Category: Match Reports

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 25th March 2015

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A chilly day down the lake.

After a few days of mild weather it was disappointing to see it get much colder in todays midweek open. It was decided to not peg the two current form pegs 18 and 22 giving hopefully the pegs a rest and hopefully move the fish up through the big lake.

As the match started there were literally 100’s of carp cruising around on the top eating the blossom that was falling of the bushes on the carpark bank but at least you  could see your target for a change.

The story of the match with a top carp weight and a top silver weight it gave the anglers a choice of what they wanted to target and the top weight of silvers today went to Pat Pritchard on peg 8. Pat tells me that had he had more than a half pint of casters he could of pushed his weight to over 40lb as when he ran out and fished maggots the roach got much smaller in size , but he still managed a nice mixed bag of chub, bream, perch and roach for his weight of 26-14.

Winning the carp match was Graham Ridgely on peg 24 on the car park bank and Graham fished the bomb both down the edge and towards peg 22 where there were stacks of cruising carp and many more down below to catch his 8 carp to double figures for his weight of 74-09 {well done Graham }.

A few photos from today’s match.

Carp section winner Graham Ridgely.

Top silver fish weight . Pat Pritchard 26-14.

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Andy with 19-12 of silvers as well.

Andy Johnstone with a carp of 15-14.

Results.

7 fished

 Place  Angler Peg  Weight
 1st  Graham Ridgely  24  74-09  Rolfslake
 2nd  Dave Whiteman  26  50-12  Hydro 2000
 3rd  Andy Johnstone  32  43-02  Garbolino / Tricast
 4th  John Bennett  16  40-12  Rolfslake
 5th  Pat Pritchard  8  26-14 {silvers}  Rolfslake
 6th  Eddie Taylor-Green  13  13-02  Rolfslake
 7th  Dai Thomas  9  11-02  Rolfslake

John continues with his early season lead

Score stands at

John 4

Eddie 0

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

Rolfslake Sunday Open 22nd March 2015

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The Carp start to show in todays match.

Today saw a much improved attendance with 23 eager anglers hoping that the Rolfslake carp would start to make an appearance. The good thing today was that the anglers were going to be properly spread around both the big and small lake and that in turn would start to move the fish about and hopfully away from the flyer pegs 18 and 22 which had show great consistency these last 8 weeks.

Alas today was no different as on a sunny and warm day but with a cool breeze all it did was to bring the previously dormant carp back to life but only to torment the anglers and sunbathe all around the lake.

Todays winner was Kev Simpson who had drawn form peg 18 on the motorway bank and Kev had an enjoyable day no doubt catching and losing a few but caught carp to double figures in his final weight of 145-01 {well done Kev}. In second place and having a good view of Kev was lake regular Derek Hammond on opposite peg 22 and Derek also had fish to double figures in his weight of 100-03.

Results

23 fished

 Place  Angler Peg  Weight
1st Kev Simpson 18 145-01 State Tackle
2nd Derek Hammond 22 100-03 Banbury Gunsmiths and Tackle
3rd Brian Rimmer 26 87-07 Rolfslake
4th Andy Johnstone 14 66-04 Garbolino/ Tricast
5th Andy Quarmby 32 65-12 Middy
6th Dai Thomas 17 52-08 Rolfslake
7th Ryan Seymore 25 49-12 Rolfslake
8th John Bennett 2 48-12 Rolfslake
9th Anthony Flint 36 48-04 Rolfslake
10th John Draper 13 44-15 Rolfslake
11th Geoff Edwards 31 44-01 Colmic
12th Mick Lane 7 39-07 Rolfslake
13th Steve Statye 23 35-04 Rolfslake
14th Ade Williams 34 29-00 Rolfslake
15th Pat Pritchard 5 25-04 Rolfslake

As is always the case prior to the forthcoming Easter festival the carp have started to wake up and I expect to see the weight really move on in the next week or so as we are now starting to get some settled weather so get down if you fancy catching a big carp or ton plus weight now should be the time for that.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

Rolfslake Open Saturday 7th March 2015

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A very tough day down the lake

Today saw 7 anglers down the lake on a sunny mild day which was a bit of a suprise as it was probably the best weekend to date this year. The lake has currently been suffering with increased cold water covering the platforms and John and Pauline have been working very hard trying keeping the lake at a reasonable level. With the water being quite cold at the moment it seems it is affecting the carp into not feeding in any numbers at the moment and the lake was motionless during the match with no signs of carp in the big lake except for Kev Dolton who managed to catch the only carp of the day from peg 13 by fishing into the bay near peg 11.

