Author: Eddie

 

 

Rolfslake not a bad place to hold a business team day.

Today Rolfslake welcomed Peter Drennan, Gary Barclay, 5 times World Champion Alan Scotthorne and the Drennan designers, sales team, and their photographer to take pictures of the launch of the the new Drennan ACOLYTE 16 metre pole.

Alan and Gary came down early to set up and start fishing and the rest of the team would be down later to see the pole in action and also have a chance to fish with it which is a great idea to be able to feel what the pole feels like with a fish pulling on the end. Also with the regulars turning up early the lake was busy with people and reminded me of the old days when you just were able to park in the car park.

Alan was fishing peg 34 in the small lake as there were plenty of carp to be seen and Gary was further down the bank on peg 38 and between them they caught all species of fish, carp of course with bream big roach and also a 15lb pike giving the pole a good workout on what was a pretty cold morning down the lake. The ACOLYTE is Drennan’s new flagship pole at about £2,800 and comes with a great spares package which was very impressive. John and I had an opportunity to talk to the Drennan guys who were very informative on all things fishing and we also had a look at the new Acolyte 13ft waggler rod which caught the attention of the regulars which was again a lovely piece of kit.

Alan caught carp to double figures and bream to 3lb and could of caught a lot more if he fished closer to the rope but that would of been to easy and he decided to fish 16 metres out in front both on the deck and up in the water fishing 8mm banded pellet feeding 6mm feed pellet and Gary also caught carp but more bream and carp.

The morning seemed to go very well and was a nice place to have a team meeting and it was a pleasure to talk to Peter, Gary and Alan and all the Drennan team who went off with a great review of their new pole. { now i had better start saving some money }

 

For more information of this pole visit www.drennantackle.com

 

Big weight Pete wins todays Wednesdays Open match.

After the mornings visit by Drennan International it was back to nornality for todays match with 16 anglers hoping for the sun to come out and catch alot of carp and again Rolfslake did not disapoint . The anglers were drawn in both the big and small lake with both of the mornings fished pegs 34 and 38 both in so it would not be a bad draw today with the pleasure anglers on the carp park bank pegs 25 to 22.

The match started at 2.30 and by 2.40 anglers were into fish with the small lake being the more consistent place to be and with Paul Jay and Pete Arnold would you believe it pegs 34 and 38 catching good fish early and Malc Doyle on 32 was also into fish early so the signs were good for a big weight. The anglers at the bottom of the big lake were struggling to get the fish to line up so it was get your head down and try to win your section first.

In first place today was Pete Arnold on peg 38 and Pete started off on the pellet feeder fishing i believe pellet hookbait and every time the feeder was cast into the corner around peg 39 ish he was into fish and big fish as well as one of them went 19lb plus and today they were going to wear Pete out as it is a fair walk to the scales and he did alot of walking. A late change to the pole increased his catch rate as he fished both edges and the fish just kept coming and after 5 hours put a fantastic 312-01 to not only win but claim the peg king for peg 38.

Along way back was a close battle for 2nd with Gary Kelsey {Blakes Baits } just edging out me Eddie with his weight of 176-03 from peg 9. Gary fished peg 9 in the big lake towards the bush to his right and there he managed to catch two 20lb carp fishing on the deck using pellet and meat hookbaits feeding pellet and when added to his board weight Gary had caught 176-03 and only 11lb in front of me.

Completing the frame was me Eddie who was well pleased to draw peg 5 and after a frustraing 2 hours as the fish were not happy to feed with the sun on the water and when the shade came over it was a case of how fast i could catch them. I used paste at 8 metres and the top two to catch carp to 15lb but it was also a case of how many i lost that stopped me weighing over 200lb but i was still happy with 165-04.

 

16 Fished.

Section A.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Pete Arnold	38	312-01	Rolfslake
2nd	Gary Kelsey	9	176-03	Blakes Baits
3rd	Eddie Taylor-Green	5	165-04	Rolfslake
4th	Paul Jay	34	147-04	Rolfslake
5th	Malc Doyle	32	114-13	Jinx League
6th	Nick Williams	8	110-02	Jinx League
7th	Sue Collins	7	106-04	Blakes Baits
8th	John Draper	4	96-05	Rolfslake

Section B.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Derek Hammond	26	163-12	Banbury Gunsmiths
2nd	Micheal Corsini	30	147-03	Rolfslake
3rd	Andy Quarmby	18	91-09	Middy
4th	Mick Jones	13	65-02	Rolfslake
5th	Mick Chappell	16	22-02	Rolfslake
6th	John Bennett	14	13-04	Rolfslake
7th	Justin	28	DNW	Rolfslake
8th	John Emmerson	11	DNW	Rolfslake

The Pirate reluctantly gains another point off John.

