Category: Open Match

Sunday Open Match. 1st August 2010

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A good turnout at the lake today for a rare Sunday open match. 22 anglers turned up. Fishing was from 11.15 till 4.15. With Ginger on peg 8 most people had already set themselves up to win the section they were fishing because all thought he would win the match as he normally does from peg 8.

On the all in I had a fish right away as did a lot of people but after the first hour people were really struggling for a bite. Paul Jay on peg 34 had already been trashed in the lilies.

John Bennett came round the lake to take a picture of Dave Whitemans 22lb’er

Dave with his smashing carp

For the rest of the match the only people really catching well was Simon Enticot on peg 28, Ginger on peg 8 and Malc on peg 13. Pat on peg 4 had a steady run of fish throughout the match as did Kev over on peg 38.

The results tell the rest of the Story. Most people tipped back so the weights on the results are those from the weigh sheets. It was a close match though.

Results

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Ginger 8 191-10
2 Simon Enticot 28 182-4
3 Malc Doyle 13 131-4
4 Pat Pritchard 4 123-4
5 Kev Doulton 38 112-8
6 Simon Mound 6 79-0
7 Pete Archer 32 75-8
8 Mickey 19 72-10
9 Jeff Edwards 2 72-0
10 Mat Edwards 7 69-6
11 Bill Lovelock 16 59-8
12 John Hague 25 47-12
13 Nick Williams 31 46-0
14 Paul Jay 34 34-0
14 Dave Whiteman 10 22-8 (1 Fish)
15 Adam Griffiths 40 16-0
16 Gary Haisman 26 13-8
17 Mick Jones 18 12-8
17 Mark Orchard 9 11-8
18 Aiden Maylson 29 11-0
19 Brian Green 14 10-12
20 Chris Lovelock 20 9-12
21 Marcus Burgess 22 DNW
22 Jack Harness 23 DNW

A superstar at the lake

Rolflake’s 3rd night match 23rd July 2010.

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As Rolfslake entered its 3rd night match of the year, news had got out of the prize on offer to the angler that broke the lake record of 530-00 of a Lamborghini Gallardo or a Vespe / Rolfslake tee shirt and these prizes i am sure helped swell the attendance on tonights match.

Prize to the angler that broke the lake record on tonights match only.

Also tonight we had the rare treat of the Jinx Minx aka Gemma Doyle join the guys for a nights fishing but as the regulars are not part of the Jinx League they are unaware of the term minxing or the significance of her scream when she caught her first fish.

Stupidly i was talking to Simon the day before when he told me that Gemma was going to fish and i muttered the words i will never be minxed at Rolfslake but would these words come back to haunt me ?.

The Minx Gemma Doyle on the prowl for new victims.

Peg 32 the winning peg on the last two night matches had Lee on it tonight and he was hoping to fill his nets as there is a massive head of fish in this area at the moment, and on peg 9 Neil Riddy had drawn the peg for the second night match out of three. With only two pegs left in the bag it was left to me and Paul Jay to draw and when i pulled out peg 26 i was more than happy to see Paul draw very little used peg 35 in the small lake.
The match started with the usual flurry of bites and early fish but my biggest fear happen after 20 minutes when from the motorway bank there was a shreek as Gemma caught her first of many carp so i was already playing catch up, and for the next four hours i watched as Gemma landed fish after fish as it got dark and at one stage i estimated i was 6 fish down so i dont think i have ever concentrated so much in order to put some carp in the net.
Along the motorway bank the usual suspect were catching fish with Dave Whiteman catching steady and next to him Derek Hammond was also catching slow to start with but getting quicker as the match went on. The anglers on the motorway bank were struggling like me with foulhooked fish and from where i could see also pegs 9 and 32 were struggling to line the fish up, and John Hague on peg 8 was finding it frustrating trying to locate where the fish were and what baits they wanted.
In first place today was Rolfslake regular Geoff Edwards who yet again was lucky to have his wife Vicky  bring him good luck and also an end peg. The combination of good angler + good peg normally = match win and today Geoff fished just two lines one at 4 to 5 metres and the other down to the edge to his right at a range of 3 metres just down the first shelf. By fishing paste on the deck Geoff was able to keep the fish coming by feeding constantly which brought a run of big fish { Geoff’s last two fish went 38-08 } which helped him amass his weight of 273-05 and another match win and peg king {well done Geoff.
In second place was Paul Jay who fished a very good match from a poor peg and who fished banded pellet on the deck at 6 metres feeding heavy but suffered a lot of lost fish but still managed to catch plenty of fish to double figures in his weight of 184-04 and also peg king for peg 35.
Completing the frame was Derek Hammond on peg 29 on the car park bank and after a slow start was able to catch fish at 8 metres i think as i could not see that clearly in the dark, and after five hours caught 153-04 for another frame.
After the match and weigh-in the anglers were treated to a lovely barbeque provided by John and the anglers relaxed by the lake recalling their match and telling of lost fish and big battles with Rolfslake’s monsters.

