Author: Eddie

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 23rd February 2011

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Dave Whiteman makes it two victories in a week.

With a few more anglers coming down to the lake for the midweek opens, today they were going to be greeted with another horrid day of rain with the lake water over the platforms but the match anglers and the pleasure anglers were still going to catch a few fish today.

With the club matches due to start in the next four weeks or so and the chances of fishing Rolfslake at the weekend being restricted to the odd few and with the Spring league and the Easter Festival also either in play or coming soon the Wednesday opens will be your main chance to fish  this brilliant lake.

With the usual suspects down the lake the anglers were drawn in the big lake with the pleasure anglers in the small lake and from what John tells me was that in what ended a close match the winner today was lake regular Dave Whiteman who made it two victories in a week this time fishing peg 16 on the motorway bank. Dave used a combination of the tip and the pole fished with corn and pellet and was rewarded with carp in his final weight of 88-08 and first place. In second place was Frank Donaghie with 78-08 from peg 14 and Paul Jay was third with 62-08 from peg 62-08.

The interesting fact from todays match was Mick Lane who was fishing the LEFT bush on peg 13 and was rewarded with 21-00 of perch { John tells me Mick had 7 perch over 2lb } in his overall weight of 32-00 fishing maggot at 3 metres.

Two wins in a week for Hydro 2000 sponsored Dave Whiteman.

 

Results

Place  Angler Peg Weight  
1st Dave Whiteman 16 88-08 Hydro 2000
2nd Frank Donaghie 14 78-08 Hydro 2000
3rd Paul Jay 26 62-08 Rolfslake
4th John Bennett 19 57-00 Rolfslake
5th Tom 24 47-00 Rolfslake
6th Mick Lane 13 32-00 {21lb of perch } Rolfslake

 

Mick Jones coming soon to a lake near you.

Until our next report tight lines Simon and Eddie.

Rolfslake Open Wednesday 19th January 2011.

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Paul Jays reign as king of the lake lasted only 3 days.

With 8 anglers turning up for todays open together with a few pleasure anglers they were greeted with a flooded lake as the river was busting behind it.

The main story today was that that the carp were willing to have a feed with John Bennett winning todays match with 14 carp for 80-00. John had a great start to the match catching 11 carp in the first two hours, catching down the edge of the big bush towards peg 18. John caught his carp on corn and maggot feeding 6 maggots at a time which kept the fish coming but a trip to the hut for a cup of tea saw the fish move away and in the last two hours only caught 3 more for his final weight of 80-00 and match win {well done John } and also takes over from Paul as king of the lake. In second place was Pete Arnold who was on peg 32 and Pete caught a total of 6 carp the first 4 went 27-08 and the final 2 went 28-00 for a total of 55-08. Completing the frame was Paul Jay who also caught a carp and silvers for 17-00 from peg 26.

The remainder of the anglers that did not weigh in caught silvers but no carp.

Todays match winner John Bennett and new king of the lake.

 Results top 3.

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st John Bennett 19 80-00 Rolfslake
2nd Pete Arnold 32 55-08 Rolfslake
3rd Paul Jay 26 17-00 Rolfslake

 Until our next report tight lines Simon and Eddie

Winter League Round 5. 16th January 2011

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The battle for the league crown hots up.

As the anglers turned up for the penultimate round of the winter league they were hoping { as the lake was ice free and the temperature was not too bad }that the fish would have a go and make this round better than the last. The battle for the league crown was a tight affair with three teams still in with a chance of team glory which were Pats Lot, Walker Floats and 10 times champions Rolfs Team Gold so it was important that your team members 1. caught a fish and 2. beat your main opponents and 3.stick to your team plans.

A Section.

Today for my sins i agreed to fish round 5 in place of Gary Haisman for the aptly named Woodentops and as i waited in line to draw one thing that never changes is the good anglers always draw well ,with Jon Walker drawing peg 34 [out of the wind } Andy Quarmby drawing peg 6 and Phil drawing peg 37 so at least i had good view of all the top teams in this section. Also in A section was my web partner Simon so he was going to be my target for today as i had peg 40 in the bottom of the small lake left in the bag for me and with a strong wind blowing this way things were not going to be easy.

I would like to say this section fished well but it did not, and all i can say is that Jon Walker managed to put a bag of silvers together to win the section with over 10lb so maximum points for Walker Floats with Phil Powell coming second with two big perch for nearly 4lb so 6 points for Rolfs Team Gold and the rest of us struggled for fish with Geoff Palmer catching one perch for 2-07 and my one perch went 2oz {some things never change} Malc and Andy put a few very small fish together for 4th and 5th in the section ,i came 6th and poor Simon had the dreaded DNW as he was fishing solely for carp and lost 4 so no points but 1 -nil to me ,so  i was happy.