With all the visitors down the lake today John’s attention was off his fishing and more on customer service but he had drawn form peg 14 to my lucky draw of peg 5 in the small lake and i did my best to mess up this good peg.

John caught one carp of 13-04 to my 165-04 but he did not fish for most of the match and spent it talking to the visitors.

The score now stands at

 

John 8

 

Eddie 6

A reminder to all our visiting anglers to please read the rules relating to permitted baits allowed down the lake ,but for now i will remind you, only one tin of corn is allowed to be used both for hookbait and feeding .

Only one tin of meat is allowed BUT it can only be used for the hook and definitley not for feeding .

Only fishery pellets can be used for feeding.

If in any doubt please ask John or one of the match stewards before fishing thankyou.

Breaking of any of the lake rules could result in the angler being disqualified.

Thanks for reading John , Simon and Eddie.

 

 

Cold weather and rain slow down the fishing in todays match.

After the good weights over the last 4 days the 13 anglers were greeted with a colder day and rain which put the carp off feeding in any numbers today and with the pleasure anglers struggling in the morning signs were not good today.

Amazingly Mark Newbold drew peg 10 for the sixth match running much to the amusment of the other anglers as he was drawn again in the so called no carp bay but after 5 carp in the first half an hour which had him smiling which was quickly wiped off as soon as the bream moved in and the carp moved out but still saw him weigh in 94-14. Todays winner was the returning Derek Hammond who had drawn form peg 9 and made no mistake by fishing a 6 metre line fishing pellet hookbait feeding pellet which resulted in a good run of smaller carp but enough today to win with his weight of132-05 { well done Derek }.

 

Results.

13 fished

A Section

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Derek Hammond	9	132-05
2nd	Eddie Taylor-Green	7	82-06
3rd	John Bennett	32	58-02
4th	John Emmerson	8	33-09
5th	Mick Chappell	5	15-04
6th	Mick Jones	4	DNW

B Section

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Paul Jay	26	129-04
2nd	Mark Newbold	10	94-14
3rd	John Draper	18	84-02
4th	Nick Williams	14	70-12
5th	Richard	16	67-13
6th	The Prince of Darkness Micheal Corsini	13	64-07
7th	Mick Lane	28	36-00

X4 and the tip rod sink John in todays match.

For the first time in a while John and I were drawn on even pegs , pegs 32 and 7 and with John very confident of another point it was so sad to disappoint him today. The telling moment for me was watching Graham pleasure fishing on 34 as everytime he cast his bomb towards the rope a few minutes later he was into a carp and after an hour it was a walk round to the container to get my bomb rod. The first cast towards the far bank saw the rod scream round and the first of 5 carp was on its way to the landing net and a later switch to fishing paste brought me 5 more carp for my total of 82-06 and a section win by default.

John on the other hand had a frustrating match catching fish down the edges on 32 fishing corn and pellet hookbaits but half way through the match John hooked a very big carp over 20lb and after playing it to the net it made one last roll over the line and broke him starting terret mode. John added a few more carp to his net and after 5 hours weighed 58-02 to lose a valuable point to the Pirate.

The score now stands at

John 8

Eddie 5

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

A good turnout for todays midweek open.

