Author: Eddie

 First i would like to thank Paul Corsini for giving lake owner John Bennett a new toy to play with in the shape of a megafone complete with a siren, which was tested on me on my arrival at the lake. As i got out of my car the one person that i had not seen by the hut was John and i now know why because he was hiding in the bushes ready to shout my name much to the amusement of the rest of the anglers.

Today was quite mild but with a breeze blowing from the small lake to the big lake so there was not as many crusing carp to spot as there have been and with such a late decision to hold an open the 10 anglers decided that todays match was going to be a walk off so a low draw was going to be essential. As the draw was called for a change i decided to draw second and as i opened my hand was dissapointed to see number 7 , my main challenge was John and with a big smile on his face could only mean one thing that he had drawn would you believe number 1.

John decided to draw peg 32 by the hut as it had shown some form of late but was more interested where I was going to fish and as i had said the big lake the rest of the anglers also followed suit but when it was my turn changed my mind and chose peg 6 in the small lake to see if I could do better than my last match on peg 6. The story of the match was for most anglers it turned out to be a struggle as the wind and the tow caused presentation problems if you fished longer than 5 metres and as it got colder towards the end of the match the bites dried up for most of the anglers.

In first place today was me Eddie Tayor-Green who was fishing in the small lake on my favourite peg 6 but it was very cold and not far enough away from the megafone as i kept hearing from John everytime I hooked a carp and that was quite a few times today. I was trying a variation to my X4 paste mix which I think is now complete to use in cold and warm water conditions as every bite I had today resulted in the float sailing away every time and in some cases the pole was pulled around. I fished two areas a 12 metre line straight out facing peg 36 and a long margin line towards peg 5 and caught fish to 16-08 in my final weight of 102-08 { well done Eddie}.

 

 

In second place was Paul Jay who you guessed it was on peg 18 again , so it now only takes him 5 minutes to set up as all his rigs are already plumbed up and ready to go. Paul today managed to catch a few on the waggler and the rest on the pole and like me had fish to mid doubles caught on 8mm banded pellet fished on the deck for his weight of 88-12, which maintained his good run of frames recently.

 

In third place was my website partner in crime Simon Mound who tells me he started on the bomb and ended fishing the pole using 11mm banded donkey choker pellet feeding 4mm pellet which caught fish to over 18lb ,but the wind and tow in this area played havoc with Simons float presentation but he still managed to get a few carp to feed and after 5 hours put a hard earned 73-04 on the scales to complete a first and third for the bloggers.

Results.

9 Fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Bait
1st	Eddie Taylor-Green	6	102-08	X4 paste	Rolfslake.com
2nd	Paul Jay	18	88-12	6/8 mm banded pellet	Rolfslake
3rd	Simon Mound	25	73-04	banded pellet	Rolfslake.com
4th	Steve Williams	9	47-00	corn/ meat	Rolfslake
5th	Micheal Corsini	14	22-08	pellet	Rolfslake
6th	John Bennett	32	21-00	soft pellet	Rolfslake
7th	Dave Whiteman	16	DNW		Hydro 2000
8th	Neil Riddy	23	DNW		Rolfslake

The pirate flag flies once again as HMS Bennett is sunk by the Pirate’s X4 PASTE. 

 

 

The score now stamds at

 

JOHN 5

EDDIE 2

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

The Crocodile makes his third appearance in a week.

After the three day Easter festival that was won by Mark Maylin, the anglers were hoping that with fewer anglers on the lake today that the carp would have a proper feed . With a frost the previous two mornings thing were only going to get worse for the unlucky 13 as John tells me that it started sunny and warm turning windy and then all hell broke loose as there was thunder and hailstones so just another day down the lake.

In first place today was Paul Jay who we now think is from another planet as no human could draw the amount of flyers as he does, as today he drew peg 18 on the motorway bank with the wind blowing into his corner with fish topping. John tells me that Paul caught on the waggler and pole fishing banded pellet and caught carp to double figures for his final weight of 129-00 {well done Paul }.

