Author: Eddie

 

Today saw the first of three bank holiday weekend opens but the sun from earlier in the week today turned to thundery showers then getting sunny and warm then back to rain.

John tells me that today 14 anglers turned up hoping for two things a draw in the big lake and hopefully having your peg drawn after the match as golden peg as ther was £100 on offer very kindly donated by John. The fishing continued on from Wednesdays match where the small lake fished very hard with anglers only catching a few carp and John thinks this was due to very little wind blowing on the lake.

Todays match was won on form peg 16 and the angler lucky enough to draw this peg was Gary Kelsey and Gary fished a short line of 5 metres fished on the deck using meat and paste feeding pellet catching fish to double figures in his weight of 183-12 { well done Gary ]. The next two in the frame Andy Quarmby and Simon Mound were pegged next to each other on the car park bank on pegs 30 and 32 and after 5 hours were seperated by 4 fish with Andy coming second with 143-12 to Simons 104-09.

Results

14 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Gary Kelsey	16	183-12	Rolfslake
2nd	Andy Quarmby	30	143-12	Middy
3rd	Simon Mound	32	104-09	Rolfslake.com
4th	John Bennett	14	87-00	Rolfslake.com
5th	Malc Doyle	8	82-12	Jinx League
6th	John Draper	26	53-06	Rolfslake
7th	Steve Wilson	9	53-05	Jinx League
8th	Dave Whiteman	2	47-04	Hydro 2000
9th	Sue Collins	40	41-00	Rolfslake
10th	Marcus Burgess	4	36-05	Jinx League

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

Report to follow

13 Fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Pete Archer	26	222-04	Vespe
2nd	Jon Walker	7	156-04	Walker Floats
3rd	Vic Franklin	9	88-08	Hydro
4th	Eddie Taylor-Green	8	84-04	Rolfslake/ Walker Floats
5th	Andy Rayment	4	54-04	Rolfslake
6th	John Draper	30	51-04	Rolfslake
7th	Pete Arnold	34	39-10	Rolfslake
8th	Deane Knight	6	20-08	Rolfslake
9th	Kev Doulton	32	10-00	Rolfslake
10th	Paul Jay	38	10-00	Rolfslake
11th	John Bennett	40	DNW	Rolfslake
12th	Tony Simpson	2	DNW	Rolfslake
13th	Dave Wrigley	28	DNW	Rolfslake

The Pirate returns.

The score now stands at.

John 11

Eddie 4

Thanks for reading John , Simon and Eddie

 

Miracle man continues his good run of results down the lake.

Tonight 16 anglers returned to Rolfslake for the 6th night match down the lake and all the usual suspects were in attendance, and as usual they managed to draw all the flyers leaving the rest of the anglers to play catch up.

With the weather today being sunny, warm with very little wind to cool the anglers the all in was called at 8pm and what was evident tonight was a slow start for the anglers in the big lake but the anglers in the small lake were having better luck with Wez on 38 Simon on little used peg 3, Matt Edwards on peg 4 getting regular action but for the rest it was a struggle which is a surprise for there were lots of fish cruising whilst it was light. At 10pm John turned the lights on and the anglers in the big lake started to catch short as the fish came closer in.

The winner of tonights match was Miracle sponsored angler Matt Edwards who was fishing peg 4 down the bottom of the small lake and Matt was having a peg to peg battle with Simon Mound on peg 3 and also seeing who could lose the most foul hooked fish in the night .

I believe Matt was fishing a line down the right edge and a line out in front using pellet hookbait feeding pellet catching fish to double figures but not as many as you would usually catch from this peg but after a hard fished five hours put 134-03 for another win down the lake. Hot on his heels was Rolfslake’s form angler Simon Mound who was fishing on peg 3  { my second favourite peg on th lake } and Simon had a very frustrating first half of the match as he was playing tug of war with the carp from the left hand bush but a change to fishing a 5 metre line straight out using pellet feeding pellet brought him a good run of fish to double figures and a few smaller carp for his weight of 104-13 and 4 carp off the match win which was within his reach as he lost 22 carp tonight.

