Rolfslake Wednesday Open 29th May 2013.
Cold weather and rain slow down the fishing in todays match.
After the good weights over the last 4 days the 13 anglers were greeted with a colder day and rain which put the carp off feeding in any numbers today and with the pleasure anglers struggling in the morning signs were not good today.
Amazingly Mark Newbold drew peg 10 for the sixth match running much to the amusment of the other anglers as he was drawn again in the so called no carp bay but after 5 carp in the first half an hour which had him smiling which was quickly wiped off as soon as the bream moved in and the carp moved out but still saw him weigh in 94-14. Todays winner was the returning Derek Hammond who had drawn form peg 9 and made no mistake by fishing a 6 metre line fishing pellet hookbait feeding pellet which resulted in a good run of smaller carp but enough today to win with his weight of132-05 { well done Derek }.
Results.
13 fished
A Section
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight |
| 1st | Derek Hammond | 9 | 132-05 |
| 2nd | Eddie Taylor-Green | 7 | 82-06 |
| 3rd | John Bennett | 32 | 58-02 |
| 4th | John Emmerson | 8 | 33-09 |
| 5th | Mick Chappell | 5 | 15-04 |
| 6th | Mick Jones | 4 | DNW |
B Section
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight |
| 1st | Paul Jay | 26 | 129-04 |
| 2nd | Mark Newbold | 10 | 94-14 |
| 3rd | John Draper | 18 | 84-02 |
| 4th | Nick Williams | 14 | 70-12 |
| 5th | Richard | 16 | 67-13 |
| 6th | The Prince of Darkness Micheal Corsini | 13 | 64-07 |
| 7th | Mick Lane | 28 | 36-00 |
X4 and the tip rod sink John in todays match.
For the first time in a while John and I were drawn on even pegs , pegs 32 and 7 and with John very confident of another point it was so sad to disappoint him today. The telling moment for me was watching Graham pleasure fishing on 34 as everytime he cast his bomb towards the rope a few minutes later he was into a carp and after an hour it was a walk round to the container to get my bomb rod. The first cast towards the far bank saw the rod scream round and the first of 5 carp was on its way to the landing net and a later switch to fishing paste brought me 5 more carp for my total of 82-06 and a section win by default.
John on the other hand had a frustrating match catching fish down the edges on 32 fishing corn and pellet hookbaits but half way through the match John hooked a very big carp over 20lb and after playing it to the net it made one last roll over the line and broke him starting terret mode. John added a few more carp to his net and after 5 hours weighed 58-02 to lose a valuable point to the Pirate.
The score now stands at
John 8
Eddie 5
Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.
