Monday Open Match. 7th May 2012

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Today 21 anglers turned for the bank holiday open match. The weather had once again taken a turn for the worse and the wind had done a 180° and the rain had started. The banks had only just dried out from last weeks heavy rain too.

All the anglers drew and there were 3 pegs left in the bag, Mick Hughes wanted what was left so that left me and Paul Glenfield. There was 8, 32 and 36 left in the bag and poor Paul put his hand in and pulled out 36, I pulled out 8 which left 32 for yesterdays winner Mick.

Fishing was from 12pm to 5pm. The all in was shouted by Paul Jay. Most of the anglers were in to fish right away but then struggling for bites for the rest of the match. Simon on peg 8 had a run of 6 weighers in the first 30 minutes adn then the wind picked up making presentation very difficult. Joff Rogers on peg 7 was having a steady run of fish throughout the match but he was being plagued by foul hooked fish which resulted in a broken 6th section on his Airity, he lost a total of 16 fish.

Mick Jones on peg 2 was catching steadily too chucking the bomb to the corner by peg 3. Just 4oz behind him was Dave Wightman on peg 34 who had more fish but they were a lot smaller in size. Phil Powell on yesterdays winning peg 6 was making the most of the fish that were still in the peg and was steadily edging away with the match helped along by a run of weighers in the last 30 minutes.

Up in the big lake Dan Jones on peg 10 was not far behind Phil but (source, John Bennett) he was spending too much time on his phone and loosing and missing bites, this probably cost him the match and certainly a ton weight at the lake but he still caught enough to take to section win, Well done. The C Section battle was between the purple plonker (Roger Young) on peg 16 and  Robin Cave on peg 26. As with A section it was going to be a close finish with just 8oz separating the two. Robin just came out ahead, Well done Robin.

Phil Powell. Winning peg 6

Some of Robin Caves fish.

There's always tomorrow or Wednesday or Saturday or Monday or next Wednesday Dai 😛 😀

The only thing Mick Lane picked up today was Olly the dog 😀

Rain stops and the wind dies down AFTER the match again.

Results

Pos Name Peg Weight
1 Phil Powell 6 137-12
2 Dan Jones 10 97-11
3 Mick Jones 2 93-12
4 Dave Wightman 34 93-8
5 Robin Cave 26 90-8
6 Roger Young 16 90-0
7 Simon Mound 8 82-12
8 Joff Rogers 7 74-4
9 Steve Waters 28 68-4
10 Mick Chappell 38 66-8
11 Mick Hughes 32 61-0
12 Dai Thomas 24 60-12
13 Steve Wilson 14 48-8
14 Neil Hutchins 13 40-4
15 Mick Lane 18 36-0
16 Ant Haywood 40 35-0
17 Neil Kiddier 4 27-8
18 Michael Corsini 9 23-12
19 Dennis Lee 30 20-8
– Paul Glenfield 36 DNW
– Derek Hammond 22 DNW

21 Anglers Fished

 

Todays Winner, Phil Powell.

A section Winner. Mick Jones

A Section Second. Dave Wightman

B Section Winner. Dan Jones

B Section Second. Simon Mound

C Section Winner and Section second, Robin Cave and Roger Young

 

 

 

Rolfslake Sunday Open 6th May 2012

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Cold lake water slows the fishing down.

With this being the last Sunday match until at least September due to the club match bookings taking over from now, it was nice to see 14 anglers showing up at short notice for todays open match. On arriving I got my normal amount of abuse from John but because I was sporting a black eye I ended getting plenty of banter from the rest ,so a quiet return to fishing was going to be a thing of fantasy and a long 5 hours for me today.

The weather was mild with a swirling breeze and a chance of sun at sometime in the day but the water in the lake was really cold due to the heavy rain in the previous week so that could put the fish off feeding but with crusing fish to be seen at least it gave the anglers some hope. With draw under way i found it amazing how the same anglers always draw the flyers as Geoff Edwards had drawn peg 18 with the wind blowing into it, Paul Jay had been evicted from peg 18 and was now the neighbour on peg 16 and John Bennett who never draws a bad peg was on peg 8 in the junction between the two lakes. For me with three pegs left found out that my favourite peg 6 was still there together with 14 and 26 so with my theory of whatever peg i touched first was the peg i pulled out was blown apart as i drew peg 26 on the car park bank leaving Mick Hughes on 6 and Malc Doyle on 14.

The story of the match saw in form Dai Thomas on peg 7 catch fish straight away and led the field for most of the match but towards the end was caught by Hydro 2000 angler Mick Hughes who was fishing next door on peg 6. Mick caught fish to double figures by fishing a short 6-7 metres line straight out and down the edge fishing i believe pellet hook baits and after 5 hours put a hard earned 133-12 for a match win { well done Mick }. In second place saw Dai on peg 7 also catch big carp but in the end fell 3 carp behind with his weight of 113-04 of pole caught carp. In third place was Geoff Edwards who was on motorway bank peg 18 who had a frustrating day catching 8 carp for 74-00 but also losing 11 fishing long down the edge to his left.

Results.

14 fished.