Completing the frame was Paul Jay on would you believe it peg 8 so for the first time in months his tackle had to be moved from peg 18 and a new rig had to be made. Paul fished two lines the bush to his left and a straight out line down the track and Paul caught carp and silvers fishing his 8mm banded pellet for his weight of 85-06.

A side story to Pauls match was on hooking a carp his hook pulled and his float got stuck in the bush so Paul grabbed his elastic and started to pull which you should never do and was rewarded with his float being released from the bush straight into his hand. His second mistake was using a Walker float as they are quality made and dont break so went in quite far and looking for some help asked Dave on peg 7 for some help , and i think Paul was expecting Dave to count down from three but Dave grabbed the float and pulled it straight out { not very clever Paul and very dangerous }.

Results.

16 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Matt Edwards	4	134-03	Miracle Baits
2nd	Simon Mound	3	104-13	Rolfslake.com
3rd	Paul Jay	8	85-06	Rolfslake
4th	Chris Telling	6	79-14	Colmic / Vespe
5th	Geoff Edwards	26	75-04	Reading Angling Center
6th	Wez Hillier	38	70-09	Rolfslake
7th	Nick Williams	30	63-04	Miracle Baits
8th	Paul Corsini	9	59-13	Rolfslake
9th	Micheal Corsini	14	46-03	Rolfslake
10th	Jon Walker	34	42-05	Walker Floats
11th	John Bennett	16	36-00	Rolfslake
12th	Mick Chappell	39	30-04	Rolfslake
13th	Eddie Taylor-Green	28	23-00	Rolfslake.com
14th	Malc Doyle	1	2-00	Jinx League
15th	Dai Thomas	32	DNW	Jinx League
16th	Dave Whiteman	7	DNW	Hydro 200

 The Pirate has a lot to do to catch John in their seasons battle.

The score now stands at.

John 11

 

Eddie 3

 

 

 

Thanks for reading Simon ,John and Eddie

 

 

 

 

 

McMillan Cancer charity fund raising day.

 

Today Rolfslake hosted a charity fund raising day in aid of the McMillan cancer support charity. In the proceeding days John, Dai and Paul Jay had been working flat out preparing the lake and sorting out the car parking that neighbour farm John had kindly agreed to let John use the next field for the visitors.

The match was going to be two 2 and a half hour matches with a 5 minute pre baiting period just before the second part of the match, and as if by special request the anglers down the lake were greeting with a warm day with very little wind which does not go hand in hand with big catches. John very kindly passed on his lake fee to the charity with the rest to be raised from the daily fees from the anglers plus sales of burgers and finished with a raffle with prizes very kindly donated by Kamasan and Daiwa and Drennan so hopefully this would help bolster the fund raising.

The match today was going to be 12 Pro /lake regular anglers to be paired with non regulars with the match being decided on section points and weight and at 12.30 the all in was called and never has the lake been devoid of banter as the anglers settled down to really concentrate on their fishing. Today it was a pleasure to have some of the Pro anglers that had given up their time to fish and give the anglers a chance of beating a real star { that was the plan at least}.

John tells me that the story of the match was it was a slow start with the anglers hooking and losing some big carp and even some smaller carp that just refused to be landed but as he match progressed they sorted this out and started to put fish in the net. One of the top performances was Ian McCulloch on little used prg 36 in the small lake who was not only putting the third biggest weight together but also claiming the peg king for 36 { well done Ian }. The main individual battle was between Super star angler Steve Ringer and Rolfslake resident and form angler Dai Thomas who were both pegged on the car park bank Steve on 32 and Dai on 22 and after the 5 hours Dai ended up in first place with 145-01 one carp ahead of Steve who caught 130-12 but at  least it was fun to see Steve battling the big powerful carp of Rolfslake { Dai revel in glory as a victory against Steve is a rare thing and he tells John HE WILL BE BACK }.

On the team front Steve Ringer did get his revenge as he was paired with Karl on peg 9 straight opposite and between them they caught 172-12 for 7 points and victory { well done guys }.

 Results.