In second place a having a good run was Dai Thomas who had drawn opposite to Paul on peg 22 on the carp park bank, and after catching his first carp at 21-04 went on to putting a good bag of carp together on what John believes was pole fished with pellet hookbait fished on the deck for his final weight and second ton of the day with 107-00. Completing the frame was lake owner John Bennett who was on iffy peg 8, and after failing to find any of Mark Newbolds tackle from last week told me that after a slow start he tried fishing 16 metres across with little success. On feeding a few more pellets at 16 metres he saw some fish swirling so he baited with a 11mm donkey choker pellet shipped out and as soon as the float settled it shot away, thinking it was a carp got ready to land it only to find the pet crocodile or pike looking up at him. The pike was the same one that Clive and Chris had caught last week as it had the same markings but this time weighed in at 13-08 but John also had a 4-08 chub to go eventually with some carp in his weight of 68-04 and a rather mixed bag for John.

13 Fished.

Place	Amgler	Peg	Weight
1st	Paul Jay	18	129-00	Rolfslake
2nd	Dai Thomas	22	107-00	Jinx League
3rd	John Bennett	8	68-04	Rolfslake
4th	Neil Riddy	29	64-00	Rolfslake
5th	Phil Powell	10	50-12	Rolfslake
6th	Paul Corsini	14	40-08	Rolfslake

John has asked me to mention that there is an open this Saturday draw 10 fish 11-4.

 

Thanks for reading John ,Simon and Eddie.

 

The king of the lake falls for the second time in 3 Days.

With the start of the Wednesday bagging series as the draw is now 1pm fishing 2-7 which saw a good turn out of 18 anglers hoping to catch a net full of fish in todays match.

The weather was sunny and warm and there were loads of carp cruising around the big lake ,so a draw from pegs 14 round to 26 were going to give you a chance of a big weight and as the draw was called there was a rush to get first in the queue except me who always draws last. Andy Quarmby the first angler to catch 200lb from the lake last weekend had drawn peg 14 , Mark Newbold had drawn peg 18 and Paul Jay had drawn peg peg 34 so there was no change in the same anglers drawing the same flyers and also their pegs were solid with fish how depressing.

At least John had drawn peg 23 so it was going to be a quiet match for me as he was out of shouting range as I was on peg 9 and I had Neil Riddy for company on peg 8 and Andy Rayment on 32 so at least pleasant company for 5 hours with no abuse so happy days for a change. The story of the match was the anglers on the car park bank pegs 14 to 18 were into fish straight away with the anglers in the small lake struggling to catch many fish as it was very bright in this area causing a problem to seeing their floats and as the match went on the fishing just got better and better for most of the anglers as it normally does on a Wednesday.

The winner of todays match was Rolfslakes inform angler Andy Quarmby who was on form peg 14 on the motorway bank and just to show how many fish there were in this peg Andy managed to hook a fish within 5 seconds of the all in being called. Andy today started off fishing really shallow on the pole plonking the bait in front of the fish who were very happy to feed and Andy had managed to catch 8 carp in the first 20 minutes so a big weight was on the cards. Andy was fishing 8 to 10mm banded pellet on the hook fish fishing shallow which gave him 200lb in the first three hours, but a fishless fourth hour slowed him down and he swithched to a 5 metre line for the last hour fishing big banded pellet which picked up his catch rate and after 5 hours caught a fantastic 341-04 to still be king of the lake {well done Andy}.

 

 

In second place and hot on the heels of Andy was Mark Newbold 4 pegs away on peg 18 and like Andy was fishing shallow using pellet hook bait which caught him plenty of carp to double figures, in fact Mark had 199lb of fish on the board before weighing his fish in the nets. A switch to fishing the bush to his right again using pellet  but this time fishing on the deck kept the fish coming but in the end he fell just short of the 300lb barrier with his very good weight of 287-00.

Completing the frame and keeping very quiet today was lake owner John Bennett who after half an hour was seen walking around the lake as he was unhappy with his draw of peg 23, but 5 hour later he was smiling like a cheshire cat as not only had he framed but had beaten me in the process. John fished a two metre line to the bush to his left using both banded pellet and meat hook bait and feeding pellet, and the fish were happy to come close to the bank even the big ones as he managed to catch an Ollie { a carp of 18-08 the same weight as his dog ] and many other doubles in his final weight of 171-08.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Andy Quarmby	14	341-04	Rolfslake
2nd	Mark Newbold	18	287-00	Rolfslake
3rd	John Bennett	23	171-08	Rolfslake
4th	Paul Jay	34	162-08	Rolfslake
5th	John Draper	22	156-08	Rolfslake
6th	Andy Rayment	32	132-04	Rolfslake
7th	Mick Jones	26	124-08	Rolfslake
8th	Geoff Edwards	16	104-00	Reading Angling Centre
9th	Stuart Yeomans	4	70-04	Reading Angling Centre
10th	Neil Riddy	8	57-12	Rolfslake
11th	Eddie Taylor-Green	9	52-00	Rolfslake
12th	Steve Williams	6	38-12	Rolfslake
13th	Kevan Orr	38	38-08	Rolfslake
14th	Dai Thomas	2	27-04	Jinx League
14th	Dave	40	27-04	Chinnor Angling Centre
16th	Kev Doulton	13	DNW	Rolfslake
17th	Graham Ridgely	10	DNW	Rolfslake
18th	Jim McCann	7	DNW	Rolfslake

The Pirate Sunk by HMS Bennett .