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st Mick Hughes 6 133-12 Hydro 2000
2nd Dai Thomas 7 113-04 Jinx League
33rd Geoff Edwards 18 74-00 Reading Angling Center
4th John Bennett 8 72-04 Rolfslake Cartel
5th Simon Mound 13 64-14 Jinx League
6th Pete Arnold 24 64-00 Rolfslake
7th Paul Jay 16 48-00 Rolfslake
8th Mick Chappell 28 39-04 Rolfslake
9th Eddie Taylor-Green 26 37-06 Rolfslake
10th Malc Doyle 14 20-08 Jinx League
11th Marcus Burgess 32 DNW Jinx League
12th Kevin Orr 9 DNW Rolfslake
13th Dave Ridgely 22 DNW Chinnor Garden Center
14th Dave Howell 10 DNW Browning

The pirate goes down with the ship.

Today mine and Johns seasons battle resumed after our last match which was a team event, and with John leaving the megafone by the hut at least it was going to be more quiet than normal. With John drawing 8 and me 26 it was never going to be a competitive battle as the fish had to travel between the two parts of the lake and John was there waiting for them and after 5 hours i was sure he had thrashed me only to find out that it had fished hard for him and he only had 72-04 to my 37-06 so maybe i should of tried harder for 3 more fish but in the end it was another victory for John { well done John ].

This was the score before todays match.

 

The score now stands at

 

JOHN 6

 

EDDIE 2

 

All angler please take note.

Until further notice could all club and match anglers bring their own landing nets as the current one are being repaired and replaced and there are not enough to go around for all anglers, but please make sure they are big enough to get big fish in as there are currently big fish being caught to over 20lb  thank you.

 

 

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 2nd May 2012

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Any more water in the lake and you will need to fish from the car.

 

Report to follow.

10 fished

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Paul Jay 7 269-12 Rolfslake
2nd John Bennett 28 219-12 Rolfslake
3rd Kev Doulton 32 154-12 Rolfslake
4th Russ 6 119-00 Rolfslake
5th Graham Ridgely 4 112-00 Rolfslake
6th Phil Powell 22 111-04 Rolfslake
7th Mark Newbold 18 100-00 Rolfslake
8th Dai Thomas 16 80-00 Jinx League
9th John M 13 80-00 Rolfslake
10th Dave Whiteman 14 DNW Hydro 2000

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

Monday Open Match. 30th April 2012

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Just to inform the Monday match regulars that Next Monday’s (7th May) match is a Bank Holiday open and the draw will be at 10.30 am NOT 1pm like normal Monday Opens. Thank you.

Todays Open Paul tried to peg it so the anglers were out of the wind much the same as John did yesterday.

Mick Chappell was making the most of being in the little lake on his own and scores his first double ton of the year, Well done Mick 🙂 Paul Jay was at his second home (Peg 18) and started fishing once he had opened his mail and fed the dog 😛 Paul fished down to the bush and on the waggler. Having 55lb 8oz Dai on peg 16 was not expecting to frame but nether the less he did. Well done.

     Pos Name Peg Weight
1 Mick Chappell 6 203-0
2 Paul Jay 18 111-12
3 Dai Thomas 16 55-8
4 Les Darvall 8 54-0
5 Ben 10 54-0
6 Steve Williams 13 51-4
7 Dangerous Dave 14 19-8
8 Andy Grims 9 DNW

8 Anglers Fished

Mick Chappell, Todays Winner.

Second place, Paul Jay

Dai Thomas, Third place completing the Frame

Osprey’s AC Match. 22nd April 2012

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Neil has just sent me the results for his club match back on the 22nd of April. This match last year produced some big weights but it was totally different weather last year. This year’s match was a different story though.

Today’s winner Ian Millin fishing from peg 28 used 10 pints of maggot and fished shallow long for the whole match catching everything from roach to carp. Malc Doyle in second place fished a short line with paste to keep the fishing coming. Completing the frame was Rolfs regular Mick Chappell fishing from peg 7.

Well done.

Results…

Ospreys AC Match. 22nd April 2012
     Pos Name Peg Weight
1 Ian Millin 28 131-4
2 Malc Doyle 9 127-8
3 Mick Chappell 7 112-0
4 Chris Lovelock 25 99-12
5 Bill Lovelock 18 97-10
6 Kiran Chavda 6 93-0
7 Dave Wightman 10 90-12
8 Brian Ritchie 16 87-8
9 Mark Barratt 22 82-14
10 Neil Riddy 32 81-0
11 Mark Newbold 29 67-8
12 Keith Stent 4 62-0
13 Lol Summers 2 60-4
14 Simon Mound 13 58-8
15 Ricky Green 8 45-4
16 Jeff Edwards 38 43-0
17 Michael Corsini 23 40-8
18 Dai Thomas 40 27-12
19 Julie Briscoe 26 22-4
20 Mark Gilbert 14 22-0
21 Richard Doolan 31 15-8
22 Brenda Stent 34 5-4

22 Anglers Fished

Open matches 6th and 7th May

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We have an open match Sunday 6th and also bank holiday Monday 7th. These are the last weekend open matches for a long time as the clubs bookings now start. So book early to fish these matches, why not stay over and do both. Match booking no. 07774618688. Draw times are 10-30 fish 11-30 to 4-30 both days.

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