 

Results

22 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Steve Wynn	5	241-08
2nd	Steve Rich	22	197-02
3rd	Micheal Corsini	16	158-10
4th	Mark Newbold	13	148-04
5th	Andy Rayment	18	139-10
6th	Neil Jones	11	128-06
7th	Paul Jay	32	120-07
8th	Martin Churchill	34	111-03
9th	Luke Webster	7	108-00
10th	Francis O’Reilly	14	98-03
11th	John Bennett	8	95-10
12th	Martin Wedley	26	94-10
13th	Mick Jones	38	82-15
14th	John Draper	23	73-00
15th	Gary Kelsey	9	68-11
16th	Steve Parker	36	66-08
17th	Eddie Taylor-Green	2	59-04
18th	Colin Kerr	40	42-08
19th	Mick Chappell	24	29-04
20th	Jason McClean	4	21-08
21th	Arron Jones	28	12-08
22nd	Jerry Pierce	30	DNW

John sinks the Pirate from flyer peg 8

The score stand at

John 8

Eddie 4

 

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

 

 

Cold weather slows down the fishing .

Today saw a bumper turnout down the lake to hopefully catch one of the big weights that had come out of the lake recently as with two 300lb + winning weights and double tons and tons a plenty all the anglers were hopeful of a good days fishing. With both the big and the small lake in today and the pleasure anglers fishing the bottom of the small lake the pegging was cosy with 4,5,6,7 and 8 all together in the small lake making for little room and even no carp bay peg 11 had to be put in.

The match today would be decided on a main winner and then the top two in each section of 7 so you could even come third in your section to collect some money which was just as well as i had drawn little used peg 17 with the added pleasure of John on feature peg 18 so i was going to have a noisy day with the stick coming my way or was I ?. There were lots of carp in the middle of the big lake cruising around eating the fly hatch coming off the lake bed and they were not interested in bait but quite content in mouthing the anglers floats as they kept swirling around them. Today also saw the return of lake record holder Jon Walker who had drawn a short walk to peg 29 who was next to form angler Micheal Corsini on peg 31 who in turn had drawn next to his dad Paul on peg 32 so a threeway battle was on by the hut.

With the turnout boosted by the club anglers practising for their match on the Thursday it was amazing how they drew all the form pegs leaving the regulars on the standard pegs so at least they were in for a good days fishing hopefully catching a few big fish too.

Todays overall winner was Reading Angling Centres Geoff Edwards who was left with peg 5 in the draw bag and Geoff did a great job considering peg 6 was also in catching fish to double figures to record the only ton weight of the day. Geoff fished an 8 metre line slightly to his right in line with peg 38 and by fishing pellet and paste feeding pellet he was able to keep the fish coming to claim another win down the lake.

The car park bank section was won by John Walker who caught most of his fish fishing long and shallow on peg 29 with his weight of 85-15 and the  motorway bank section was won by me Eddie with 39-13 from peg 17.

With the weather due to stay consistent by cooler the fish should settle down again and get back into feeding mode ready for this weekends round of club matches.

 Results.

21 Fished.

Section A small lake

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Geoff Edwards	5	125-05
2nd	Mark Merrett	6	75-06
3rd	Paul Oliver	7	58-02
4th	Dave Harper	8	44-11
5th	Paul Corsini	32	36-15
6th	Steve Allen	9	26-04
7th	Mick Chappell	4	12-04

Section B motorway bank.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Eddie Taylor-Green	17	39-13
2nd	John Bennett	18	37-08
3rd	Paul Jay	10	36-00
4th	John Draper	13	32-10
5th	Terry Merrett	15	24-05
6th	John Parmer	14	19-02
7th	Peter Crowhorse	11	13-13

Section C car park bank. 

 

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Jon Walker	29	85-15
2nd	Micheal Corsini	31	53-07
3rd	Dave King	23	45-04
4th	Cavige Winchester	22	34-02
5th	Fluffy Baldin	25	12-11
6th	Andy Tickner	26	DNW
7th	Brian Beacome	28	DNW

John Bennett is sunk by the Pirate.

With both John and I drawn next to each other it was never going to be quiet today as i had to stop his runaway lead in our seasons battle so it was interesting at the start who could feed the most down the edge of the same bush as we were both going to fish it only being 8 metres apart. The fishing was slow down our end of the lake with John catching 5 carp and losing 5  {one coming off at the net how sad } using both waggler and pole and me catching 4 carp and losing 3 but my carp were slightly bigger but only just.

There were lots of cruising carp out in the middle but you could not get them to feed so they were going to be safe today and between us we concentrated on fishing the edges to catch our fish and in the end I came out just on top with a win by just 2-05 to claim another point.

The score now stands at

John 7

Eddie 4

 

Thanks for reading John , Simon and Eddie.