As for me i spent all night foul hooking fish and losing fish in the bush to my left and after spending 4 and a half hours swearing to myself i was very lucky to have four doubles in a row on paste to catch 74-10 and 11th place and only 2-06 in front of Gemma so i saved myself a minxing just, but i will not be stupid again to think that i can’t be beaten by Gem { sorry }.

If you would like to experience an enjoyable match with great company and a great barbeque give John Bennett a call to book on as places are limited due to health and safety of all our visitors.

Geoff and Vicky Edwards looking for cloud 9 on their way home.

Results.

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st Geoff Edwards 7 273-05 Reading Angling Centre
2nd Paul Jay 35 184-04 Rolfslake
3rd Derek Hammond 29 153-04 Banbury Gunsmiths
4th Dave Moore 22 133-04 Jinx League
5th Dave Whiteman 28 130-12 Hydro 200
6th John Hague 8 123-04 Smithys
7th Aiden 15 100-10 PB Rolfslake
8th Mark Chard 16 92-04 Rolfslake
9th Simon Mound 31 86-00 Jinx League
10th Neil Riddy 9 83-14 Rolfslake
11th Eddie Taylor-Green 26 74-10 Rolfslake / Walker Floats
12th Gemma Doyle 18 72-04 Jinx League
13th Lee 32 58-04 Rolfslake
14th Chris Love 17 24-08 Rolfslake

Early morning fishing.

As i woke up at 6.30 am i was greeted by John Hague and his son Brandon who were happily bagging from peg 33 by the hut and after a short while Brandon’s float dissapeared and he was hanging on to a nice common carp of 14-08 which brought a nice smile on his face and even a bigger one on his dads { well done Brandon }.

John and Brandon Hague working as a team.

One of Brandons double figure commons.

Mark and Billy Chard.

Billy Chard with a common 13-08.

After watching Brandon catching a few carp young Billy was tempted into having a go and again by float fishing using banded pellet Billy was into a carp after a few minutes and with a little help from dad was able to play and land a nice common of 13-08 {well done Billy}.

Until our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.

Coming to a Lake near you….Open Match, 28th July 2010

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Venue :- Rolfs Lake

Date :- Wednesday 28th July

Another open down at the lake. Today’s turnout was very good with 20 anglers on the carpark. The weather started of very sunny and warm but the wind picked up and it soon became cloudy and cold.

Me and Eddie were having a little match of our own today and I had drew peg 34. Eddie waited till last to draw along with Paul Jay. There were two pegs left in the bag, 8 and 3. Eddie wanted peg 3 to stop anyone taking his Peg King title 😀 He put his hand in the bag and pulled out peg 3  much to Paul’s delight as he wanted peg 8.

Mother moor-hen on peg 34

This was my first day time open match at the lake and I must say it was all very relaxed and not as serious as I thought it would be. I had plenty of time after setting up to take a few pictures round the little lake.

John Bennett on peg 36

Dan Ball on peg 38

Jon Walker on peg 39

Andy (Pelletking) on Peg 1

Eddie on peg 3. Making sure there was no holes in the net 😀

Peg King is safe for another week

Fishing started off slow round the lake. In the little lake not many people were catching early on, I managed 4 fish shallow and John was hooking some big fish but pulling out of them at the net. Dave on peg 7 was getting a steady run of fish and Jon Walker was only catching silvers on peg 39.

In the big lake Chris Telling was having a better time on peg 28 putting a good weight of fish together along with Mick Lane on 13, Martin on peg 18 was also getting a few fish of the left hand bush.

In the final 2 hours things picked up and this is when most people started catching well. Dan Ball on 38 was putting his ton weight together and so was John Betton on peg 4. Andy on peg 9 was making regular trips to the weigh station also.

