Malc Doyle has done a report from the Post Pals auction winners.
Great report Malc and love the amount of pictures.
It is located HERE
I think Eddie may be adding some of his pictures from the day to this post later.
Plenty of elastic pulling 😀
Malc Doyle and John Bennett got together to arrange a way of raising some money for Post Pals
What they came up with was a days pleasure fishing for 2 anglers at the Lake. Something John does not normally allow, so the winners would have the whole lake to themselves for the day also the chance of some tuition from some of the regular rolfslake superstars.
The auction was a follow up to Bill G’s charity match at Monks lake. Over £1000 has been raised so far for Post Pals.
Following a week of bidding the winner of the auction was Keith with a winning bid of £110 but there was a twist to the auction. Keith was unable to fish so Terry kindly offered to buy the day for a further £110. And further twist was Terry’s friend who would be joining him for the days fishing also donated £50 making the total £270 going to Post Pals.
Terry and his mate will be fishing at the lake on the 18th May. I will do a report on the day. Malc will be at the lake on the day taking some pictures and hopefully not Jinxing the two auction winners. 😀
Fantastic effort from all concerned. Well done.
Here is a link to the whole topic on Maggotdrowning.com LINK HERE
Just added some Saturday and Bank Holiday Open Matches to the calendar.
Call John on 07774 618688 to book in please.
Just a small update to let you know that the Current Lake King will get their picture included in the banner of the site.
Also Saturdays open results are now in the results. Cheers.
The lovely red kite
After finishing work i went down to the lake to see John and watch Pole Fishing magazine do a feature on Mick Wilkinson fishing using Marukyu bait products. The day was sunny with the usual stiff breeze blowing from the north which was going to make fishing the paste quite difficult, especially on the chosen peg 26.
As i promised to Jon Arthur the magazines editor it would be unfair to spoil it by telling you about the day and the results Mick had so you will have to read it in the June edition of the magazine, but i can tell you about the products.
Mick gave us a demonstration on mixing the company’s AFP 300 warm water paste mix which was very interesting. This mix is as easy to mix as i have ever seen and Mick measured a cup of mix and an equal measure of water, and after mixing the water to the mix 5 minutes later it was ready. The paste has a stringy appearance to it so it will hang on the hook if you swing it out but stays soft all the time. In the water the paste has little pieces falling off it and fluffs up in size so i know this paste will have many uses. Mick showed us two mixes one for cold water and one for warm weather and he caught fish on them.
There is also a liquid additive SFA 430 which Mick used in his pumped expander pellet and all though there was a strong smell and these are water soluble as when it was put in the water with a quick stir it was gone. 
Marukyu is a Japanese company and is also the top bait seller in Japan so now it is coming to England to bring a different range of products that i believe will work very well on the fisheries that they will be used on.
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It was a very enjoyable day in the company of Mick and the two John’s and i learn more about paste fishing, {thanks Jon for the free magazines }.
What was evident today was the amount of fish moving about and feeding by the amount of fizzing in Mick’s swim so i so expect Chris Telling’s top weight from Wednesday match to go very soon if not on Saturdays open.
After everyone had gone i was going to test my new camera on taking fish pictures without even fishing so armed with only a loaf of bread i tried to get the fish to feed out of my hand whilst holding my camera {not very easy}.
All i can say is that i had a very enjoyable time with about 60 fish fighting for my bread and also we saw some big chub in amongst the carp.
One of Rolfslake’s anglers Daniel Blackwell and his dad Gary are holding a adult and Junior pairs match during the school holidays and require 4 more pairs to complete the numbers required, so your help is required.
The match is not at Rolfslake but at a lake not to far away in Iver.
Match details .
Date 15th April
venue Woodlane Fishery Iver.  SLO- OLD
Draw 8.30 am fish 9.00-2.00
Cost 4.00 for the junior and 8.00 for the adult.
2 keepnets and unhooking net required .
Normal fishery rules apply.
As we at Rolfslake support and promote junior angling it woul be nice to see if we can help Daniel and Gary with this request for help and what would be an enjoyable day for both parent and child.
If you are interested please contact Daniel or Gary at www.fishng101.co.uk and lets see if we can help.