The winner today was lake owner John Bennett who after searching for carp by fishing the bomb and corn then decided to fish for silvers and was rewarded with roach and at least 5 big perch to nealy 2lb plus a bream in his hard earned weight of 20-01 and well clear of the chasing pack. The race for second was won by Kev Dolton who managed a late carp to keep him just ahead of Doug Robinson with his weight of 13-12 to Dougs 13-01.

With the Easter festival fast approaching we expect the carp to switch on in the next couple of weeks as the weather is due to be more settled and the club match that was held on Sunday was won with 40lb plus and there were carp caught by a few of the anglers so things are starting to look up.

The festival places are now full with John now adding names to the reserve list so please can the remaining anglers that have booked please confirm your places in the next week or so { thank you }.

Results

7 fished

 Place  Angler  Peg  Weight
 1st  John Bennett  16  20-01  Rolfslake
 2nd  Kev Dolton  13  13-12  Rolfslake
 3rd  Doug Robinson  18  13-01  Rolfslake
 4th  Steve Waters  24  10-00  Drennan
 5th  Eddie Taylor-Green  14  9-11  Rolfslake
 6th  Derek Hammond  26  Dnw  Banbury Gunsmiths
 7th  Neil Hutchins  22  Dnw  Rolfslake

J.B sinks the Pirate to go 2 points ahead.

The score now stands at

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John 2

edie

Eddie 0

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

PAIRS LEAGUE FINAL ROUND RESULTS

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PEG  NO  NAME WEIGHT POINTS TOTAL POINTS
 32 ANTHONY FLINT 24-3-0  8
 38 GEOFF BOND 16-2-0  7
28 CHARLIE BISHOP 14-14-0  6
13 KEV DOLTON 12-5-0  5
30 ERNIE MALYON 12-3-0  4
10 MICK JONES 11-14-0  3
36 STEVE STATE 5-13-0  2
 9 FRED SELWOOD   4-5-0  1

CARP SECTION

 22 STEVE PALMER 86-2-0  8
 26 DOUG ROBINSON 44-7-0  7
 14 JOHN BENNETT 21-14-0  6
  7 ANDY QUARMBY 19-4-0  5
 34 KEV SIMPSON 18-14-0  4
 24 DOUG HILL   8-2-0  3
 16 KURT KURBLE   5-5-0  2
 18 ALLAN BOND  DNW  0

FINAL TABLE RESULTS

 ANTHONY FLINT /ANDY QUARMBY 66+13  79
 STEVE STATE / DOUG ROBINSON 55+9  64
 KEV DOLTON / JOHN BENNETT 52+11  63
 ERNIE MALYON / STEVE PALMER 45+12  57
 GEOFF BOND / ALLAN BOND 44+7  51
 CHARLIE BISHOP / KURT KURBLE 40+8  48
 KEV SIMPSON / MICK JONES PLUS STANDINS AND ROUNDS NOT FISHED 19+7  26
 FRED SELWOOD /DOUG ROBINSON 11+4  15

Andy and Anthony are crowned Rolfslake Pairs Champions 2015.

Today saw the final round of the Rolfslake pairs competition and barring a miracle or a total distaster Andy Quarmby and Anthony Flint should be crowned champions due to their consistent results the previous 5 rounds where the points scoring and more importantly no blow outs by either angler meant they were carrying an 11 points cushion into round 6. The big battle today would be to see who was going to come second between Steve and Doug and John and Kev as there was only 3 points gap and all to play for.

The good thing about this league was you knew exactly what you needed to target and what pegs gave you a realistic chance of good points as in the carp section pegs 18 and 22 had been the most consistent and 38,32 and 13 were required in the silvers section.

Todays match followed the normal pattern in this league of Anthony and Andy scoring a big 13 points with Anthony winning the silvers section from peg 32 with 24-03 and Andy placing fourth in the carp section to win  the league and after a tense battle John and Kev  managed to claw 2 points back on Steve and Doug but fell 1 point short leaving Steve and Doug to claim second place.

Congratulation to all the anglers for fishing the league in good spirits and to all the anglers that filled in as cover for missing anglers.

Congratulations to Andy and Anthony for winning the league.

And finally a big thanks to John and Pauline for running the league and being great hosts to all the anglers.

johnrock

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

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