5 hours one 2oz perch perfect.

B section .

This section had the most consistent action with the weights in the end with most anglers getting the silvers to respond . the three main teams were Steve Waters on peg 13, John Bennett on peg 10 and Pat Pritchard on peg 9 so they were all very close together but in the end a fantastic bag of silvers of 21-01 gave Steve and Walker Floats another section win and with the main rivals John and Pat in 4th and 6th place that was a massive result for the team. Also in this section there were solid results for Clive Pritchard on 30 and Earnie Malyon on form peg 32 and a big 2lb+ perch pushed Richard Doolan up to 5th place in the section.

C section.

This was the section to be in today as the carp decided to have a feed with all the anglers in this section catching at least a carp so all was to play for. Also in this section Walker Floats were going to be given a vital gift a one point swing in there favour due to Steve Palmer not seperating his silvers and carp and having over a pound of silvers put back and not weighed which dropped him from 3rd to 5th place.

The main story here was Paul Jay who was on peg 18, who was fishing the bomb into the corner and down the edge and was rewarded with 7 carp to double figures by fishing corn as hookbait. Paul not only won todays match he also won his section and the carp pools not a bad result but is now king of the lake with his weight of 72-00 {well done Paul }. In second place was Rolfs Team Golds Mick Lane with 50-01 from corner peg 21 and with the next three weights being seperated by 10oz Frank Hardie 31-14, Derek Hammond 31-12 and Steve Palmer 31-04 a couple of fish made all the difference. In 6th place was Pete Arnold with 15-12 and Dai Thomas in 7th with 15-10.

Results.

A Section Peg Weight Team
1st Jon Walker 34 10-3 Walker Floats
2nd Phil Powell 37 3-3 Rolfs Team Gold
3rd Geoff Palmer 4 2-7 Heavy Weights
4th Andy Quarmby 6 11oz Pats Lot
5th Malc Doyle 2 9oz Rolfs Rejects
6th Eddie Taylor-Green 40 2oz Wooden Tops
Simon Mound 7 DNW Assassins
B Section Peg Weight Team
1st Steve Waters 13 21-1 Walker Floats
2nd Clive Pritchard 30 17-3 Assassin
3rd Ernie Malyon 32 16-5 Heavy Weights
4th John Bennett 10 15-5 Rolfs Team Gold
5th Richard Doolan 28 8-2 Rolfs Rejects
6th Pat Pritchard 9 7-15 Pats Lot
Neil Riddy 8 DNW Wooden Tops
C Section Peg Weight Team
1st Paul Jay 18 72-0 Wooden Tops
2nd Mick Lane 21 50-1 Rolfs Team Gold
3rd Frank Hardie 14 31-14 Assassins
4th Derek Hammond 23 31-12 Walker Floats
5th Steve Palmer 24 31-4 Heavy Weights
6th Pete Arnold 26 15-12 Pats Lot
7th Dai Thomas 16 15-10 Rolfs Rejects
DAY TEAM POINTS POINTS
Walker Floats 18
Rolfs Team Gold 16
Heavy Weights 13
Assassins 11
Wooden Tops 9
Pats Lot 8
Rolfs Rejects 7

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

TOTAL  TEAM POINTS POINTS
1 Walker Floats 21+10+13+15+ 18 77
2 Rolfs Team Gold 17+14+16+11+16 74
3 Pats Lot 10+17+16+14+8 65
4 Heavy Weights 11+16+5+18+13 63
5 Assassins 9+15+12+6+11 53
6 Wooden Tops 9+3+13+3+9 37
7 Rolfs Rejects 7+8+2+3+7 27

With one round remaining it has now come down to a two horse race between 10 times champion and underfeated in years Rolfs Team Gold and the dream team Walker Floats who hold a 3 point lead going into round 6 which could prove vital ?.

Walker Floats {Steve, Derek and Jon } are they ready for victory ?.

I would like to say i enjoyed my first experience of team fishing but with a strong wind blowing into the corner it made presentation difficult it was really hard, but at least i was out of Bennett abuse range so all was not bad. Our 2011 battle will commence at the next open that we fish and as it now stands at 1-1 in the last two years battle i cannot wait to get revenge.

On a seperate issue i would like to say well done to John and his fishery team in keeping the lake as ice free as possible and in doing so has saved the lives of many of Rolfslake’s fish as fisheries around the country have had big fish kills due to their lakes being frozen solid for long periods. It cost John lots of money to run areators and regular trips down to the lake so that others can have a place to fish even if the fishing is difficult at times, and i believe that because of this the fish will respond a lot quicker this year and i expect the fishing to be much better than last year although with a top weight of nearly 400lb it was not a total disaster.

