Rolfslake’s 3rd night match of 2012.
Another tight frame in the third night match.
As i arrived at the lake again late with only 20 minutes before the draw ,the one thing i could not believe was the stick i was taking and i had not even got out of the car {thanks John }. Tonight there were 12 anglers hoping that the big weights were going to return as there were lots of carp cruising on the top feeding on the fly hatch rising from the bottom so the signs were good.
As draw was called the anglers made an orderly queue hoping for a good draw on the motorway bank as the wind had picked up and the lucky anglers on this side were Mick,Dai, Geoff, John, Ernie and the resident Paul Jay who had amazingly drawn peg 18 for the 15th time this year so he had to first read his mail that is now delivered there and pull out his rigs that are already plumbed for this peg.
The story of the match was that it was a slow start the light were turned on at 9.45 and as it got dark the fishing got better as the fish not only got closer in they fed down in the water with quite a few bream caught tonight topped by Kev Doulton’s 41lb of them and he could of possibly broke the silver fish record if those pesky carp had not moved in.
The results toight were decided on two sections and the winner of A section was Rolfslake’s inform angler Dai Thomas on peg 10 and Dai tonight concentrated on the left hand edge swim just short of the keepnet about a metre from the bank and by using banded pellet managed to keep the carp coming again catching fish to double figures in his weight his weight of 97-12 and again just missed the magical ton.
Tonights winner Dai Thomas
In second p[ace was Geoff Edwards on peg 13 and from where i could see Geoff was fishing two lines ,a short 7 metre line straight out in front and a long edge line down to his right . Geoff caught fish to double figures in his weight of 88-08 .
The winner of B section was Paul Jay on peg 18 and Paul caught a mixed bag of bream and carp by fishing down the left hand margin using 8mm banded pellet hookbait but still managed to lose a few fish that were foul hooked. In second place was Kev Doulton who is one of a possible two anglers to be the first angler to catch the first 100lb silver weight ever down at Rolfslake.
Kevin who was struggling to catch carp switched to catching bream and was rewarded with 41lb of them until the carp moved in and messed up his bream peg. Kevin if i was listening correctly was using worm and caster fishing down to his right along the bush and was kept busy and in the end caught 2 small carp to go with his bream for 53-08.
Results.
12 fished
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | |
| 1st | Dai Thomas | 10 | 97-12 | Jinx League |
| 2nd | Geoff Edwards | 13 | 88-08 | Reading Angling Centre |
| 3rd | Mick Chapell | 9 | 87-08 | Rolfslake |
| 4th | Kevin Cross | 32 | 82-00 | Kamasan |
| 5th | Paul Jay | 18 | 72-00 | Rolfslake |
| 6th | Kevin Doulton | 22 | 53-08 | Rolfslake |
| 7th | Ernie Malyon | 16 | 41-00 | Spro |
| 8th | Dave Whiteman | 28 | 40-04 | Hydro 2000 |
| 9th | Dave Moore | 26 | 33-08 | Jinx League |
| 10th | Russell | 30 | 28-00 | Rolfslake |
| 11th | Eddie Taylor-Green | 24 | 25-04 | Rolfslake Cartel |
| 12th | John Bennett | 14 | 20-04 | Rolfslake Cartel |
The only time it is not bad to come 2nd last.
As for my battle against lake owner John Bennett tonight i saw a collection of dirty tricks never seen before down the lake. The first was letting Oliver his dog bark for the first hour of the match disturbing my concentration, the second was i was unaware that the spare lights on pegs 14,16, 22 and 26 were aimed at me and when the lights came on it was like looking into the sun as I could not see as i was blinded. The third and final trick of the night was when i eventually hooked my first carp in the dark John turned his new head torch to full power and my god it was so bright it was like looking into a car head light at full beam { cheers John }.
John Tonight was on peg 14 and was stuggling to get any bites and in the end reverted to the tip and managed to catch 2 small carp and in the end caught one carp and one small fishing the pole on a short line fishing banded pellet.
As for me a more frustrating night i will never have again as my short 5 metre line was just a mass of bubbles with not a clean bite to be had which made me fish longer than i was expecting 10 metres which was just at the maximum range i could see in the dark. I managed to catch also 3 carp and 1 bream and as John was to weigh first his 4 fish went 20-04 and when it was my turn he wanted the scales re-checked of which i was not very happy at and in the end my four fish went 25-04 to pull back another point in our season battle.
Just as a side note i am now undefeated against John in the night matches for the last year so i had better eat a few more carrots.
The special pound coin stolen from John Bennett tonight.
The score between me and John now stands at.
John 7
Eddie 3
Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie
