Category: Winter League

The Teams of 2 returns to Rolfslake

Today saw the start of the 6 match teams of 2 league matches at Rolfslake on a very cold day. This competition has one angler fish for carp with the other angler fishing for silvers and points are awarded 1 point for first down to 9 points for last in section, with the team on the lowest points total after 6 rounds being the winner.

Today was a very tough day for the anglers with the very cold melted ice water affecting both sections as the fish turned off feeding.

The winners of both carp and the silvers came from 4 pegs apart with Andrew Camden winning the carp section from peg 34 fishing along the rope with his weight of 85-09, and Anthony Flint winning the silvers section from peg 38 with a very good bag of skimmers and roach with 16-10.

Top team on the day was Anthony and Andy with 3 points but there will be many more twist and turns over the next 5 rounds.

A Section Carp

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	ANDY CAMDEN	34	85-9-0	1
2nd	ANDY QUARMBY	18	45-5-0	2
3rd	STEVE STATYE	22	20-6-0	3
4th	JACK GRIFFITHS	26	14-10-0	4
5th	DAN BLACKWELL	24	6-15-0	5
6th	JEFF BOND	13	3-14-0	6
7th	GAVIN MILLIS	14	3-11-0	7
8th	ERNIE MALYON	16	0-9-0	8
9th	FRED SELWOOD	7	DNW	9

B Section Silvers .

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	ANTHONY FLINT	38	16-10-0	1
2nd	STEVE PALMER	28	5-6-0	2
3rd	CARL ECLAND	8	1-12-0	3
4th	STEVE WATERS	9	1-4-0	4
5th	CHARLIE BISHOP	30	1-3-0	5
6th	MICK JONES	10	0-9-0	6
7th	TAFF DAVIES	5	0-8-0	7
8th	JOHN BENNETT	32	0-5-0	8
9th	DOUG HILL	36	DNW	9

Team Positions/ Points

Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total
Andy /Anthony	3						3
Dan / Carl	8						8
John /Andy	9						9
Charlie /Griff	9						9
Steve /Taff	10						10
Steve /Ernie	10						10
Steve / Gavin	11						11
Mick /Jeff	12						12
Doug / Fred	18						18

Thanks for reading John, Simon, and Eddie.

 

Round 6 the final countdown.

Today saw the final round of the spring series where anyone of 3 teams were in with a chance of Champions glory.

Today saw the anglers greeted with a cold blustery day with the wind coming from the East which made long distance pole fishing quite difficult and with the colder weather it also slowed the carp from feeding in any numbers.

The story of the day was both Andy and Anthony and Dan and Gavin needed the long time leaders Steve and Derek to draw bad and not catch which rarely happens. Both the chasing teams drew quite well with Andy drawing peg 38 the scene of his shocking result from round 2 but today won the silver section with a great silver weight of 24-13. Andy’s partner Anthony had a real struggle catching a solitary carp 1 minute from the end which weighed 7-13 and with that their chance of glory disappeared .

That left only one team to try and catch the leaders ( Dan and Gavin )and quite oddly drew next to each on pegs 13 and 14 and although both caught fish they ended near midway in their respective sections for a total of 8 points.

That left Steve and Derek having to have a nightmare to lose the series but as it has been for the previous 5 rounds they drew fair pegs and made the most of them with Steve winning the carp section from peg 7 with 46-14 and Derek coming 4th in his section.

With their total of 5 points today they could not be caught and won a very competitive series to be crowned Rolfslake Spring Pairs Champions 2016 ( well done guys ).

Results

Section Carp

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Steve Waters	7	46-14	1
2nd	Mick Jones	34	36-15	2
3rd	Steve Palmer	22	36-08	3
4th	Dave Howe	18	30-10	4
5th	Dan Blackwell	14	27-03	5
6th	Dai Thomas	26	9-09	6
7th	Anthony Flint	24	7-13	7
8th	Derek Selwood	16	DNW	8

Section Silvers

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Andy Quarmby	38	24-13	1
2nd	John Bennett	30	21-06	2
3rd	Gavin Millis	13	18-14	3
4th	Derek Hammond	10	15-00	4
5th	Micheal Corsini	32	12-13	5
6th	Jeff Bond	28	8-05	6
7th	Ernie Malyon	36	3-10	7
8th	Fred Selwood	9	DNW	8

Final Pairs position

Place	Pairs	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total
1st	Steve/ Derek	6	4	5	4	6	5	30
2nd	Andy/ Anthony	3	15	3	4	6	8	39
3rd	Dan / Gavin	10	4	6	6	5	8	39
4th	John / Dave	7	9	6	8	9	6	45
5th	Steve/ Ernie	12	9	13	9	8	10	61
6th	Mick/ Jeff	6	7	13	14	13	8	61
7th	Dai/ Micheal	13	9	12	13	10	11	68
8th	Fred/ Doug	15	15	14	15	16	16	91

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

Another cold day down the lake.

Today saw the anglers return for round 5 and with three teams in with a real chance of winning the series it was imperative to have a good draw for both anglers.

The story of today saw the anglers in the carp section struggle for bites with the easterly cold wind and high water level putting the fish off feeding but Gavin Millis managed to secure a few for his weight of 23-10 and one point.

In the silvers section Steve Waters drew unpredictable peg 38 in the small lake and with the conditions favourable to fish the long pole Steve started by fishing just off the bottom rising to the top to catch roach on caster for a very good 26-08 and again beating the top carp weight.

As far as the teams on the day Dan and Gavin were top with 5 points to go joint 2nd in the league with both Andy and Anthony and Steve and Derek both scoring 6 points to keep the gap still at 6 points.

With only one round to go it would take a massive effort from the two chasing teams and a poor draw for Steve and Derek to really close the points gap but as we have seen already anything can happen.

Roll on round 6 in two weeks time.

A Section Carp

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Gavin Millis	7	23-10	1
2nd	Micheal Corsini	14	21-04	2
3rd	Steve Stayte	22	14-10	3
4th	Andy Quarmby	24	13-05	4
5th	Derek Hammond	18	13-00	5
6th	John Bennett	26	1-01	6
7th	Jeff Bond	16	0-04	7
8th	Fred Selwood	34	DNW	8

B Section Silvers

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Steve Waters	38	26-08	1
2nd	Anthony Flint	30	19-04	2
3rd	Dave Howe	9	12-06	3
4th	Dan Blackwell	13	9-10	4
5th	Taff Davis	28	6-04	5
6th	Mick Jones	32	6-02	6
7th	Doug Hill	36	DNW	7
8th	Dai Thomas	10	DNW	8

Results after 5 rounds.

Place	Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total
1st	Steve / Derek	6	4	5	4	6		25
2nd	Andy / Anthony	3	15	3	4	6		31
3rd	Dan / Gavin	10	4	6	6	5		31
4th	John / Dave	7	9	6	8	9		39
5th	Steve / Ernie	12	9	13	9	8		51
6th	Jeff / Mick	6	7	13	14	13		53
7th	Mick / Dai	13	9	12	13	10		57
8th	Fred / Doug	15	15	14	15	16		75

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

Report to follow

A Section Carp

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Dan Blackwell	24	49-06	1
2nd	Anthony Flint	26	42-14	2
3rd	Steve Waters	14	37-02	3
4th	Dave Howe	34	34-11	4
5th	Steve Palmer	16	30-10	5
6th	Mick Jones	22	21-08	6
7th	Dai Thomas	7	2-13	7
8th	Doug Hill	18	1-08	8

B Section Silvers

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Derek Hammond	30	25-15	1
2nd	Andy Quarmby	9	21-03	2
3rd	Ernie Malyon	28	11-07	3
4th	John Bennett	38	8-06	4
5th	Mark Garnett	13	7-14	5
6th	Micheal Corsini	36	7-12	6
7th	Fred Selwood	32	7-02	7
8th	Jeff Bond	10	6-09	8

Results after 4 rounds

Place	Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total
1st	Steve/ Derek	6	4	5	4			19
2nd	Andy/ Anthony	3	15	3	4			25
3rd	Dan/ Gavin	10	4	6	6			26
4th	John/ Dave	7	9	6	8			30
5th	Mick/ Jeff	6	7	13	14			40
6th	Steve/ Ernie	12	9	13	9			43
7th	Dai/ Micheal	13	9	12	13			47
8th	Doug/ Fred	15	15	14	15			59

Thanks for reading John Simon and Eddie.