Top 5 individuals

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Dai Thomas	22	145-01	Jinx League / Rolfslake
2nd	Steve Ringer	32	130-12	Diawa / Guru / Ringer Baits
3rd	Ian McCulloch	36	104-03	Rolfslake
4th	Dave Whiteman	6	94-08	Hydro 2000
5th	Martin Greene	14	93-05	Diawa

Pro-Am results.

Place	Pro Angler	Peg	Weight	Angler	Peg	Weight	Total Weight	Points
1st	Steve Ringer	32	130-12	Karl	9	42-00	172-12	7
2nd	Maurice Woodley	26	74-00	Dave Whiteman	6	94-08	168-08	8
3rd	Kevin Cross	31	80-05	John W	7	68-13	149-02	10
4th	Dai Thomas	22	145-01	Graham Ridgely	28	21-07	166-08	11
5th	Ian McCulloch	36	104-03	Pete A	25	27-14	132-01	11
6th	Paul Jay	10	67-08	Adam Griffith	17	74-15	142-07	12
7th	Neil Riddy	2	55-07	Steve Williams	18	83-13	139-04	12
8th	Robin Cave	38	66-08	Martin	29	39-05	105-13	14
9th	Martin Greene	14	93-05	John Cowling	15	18-09	111-14	15
10th	Steve Mayo	23	90-12	Dave Ridgely	8	2-08	93-04	17
11th	Micheal Corsini	11	28-13	Scott Wilson	40	30-14	59-11	18
12th	Ben Banham	13	22-01	Anthony Simpson	21	30-14	52-15	21

We would like to say a big well done to Fred for organising this charity day and to all the helpers from both McMillans and Rolfslake for making it both an enjoyable day and a really worthy cause.

We would also like to say a massive thanks to Dave Ridgley and Ben Banham from Experience Fishing in Newbury for their great donation of two new sets of Ruben Heaton digital scales and a weigh tripod which will be a great help when weighing the big weights down the lake.

www.experiencefishing.com

 

Thanks for reading the Rolfslake fisheries team.

 

 

 

Report to follow.

Results.

15 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Andy Quarmby	4	156-04	Middy Tackle
2nd	Justin Watkins	7	121-04	Browning Crowsports
3rd	Chris Telling	2	113-00	Colmic  / Vespe
4th	Paul Jay	29	93-04	Rolfslake
5th	Mick Lane	40	84-00	Rolfslake
6th	Mick Chappell	6	81-12	Rolfslake
7th	Robin Cave	13	73-08	Rolfslake
8th	Dai Thomas	32	70-12	Jinx League
9th	Pete Arnold	26	65-12	Rolfslake
10th	Mick Jones	22	42-08	Rolfslake
11th	John Bennett	8	41-08	Rolfslake
12th	Eddie Taylor-Green	14	40-08	Rolfslake
13th	Jon Walker	9	36-00	Walker Floats
14th	Graham Ridgely	16	DNW	Rolfslake
15th	Neil	18	DNW	Rolfslake

Thanks for reading John ,Simon and Eddie.

 

Just a reminder to all our vistors to Rolfslake.com that there will be a charity fund raiser down the lake tomorrow and everyone is welcome to come down and watch a selection of star anglers and regulars and first timers who will be raising money for the McMillan cancer support charity.

Firstly a massive thanks to the regulars who have pledged money so far it is much appreciated and i believe there will be 2 two and a half hour matches with a break in the middle where there will be a barbeque with the money raised also going towards the total.

There will also be a raffle with tackle prizes on the day so all the visitors have a chance to win a prize so even more reasons to come on down.

A note to all competitors please use the lake main entrance and to all spectators please use the entrance before the lake which will be signposted and there will be someone on the gate but please drive slowly.

Entrance for spectators will be £1 and if you would like to see anglers of the caliber of Steve Ringer, Steve Mayo and Martin Greene etc i am sure it will be a great day as it is due to be a nice day.

A massive thanks to Dai Thomas ,Paul Jay and John Bennett who have been working flat out getting the lake ready for tomorrow and it looked fantastic when i was here this evening.

To all have a fantastic days fishing.

Thanks for your support Eddie,Simon and John.