Author: Eddie

 

 

Simon, John and and me Eddie Would like to thank all our visitors to Rolfslake.com over the last two and a half years.

We have now had over 100,000 page views with this year being the most successful with an expected 60,000 page views by the time we reach our third anniversary in October.

In this time we have posted 100’s of match reports and taken 1000’s of photographs made some funny videos to make your visits to the website both informative and we hope enjoyable and we do this as a hobby that is why we do not clutter the  website with adverts.

We would like to thank all our visitors for their continued support both visiting the lake and visiting the website, so lets look forwards to the next 100,000.

 

Until then take care John, Simon and Eddie.

 

 

Cold lake water slows the fishing down.

With this being the last Sunday match until at least September due to the club match bookings taking over from now, it was nice to see 14 anglers showing up at short notice for todays open match. On arriving I got my normal amount of abuse from John but because I was sporting a black eye I ended getting plenty of banter from the rest ,so a quiet return to fishing was going to be a thing of fantasy and a long 5 hours for me today.

The weather was mild with a swirling breeze and a chance of sun at sometime in the day but the water in the lake was really cold due to the heavy rain in the previous week so that could put the fish off feeding but with crusing fish to be seen at least it gave the anglers some hope. With draw under way i found it amazing how the same anglers always draw the flyers as Geoff Edwards had drawn peg 18 with the wind blowing into it, Paul Jay had been evicted from peg 18 and was now the neighbour on peg 16 and John Bennett who never draws a bad peg was on peg 8 in the junction between the two lakes. For me with three pegs left found out that my favourite peg 6 was still there together with 14 and 26 so with my theory of whatever peg i touched first was the peg i pulled out was blown apart as i drew peg 26 on the car park bank leaving Mick Hughes on 6 and Malc Doyle on 14.

The story of the match saw in form Dai Thomas on peg 7 catch fish straight away and led the field for most of the match but towards the end was caught by Hydro 2000 angler Mick Hughes who was fishing next door on peg 6. Mick caught fish to double figures by fishing a short 6-7 metres line straight out and down the edge fishing i believe pellet hook baits and after 5 hours put a hard earned 133-12 for a match win { well done Mick }. In second place saw Dai on peg 7 also catch big carp but in the end fell 3 carp behind with his weight of 113-04 of pole caught carp. In third place was Geoff Edwards who was on motorway bank peg 18 who had a frustrating day catching 8 carp for 74-00 but also losing 11 fishing long down the edge to his left.

Results.

14 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Mick Hughes	6	133-12	Hydro 2000
2nd	Dai Thomas	7	113-04	Jinx League
33rd	Geoff Edwards	18	74-00	Reading Angling Center
4th	John Bennett	8	72-04	Rolfslake Cartel
5th	Simon Mound	13	64-14	Jinx League
6th	Pete Arnold	24	64-00	Rolfslake
7th	Paul Jay	16	48-00	Rolfslake
8th	Mick Chappell	28	39-04	Rolfslake
9th	Eddie Taylor-Green	26	37-06	Rolfslake
10th	Malc Doyle	14	20-08	Jinx League
11th	Marcus Burgess	32	DNW	Jinx League
12th	Kevin Orr	9	DNW	Rolfslake
13th	Dave Ridgely	22	DNW	Chinnor Garden Center
14th	Dave Howell	10	DNW	Browning

The pirate goes down with the ship.

Today mine and Johns seasons battle resumed after our last match which was a team event, and with John leaving the megafone by the hut at least it was going to be more quiet than normal. With John drawing 8 and me 26 it was never going to be a competitive battle as the fish had to travel between the two parts of the lake and John was there waiting for them and after 5 hours i was sure he had thrashed me only to find out that it had fished hard for him and he only had 72-04 to my 37-06 so maybe i should of tried harder for 3 more fish but in the end it was another victory for John { well done John ].

 

The score now stands at

 

JOHN 6

 

EDDIE 2

 

All angler please take note.

Until further notice could all club and match anglers bring their own landing nets as the current one are being repaired and replaced and there are not enough to go around for all anglers, but please make sure they are big enough to get big fish in as there are currently big fish being caught to over 20lb  thank you.

 

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and 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.