John Bennett was having a nightmare, he was fishing the bomb to the aerator. He casting was very accurate, hitting the aerator every cast that was until 20 mins to the end when his managed to get it right through the middle of it before getting snagged on the rope 😀 He pulled for a break and threw his rod up the bank and called it a day 😀

I was catching well on the bomb too, casting over towards the lilies and firing pellets over the top of it. I was using my new Carbon-Active 10ft mini rod and it performed superbly. It stopped the carp getting in the snags easily and the only fish that got anywhere close was a small common about 2-3lb 😀 {picture to follow of the little bugger}

In the last hour me and Eddie were pretty much neck and neck I thought. Jon Walker had sussed a plan out and was catching some big fish on the paste.

Jon Walker

Dave on 7 still catching

Paul Jay on Peg 8

I never had another fish in the final 30 mins and Eddie had one right before the whistle so I thought he had just done me with that final fish. I was first to be weighed and put 78-4 on the scales. Eddie’s fish came to 75-12 so I had just about pipped him much to my surprise. :mrgreen:

Word was it was going to between Mick Lane and Chris Telling for the overall win, Mick put 178-4 on the scales but was beaten by Chris with 230-4. Mick had to settle for second place two weeks running now.

Results…

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Chris Telling 28 230-4
2 Mick Lane 13 178-4
3 Martin 18 150-4
4 Andy S 9 126-4
5 John Betton 4 119-0
6 Jon Walker 39 116-8
7 Kev 10 112-12
8 Pete Arnold 14 112-0
9 Dan Ball 38 103-0
10 Paul Jay 8 100-12
11 Herbie 16 98-4
12 Andy 1 93-0
13 Dave 7 79-0
14 Simon Mound 34 78-4
15 Eddie Taylor-Green 3 75-12
16 Mick Telling 32 44-8
17 Chris Naines 6 40-4
18 John Bennett 36 10-8
19 Chris Lovelock 30 DNW
20 McConnel 26 DNW

I had a good day and enjoyed my first open. I was pleased to beat Eddie and not to break any gear like the previous anglers that have fished peg 34 (Marcus and Dave) 😀

Thanks for reading, Si and Eddie

Wednesday Open Match. 21st July 2010

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Fred Parker won today’s open match with his first double ton weight. Fred was fishing from peg 8 and caught fishing the feeder across on meat and down to the bush on his left. Well done Fred.

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Fred Parker 8 212-12
2 Mick Lane 32 194-12
3 Chris Telling 30 183-8
4 Steve Rich 28 153-8
5 Trevor Stanley 9 135-12
6 Paul Jay 4 119-8
7 Pete Archer 39 110-4
8 Justin Watkins 6 97-4
9 Gary Kelsey 38 90-12
10 Shaun 7 79-8

Dont forget also that there is a night match this coming Friday (23rd July) If you would like to fish please call John to book in. His number can be found by clicking on the ‘Contact’ Button above.

Fishing is from 7-30pm to 12-30am. The draw will take place at 6-30pm.

Todays winner, Fred Parker

Rolfslake’s Wednesday Open 14th July 2010

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The calm before the storm at todays match.

As the anglers arrived at the draw today what they wanted was an enjoyable days fishing at a lovely venue, what we actually got was rain of biblical proportions and i expected to see Noah and the arc go past us. What i also found out was that that my tried and tested Halkon Hunt clothing that i had had for a few years was not up to the job as it acted like a sponge and did not repell the water. This is not because it is no good but the reverse as i have had it for many years and it has given me many great years protection but it has now reached the end of its life.

The reason i talk about clothing is because we at Rolfslake had experienced fantastic weather for the last six weeks so it was by luck that most anglers had brought wet weather clothing rather than the shorts and flip flops that had been worn in previous weeks as it was supposed to be summertime in this country.

Even the horse Beauty was stunned when John Bennett did not draw peg 9 in todays match.

With the little lake being used for todays match as it gave the regulars a different view for a change and also gave the pleausre anglers a different area to fish. With the draw completed and the big lake out what was not a surprise was that draw bag John Bennett had drawn end peg flyer peg 7 in the gap between the two parts of the lake. Elsewhere around the small lake master float maker Jon Walker was to have another special day ,Paul Jay was going to turn a great peg into an average peg { only joking Paul } and both Pat Pritchard and myself were going to be peg kings if we could catch as pegs 39 and pegs 3 were in.