Round three Battle of the silvers.

Today saw the anglers return for round three of the pairs series down at Rolfslake where one angler fishes for carp and the other for silvers.

John tells me that today there was a slight southerly breeze but it was mild with lots of cruising carp in the small lake.

In today’s match the carp fishing was really hard with only 9 fish caught and the winner of the carp section was Andy Quarmby on peg 18 on the motorway bank with his weight of 29-14.

The real battle today was a silver fish shootout between the top five anglers in this section and the difference between fishing maggots and casters.

The top silver fish angler today and overall winner was Drennan sponsored Steve Waters on car park bank peg 30.

I cannot remember the last time a silver fish net won over a carp net but Steve managed this feat with a fantastic net of stamp roach today. Steve fished shallow fishing caster to keep the big roach coming and at the end of 5 hours weighed a brilliant 36-12 ( well done Steve).

In a very close battle for second was between Dan Blackwell and Anthony Flint on pegs 9 and 13 in the middle bowl.

I am not sure if Dan fished maggots but Anthony did to catch a smaller stamp of roach but both were kept very busy and in the end Anthony just beat Dan with his weight of 26-15 to Dan’s 26-06.

The silver fishing was brilliant today with 5 weights over 18lb in what was a highlight in the series to date.

The team winners on the day were Andy and Anthony who made an epic comeback from their horror 15 point score in the last round.

Steve and Derek are controlling the league at the moment closely followed by Dan and Gavin.

John will be holding a silvers only match on sunday 31st jan, draw 9-00 fish 10-00 to 3-00, call him on 07774618688 to book in and sample some of this superb silver fish action. Read more

Pairs Series round 2

Today saw the return of the 16 anglers fishing round two of the pairs series on a cold day down the lake.

John and Dai had worked tirelessly down the lake pumping out water and melting the ice which was at least an inch on Friday. By using the valuable areators to melt the ice it saved the anglers having to get out the ice breakers.

Considering the weather and results from other lakes the match fished quite well and tight in both carp and silvers section. The leaders from round 1 Andy and Anthony had one of the horror days fishing as both struggled to get many bites from pegs 38 and 14 and came back with a near maximum 15 point score.

The big winners on the day from two good pegs 22 and 13 were Steve and Derek who patiently made their good draws count. Derek fished the ever reliable silver peg 13 and caught a good quality bag of big perch and roach to win his section with 22-08 . Steve however was waiting right till the end to catch two units from his long 14.5 metre edge line which weighed nearly all of his 29-01 to record 4 team points.

The top weight of the day went to Steve Stayte who was fishing moody peg 34 but managed 6 carp and also lost a few for his weight of 46-07 which would of won most of the local matches in the area.

After round two the teams have now got closer together and the top 5 teams are now separated by 8 points and as today’s match has shown any team can have a nightmare day if you can’t get the bites.

Roll on round 3 this weekend.

Results

A Section Carp

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Steve Statye	34	46-07	1
2nd	Dan Blackwell	7	30-09	2
3rd	Steve Waters	22	29-01	3
4th	Dai Thomas	18	28-04	4
5th	Steve Palmer	16	20-15	5
6th	Dave Howe	24	20-03	6
7th	Doug Hill	26	15-12	7
8th	Anthony Flint	14	10-15	8

B Section Silvers

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Derrek Hammond	13	22-08	1
2nd	Gavin Millis	10	20-08	2
3rd	John Bennett	36	18-04	3
4th	Ernie Malyon	9	15-15	4
5th	Micheal Corsini	30	10-11	5
6th	Jeff Bond	28	7-14	6
7th	Anthony Quarmby	38	5-12	7
8th	Fred Selwood	32	DNW	8

Results after round 2

Place	Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total
1st	Steve-Derek	6	4					10
2nd	Mick-Jeff	6	7					13
3rd	Dan-Gavin	10	4					14
4th	John-Dave	7	9					16
5th	Andy-Anthony	3	15					18
6th	Ernie-Steve	12	9					21
7th	Michael-Charlie	13	9					22
8th	Doug-Fred	15	15					30

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

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