Thanks for reading Simon and Eddie.

Peg King 2011 is on its way.

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Firstly John and Pauline ,Simon and i would like to wish all our friends and visitors a Happy New Year and wish everyone good health and good fortune for 2011 .

One of the features of the website that had everyone’s interest last year was the introduction of the peg king board, and i have never seen so much joy when a person was knocked off the peg board. Last year John Hague was king of the lake with a fantastic 397-08 caught in a night match from peg 32 {well done John } and the person who held the most peg kings at once was lake owner John Bennett who held 6. Also last year out of the 38 pegs used the pegs held 14 x 100lb+ weights ,18 x 200lb+ weights and 2 super 300lb+ weights so anyone that says Rolfslake is peggy is definitley wrong.

So Simon and i have set the ball rolling for this year starting from round 4 of the winter league so everyone that caught fish { sorry John B } is straight on the board but dont expect to be on there for long with these weights.

It is only for a bit of fun but i know there are plenty of you that will want to be on the board of fame.

Until the next report Simon and Eddie.

Rolfslake Open Wednesday 24th November 2010

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The Pirate strikes back in todays match.

Given time off for good behaviour from work allowed me to attend todays low attended open and after the indifferent weights from last weekends league series i wanted to try something i had been working on recently. The weather was cold but very bright turning really cold towards the end so it was a good thing i was well wrapped up as i expected bites to be hard to come by in todays match.

We decided to have a walk off today and i knew exactly where i wanted to go if i drew a low number and as draw was called i wasted no time putting my hand in and to my surprise drew number one PERFECT. The guys already new it was going to be small lake peg 3 as i had been talking about it for the last four weeks but had not been allowed to fish it because it had been out of view from the rest , and the thought of me out of abuse range did not appeal to them.

In the big lake the pleasure anglers were catching carp on the bomb fished with corn and both Taff and the angler on peg 18 were having quite a few indications so at least the carp had not switched off so the signs were good for my fishing plan.

John had decided he had to be near to me so he could keep an eye on me so was on peg 34, Kev Dalton was opposite on peg 7, Paul was on 16 with the rest scattered around. I had not realised that the all in had been called as John had run out of gas for the air horn and i was surprised that he used the whistle as he is usually full of hot air {only joking John } and i was about 10 minutes late starting as they were cutting the grass on the main road and i could not hear him.

 

Todays winner was me Eddie aka Bandanaman who confused John into thinking that i was only using corn and pellet and that in fact i was using paste just to prove a point to myself that you can still catch on paste when the water gets really cold.

What i was not using today was my trusted X4 but Markyu AFP 300 that i was given to me by Mick Wilkinson earlier in the year whilst doing an Angling Times feature down on the lake. It is so easy to mix one cup of paste mix to one cup of water mix it up and leave it for 5 minutes and thats it.

 

The one thing that Rolf always told me about peg 3 was that there are always carp in the hole on peg 3 and he was never wrong about that. To just prove it was no fluke today i caught more carp than anyone else 7 and lost 6 on the paste and the nearest one to me today caught 3 so this paste works a treat. I caught my fish either at 11 metres towards peg 4 or against the bush and had it not been for the sun in my eyes i would of seen a lot more of the bites as some even pulled the elastic out. At the end of the match i had caught 7 carp for 41-12 but it was enough to prove a point to me that it can work.

In second place was Barry Crawley fishing peg 11 and Barry caught three big carp on the tip fishing corn casting about half way across towards peg 30 and he weighed 37-00 on only his second trip to the lake { well done Barry }. Completing the frame was John on 34 who could not catch on the tip and corn so ended up fishing the bush to his right on the pole using maggot, which brought him one big carp of 17lb one small one of about 7lb and 3 odd pound of silvers for his final weight of 27-08.

I have left this picture big so you can see John's fish.

John even sent Pete Morton round to see what i was using and i had to hide it in my bag to keep it secret .

I managed to pull one point back on John and the score now stands at John 14 Eddie 10 but i fear time is running out.

P.s thanks to Mick Jones for my KitKat chunky and for Pete Morton for the photos.

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st Eddie Taylor-Green 3 41-12 Rolfslake / Walker Floats
2nd Barry Crawley 11 37-00 Rolfslake
3rd John Bennett 34 27-08 Rolfslake Cartel
4th Paul Jay 16 25-08 Rolfslake Cartel
5th Butch Ridgley 28 23-00 Rolfslake
6th Kev Dalton 7 16-09 Rolfslake

 

Until our next report tight lines Simon and Eddie.

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