition alot earlier than last year .

Todays match was decided on the lucky carp John caught in the first half an hour which weighed 6-08 out of his 8-13 total whilst i was plagued by tiny roach whilst a few others caught the bigger ones. When i brought my net out it looked like a sardine net with lots of tiny fish but to no avail as they only went 5-07.

The score stands at

John 1

Eddie 0

Thanks for reading John , Simon and Eddie.

Rolfslake Sunday Open 8th December 2013

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A ton winning weight is required to win todays match.

Todays anglers were greeted with a cold breezy wind and a motionless lake so the omens were not looking good for the anglers today and with the carp refusing to feed in any numbers it was going to be decided on who would have skill to temp a carp or two or try and catch some silvers ?.

The answer to that question was John Cowling who was fishing end peg 8 in the gap between the big and small lake and he had an enjoyable days fishing on the bomb fishing double corn hookbait along the far bank grasses and was rewarded with 19 small carp for his winning weight of 107-15 {well done John]. In second place and a long way back was John Brady on peg 22 who managed to put together a mixed bag of carp and silvers for his weight of 34-05 followed by Geoff Edwards on peg 30 with 16-15.

The main issues today were apart from the cold weather were the falling leaves on the lake making float fishing on the pole a bit of the challenge but Rolfslake showed if you come down any weight is possible as the carp are happy to feed even in very cold weather.

Todays winner John Cowling with 107-15

 

In second place John Brady with 34-05 from peg 22

 

Geoff Edwards from peg 30.

11 fished.

Place Anglet Peg Weight
1st John Cowling 8 107-15 Rolfslake
2nd John Brady 22 34-05 Rolfslake
3rd Geoff Edwards 30 16-15 Reading Angling Centre
4th Mick Rosier 16 14-10 Rolfslake
5th Wayne Parket 14 9-10 Rolfslake
6th John Bennett 10 7-13 Rolfslake
7th Eddie Taylor-Green 13 DNW Rolfslake
8th Neil Hutchins 9 DNW Rolfslake
9th Dave Simpkins 28 DNW Rolfslake
10th Fred Parker 32 DNW Rolfslake
11th John Draper 24 DNW Rolfslake
12th Mick Chapple 26 DNW Rolfslake

HMS Bennett all but seals this years challenge with his victory over the Pirate.

The score now stands at

John 17

Eddie 13

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

Experience Fishing Newbury Silver fish match 2nd November 2013.

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Today experience fishing hosted a silver fishing match down the lake and this was attended by 12 anglers hoping to experience the other side of Rolfslake which is its super bream and specimen perch fishing which the anglers had the pleasure of today.

The main trick today was to avoid the feeding carp and line up the the roach perch and bream which was going to be a challenge as it was cold and windy with a splattering of rain during the 5 hours. Todays winner was Steve Waters who was fishing peg 22 and demonstrated a master class of how to catch silvers mainly big bream. Steve fished the edges where he caught roach and long to catch his bream feeding caster fishing caster on the hook and after 5 hours put a great weight of 55-10 for the win and record the highest silver weight of the year { well done Steve}.

Steve with his winning catch of 55-10.

In second place was Ben on peg 30 who had a combination of roach bream and perch for his weight of 34-00 closely followed by Derek Hammond who was fishing peg 13 aka the fridge who also managed to get the bream lined up for his weight of 32-09.

There were a lot of carp hooked and lost as the match went into the last hour a couple were caught and most were lost including me who lost 9 fishing to the bush to my right on peg 16 fishing maggot but my last cast saw me hook and land a beast common of 15lb on my 3 metre telescopic whip on 0.14 and a 18 hook fished with 5 maggots to make my day.

Also Gareth on peg 14 had 3 2lb plus perch topped by a 3lb beauty well done Gareth.

 

Gareth and his 3lb perch.

 

A few more photos from the day.

Micheal Corsini 26-11.

 

Neil 23-06.

 

Gareth and 3 big perch.

 

Just a small carp on the 3 metre whip.

Results

12 fished

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Steve Waters 22 55-10 Frenzee
2nd Ben 30 34-00 Experience Fishing
3rd Derek Hammond 13 32-09 Banbury Gunsmiths and Tackle
4th Tony 32 27-10 Experience Fishing
5th Micheal Corsini 18 26-11 Rolfslake
6th Neil 24 23-06 Experience Fishing
7th Geoff 10 18-12 Experience Fishing
8th Ernie Malyon 9 18-08 Spro
9th Gareth 14 15-11 Experience Fishing
10th Marcus 28 12-15 Experience Fishing
11th Eddie Taylor-Green 16 10-04 Rolfslake
12th Dai Thomas 26 6-10 Jinx League

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

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