 Report to follow.

With the later starts in both the Monday and Wednesday opens I expect the weights to get bigger and bigger and also the attendances, so if you fancy a chance of a big match weight and the possibilty of a 20lb carp and good company then get down to one of these opens you wont regret it.

 

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

John tells me there was a good attendance of 13 anglers on the match and 4 pleasure anglers down the lake today. The weather was cold with a breezy wind making the fishing harder than it was yesterday although the silvers were happy to feed and there was a massive shoal of carp hiding down the bottom end of the small lake.

Hopefully the later draw time will start to boost the attendances in these midweek matches and with the Easter Festival only a few weeks away i am sure there will be a few of these anglers coming down for a practise and with the weather now a little more settled than last month hopefully the carp will now start to feed a little better than they have recently.

Results.

13 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Dave Hope	22	72-08
2nd	Neil Hutchings	30	55-08
3rd	Wez	26	38-12
4th	Pete Arnold	10	30-08
5th	Paul Jay	18	27-08
6th	John Bennett	7	26-04

Could i ask the visitors to the site that post comments to please only post comments about the match in question and for all other fish chat could you please use the forum as we want our visitors to the site reading interesting facts on the matches and methods and not some of the trivial comments that have been posted recently thank you.

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

 

After the tough midweek open won By Geoff Edwards the anglers today were greeted by two things, the sun and a lake full of cruising fish to raise the hopes of a good days fishing. I can only asume todays match was a walk off as both pegs 20 and 3 were included and under normal conditions and with me absent from the lake these pegs would never be included.

John tells me the story of the match was that today was a sunny and fairly warm day with a cool breeze blowing across the lake which saw the small lake black with fish but they were not interested in feeding but chasing each other around. It was a similar story in the big lake but the anglers did manage to catch a few carp early so thing were already better than Wednesday. The good thing about today is that the silvers were still happy to feed in numbers with Steve Waters managing to catch over 20lb of silvers to go with his carp, and John also told me that there were a few carp lost but there were still many bites to be had which is good news.

In first place today was lake owner John Bennett who when I phoned him after 2 hours he told me he was struggling like he does even if he is bagging, but was struggling to get bites fishing his long line but after changing to start a new swim began catching again and during this period he managed to  catch 3 carp for 42lb to boost his weight. John was today fishing on the deck at about 14 metres using corn and soft pellet for hoobait feeding micro pellet and caught 8 carp for 79-00 for yet another win { well done John }.

In second place today was an angler missing for a while Ernie Malyon who was fishing peg 23 on the motorway bank and Ernie fished both the waggler and pole to catch his carp and today was using maggots as hookbait and after 5 hours put a hard earned 65-04 on the scales to just keep ahead of the chasing pack. Very close in third was John Draper who was fishing in the small lake on peg 34 and John in the end fell just one small roach from second place with 65-00 and today any of the top three weights would of won the midweek match.

9 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	John Bennett	16	79-00	Rolfslake
2nd	Ernie Malyon	23	65-04	Spro
3rd	John Draper	34	65-00	Rolfslake
4th	Dave Whiteman	25	55-00	Hydro 2000
5th	Steve Waters	9	48-08	Frenzee
6th	Kev Doulton	20	28-08	Rolfslake
7th	Mick Chappell	3	23-08	Rolfslake
8th	Mick Hughes	14	22-08	Hydro 2000

Tomorrow Rolfslake welcome Royal Oak angling club so we hope all the anglers have a great day.

John has already had 12 names for the Easter Festival and has asked the anglers who fished last year if they would like to fish they must contact him asap if they would like to fish this year. John has limited the event to 27 places to enable the anglers to have a bit of space on the lake, and this popular event usually is well attended and by the time Easter comes around the fishing should at full swing so to not miss out give John a call to confirm your place.

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.