After about 30 minutes the rain started and after an hour the sky turned black and the heavens opened but it did not hamper the fishing it actually improved it as anglers could be seen playing fish all around the lake as i suppose it added oxygen to the water. Today also saw the return to the lake of Festival winner Andy aka Pellet King and i had a great view of him as he started catching all types of fish fishing shallow at the start and then he came closer as the match went on . Both Pat and myself had a slow start fishing corner pegs but towards the end the fish moved in and we could not catch them fast enough. Jon Walker was up to his normal specimen hunting tricks as his first fish after half an hour was massive and it went 21-12 so he was off and running and from where i could see both Mick Jones and Paul Jay were catching so good weights should be had by all.

Todays winner John Bennett.

The winner today was lake owner John Bennett who was on peg 7 and after catching a few fish from the far bank on the bomb fished with meat noticed his edge line that he had been feeding to his left towards peg 8 was boiling with fish and never looked back. John fished this line with paste fished tight to the edge and had fish to double figures { in fact 101lb of them } and had a real struggle with some of the bigger fish as he was broke 4 times as the real big fish moved in in what he said was a really enjoyable / frustrating match but still had 245-00 { well done John }. In second place was specimen hunter Jon Walker on peg 38 who was also chasing the peg king for this peg put fell just short in the end.

The amazing thing about Jon’s weight was he had no carp to weigh -in at the end as they were all on the board but had a fantastic 14 fish for 195lb and had carp of 21-12, 20-08 and 20-04 and many other doubles in his weight. I have been fishing Rolfslake for over 10 years and never had a 20 but Jon has a nack of catching 20’s as he has caught a few over the years, and Jon today caught a few carp fishing long but the majority of his carp at 6 metres fishing paste and pellet hook bait in his weight of 205-12. Completing the frame was Andy on peg 4 who had a very close battle with me but in the end ended one fish in front fishing his usual pellet hook bait. Andy started fishing long shallow catching carp and skimmers but fishing was slow for him but in the last two hours was able to get the fish closer at a range of 6-7 metres and this helped his final weight of 151-08.

Results.

Place Angler Peg Weight Bait  
1st John Bennett 7 245-00 Paste Rolfslake
2nd Jon Walker 38 205-12 Pellet/ Paste Rolfslake / Walker Floats
3rd Andy 4 151-08 Pellet Rolfslake
4th Eddie Taylor-Green 3 142-12 X4 Paste Rolfslake / Walker Floats
5th Mick Jones 6 127-12 Meat Rolfslake
6th Pat Pritchard 39 120-04 Meat Rolfslake
7th Paul Jay 34 73-00 Pellet/ Paste Rolfslake

New peg kings ,John Bennett peg 7 ,Pat Pritchard for peg 39 and me Eddie Taylor-Green for peg 3.

The score between John and myself stands at John 6 Eddie 7 .

Elsewhere around the lake the pleasure anglers have been catching big fish with Taff catching big fish like this 18-08 common carp.

Taff with a 18-08 common

Until our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 7th July 2010

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Today as i arrived at the lake to watch as i was working late i got to see just the last hour and a half of the match but could see anglers catching all around the lake.

The winner today was Vespe sponsored angler Chris Telling who had drawn form peg 32 by the hut on the car park bank, and as i sat behind him to watch he had told me he had caught 14 fish. Chris today caught fishing two lines one behind the bush to his left and the other at a range of 6 metres in line with peg 9, and fished both with his trademark paste hook bait to catch fish to double figures in his final weight of 248-08.

In second place was Nick Merry on peg 8 who started fishing across at 16 metres against the grasses and caught small carp but a switch to the bush to his left fishing with a combination of pellet and paste brought a flurry of carp visiting Nick’s keepnet and as the match reached the last hour he was catching a fish a cast but in the end fell a few fish short of victory with 211-12

In third place was lake owner John Bennett who was lucky to draw peg 9 again as his tackle was already ready for him as he had drawn it quite alot recently so it was not going to take a long time to set up. John fished as ususal down the edge to his right but also fished a 5 metre line straight out in front and by using paste also caught big fish in his weight of 174-12.

Vespe sponsored Chris Telling

 

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st Chris Telling 32 248-08 Vespe.com
2nd Nick Merry 8 211-12 Match Fishing Scene
3rd John Bennett 9 again 174-12 Rolfslake
4th Pat Pritchard 4 168-12 Rolfslake
5th Pete Arnold 6 144-04 Rolfslake
6th Kev Dalton 30 131-08 Rolfslake
7th Paul Bennett 34 80-02 Rolfslake
8th John Walker 2 71-08 Walker Floats
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