Author: Eddie

 

 

Any more water in the lake and you will need to fish from the car.

 

Report to follow.

10 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Paul Jay	7	269-12	Rolfslake
2nd	John Bennett	28	219-12	Rolfslake
3rd	Kev Doulton	32	154-12	Rolfslake
4th	Russ	6	119-00	Rolfslake
5th	Graham Ridgely	4	112-00	Rolfslake
6th	Phil Powell	22	111-04	Rolfslake
7th	Mark Newbold	18	100-00	Rolfslake
8th	Dai Thomas	16	80-00	Jinx League
9th	John M	13	80-00	Rolfslake
10th	Dave Whiteman	14	DNW	Hydro 2000

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

 

The weather Gods are not kind to the anglers in todays match.

 

After the two day Jinx match on Friday and Saturday hopes were high for a good attendance in todays match, but with the horrid weather the previous night with gale force winds unpegging tents on the grass, John tells me that on reflection these anglers decided to call it a day and go home leaving only 8 anglers to brave 5 hours of endurance.

The weather today was a right mixture of everything, strong gusting wind, driving rain and to tease the anglers a glimpse of the sun for two minutes so a very difficult days fishing lay ahead for our 8 brave souls. With the strong wind making fishing long near on impossible most of the anglers fished between 4 and 8 metres to give them the best possible chance of bait presentation { so paste fishing was a non starter today }.

John also tells me that all the anglers were pegged in the big lake today which was a shame as the small lake was black with carp feeding on the fly hatch rising to the surface, and with the lake rising over the platforms during the match it was a good job that they all had wellies on.

In first place for a change was lake owner John Bennett on flyer peg 8 but not when the wind is blasting through the gap so John opted on fishing two lines the first was a 4 metre line straight out in front and the second towards the bush to his left at 5 metres. John fished both lines on the deck using both soft pellet and meat as hook bait and feeding 4mm pellet which kept the bites coming until the sun came out then it went dead. John had the majority of his carp early in the match and these included fish to 17lb in his final weight of 169-04 { well done John }.

 

In second place was Gary Kelsey who was next to John on peg 9 and Gary fished a short line straight in front just down the shelf on the deck and again Gary caught a good stamp of carp and was rewarded with the only other ton weight of the day with his weight of 112-12. There was  a 3 way chase for third place which was won by lake regular Derek Hammond who was fishing on motorway bank peg  13 and Derek managed to catch a few carp for 51-00 to stay ahead of 4th place by a pound and a half.

Results.

8 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	John Bennett	8	168-04	Rolfslake Cartel
2nd	Gary Kelsey	9	112-12	Rolfslake
3rd	Derek Hammond	13	51-00	Banbury Gunsmiths and Tackle
4th	Neil Hutchins	18	48-08	Rolfslake
5th	Pete Arnold	24	48-04	Rolfslake
6th	Jim McCann	14	10-00	Rolfslake

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

The anglers get a battering from the horrid weather in todays match.

 

Report to follow

12 fished.

Results.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Matt Edwards	9	136-00	Jinx League
2nd	Mick Lane	32	85-08	Rolfslake Cartel
3rd	Phil Powell	18	85-00	Rolfslake Cartel
4th	Mick Jones	29	60-08	Rolfslake
5th	John Bennett	25	33-04	Rolfslake Cartel
6th	Paul Jay	23	30-04	Rolfslake

John has asked me to remind our visiting anglers this weekend to bring suitable wet weather clothing and wellies as some as the platform are under water and there is more rain predicted.

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

 

Today at Rolfslake was the annual challenge match with Chinnor Works Angling Society the current trophy holders against Chinnor Garden Centre, and in the gardens centre quest to regain the trophy they had roped in John ,Paul and myself to help them with some local expertise and hopefully some big weights. With 21 anglers instead of 22 there was some trading of anglers and it was decided that Chinnor AS would have 11 anglers to i believe compensate for the garden center have three venue regulars.

With the match draw time there was time for the anglers to have a walk around the lake and observe the hundreds of carp in the margins all around the lake and hopes of plenty of carp never really materialised because as soon as the match started the carp drifted off towards the middle of the lake. Today started off sunny turning cloudy after two hours with a southern breeze breeze blowing out of the big lake into the small lake so it was not a great day for me to draw peg 18 on the motorway bank. The story of the match was after a slow start they carp decided to have a feed with the anglers in the big lake and on the car park bank having good action as the match went on with the anglers in the small lake stuggling due to it being shallower and the water colder.

As John and I were fishing in the same team it was decided that our season battle would be suspended for one match only and the megafone would be set to silent for 5 hours { that was a result after my performance today }. On my side of the lake I had Andy for company on peg 16 and he told me he had never caught a 100lb of fish but today he smashed it with his weight of 141-08 of carp to double figures all caught on maggot fished on the slope down the grass bank down to his right { well done Andy ]. Also a well done goes to section A winner Barry who put a good weight of 89-12 from peg 9 with a catch of carp and bream and to Brian who put the third ton weight of the day from peg 22 by fishing about 9 to 10 metres down the right had margins.

The winner today overall was John Bennett who after a very slow start managed to get the carp lined up by fishing just down the shelf but not at the bottom of it and by using paste today he caught a very good stamp of big carp to 18lb in his final weight of 158-00 and just ahead of Paul.

Paul was fishing peg 8 in the gap between the two parts of the lake and by rotating between the 8 metre line straight out in front from where I could see and the bush to his left Paul also managed to catch big carp on 8mm banded pellet for his weight of 151-00.

 

 

 

 

 

Results.

21 fished.

Place	Peg	Angler	Weight
1st	28	John Bennett	158-00
2nd	8	Paul Jay	151-00
3rd	16	Andy	141-08
4th	22	Brian	109-00
5th	9	Barry	89-12
6th	13	Morris	77-08
7th	26	Pete H	75-00
8th	2	Steve V	69-12
9th	18	Eddie Taylor-Green	68-00
10th	24	Ben	66-00
11th	10	John	58-00
12th	38	Dave	55-00
13th	30	Mal	44-04
13th	6	Roger	44-04
15th	32	Jason	34-00
16th	40	Fred	32-08
17th	14	Hilary	22-08
18th	4	Butch	22-04
19th	7	Green Grass	21-08
20th	34	Jeff	20-00
21th	11	John Cowling	5-08

Section winners A and B

 

Paul and John 2 of the 3 ringers.

 

Sorry John

 

Final result
Chinnor Works Angling Society	726-12	Chinnor Garden Centre	638-08

I would like to say a big thank you to Dave and Fred for inviting John, Paul and myself on the match today and also a big thanks to the anglers for fishing the match in good spirits with plenty of banter and also showing the regulars how weighing in 21 anglers can only take 25 minutes if everyone gets involved. Also a very well done to Chinnor angling club in retaining their trophy for another year in which was a very close match with anglers gaining PB’s in both match weights and sizes of fish caught which just shows what can happen in any match down at Rolfslake.

The two captains with the sought after trophy.

 

 

Well done Chinnor Works Angling Society.

Thanks for reading Eddie, Simon and John.