The weather Gods are not kind to the anglers in todays match.
After the two day Jinx match on Friday and Saturday hopes were high for a good attendance in todays match, but with the horrid weather the previous night with gale force winds unpegging tents on the grass, John tells me that on reflection these anglers decided to call it a day and go home leaving only 8 anglers to brave 5 hours of endurance.
The weather today was a right mixture of everything, strong gusting wind, driving rain and to tease the anglers a glimpse of the sun for two minutes so a very difficult days fishing lay ahead for our 8 brave souls. With the strong wind making fishing long near on impossible most of the anglers fished between 4 and 8 metres to give them the best possible chance of bait presentation { so paste fishing was a non starter today }.
John also tells me that all the anglers were pegged in the big lake today which was a shame as the small lake was black with carp feeding on the fly hatch rising to the surface, and with the lake rising over the platforms during the match it was a good job that they all had wellies on.
In first place for a change was lake owner John Bennett on flyer peg 8 but not when the wind is blasting through the gap so John opted on fishing two lines the first was a 4 metre line straight out in front and the second towards the bush to his left at 5 metres. John fished both lines on the deck using both soft pellet and meat as hook bait and feeding 4mm pellet which kept the bites coming until the sun came out then it went dead. John had the majority of his carp early in the match and these included fish to 17lb in his final weight of 169-04 { well done John }.
In second place was Gary Kelsey who was next to John on peg 9 and Gary fished a short line straight in front just down the shelf on the deck and again Gary caught a good stamp of carp and was rewarded with the only other ton weight of the day with his weight of 112-12. There was a 3 way chase for third place which was won by lake regular Derek Hammond who was fishing on motorway bank peg 13 and Derek managed to catch a few carp for 51-00 to stay ahead of 4th place by a pound and a half.
The start of a new year and the start of a new JINX Series. This year Malc was running a warm up for the series (Hardly a WARM up) in the form of a 2 dayer. Malc was unable to attend the first match due to having to work 😯 Friday morning and the JINX mob descended on the car park and started unloading their gear. With all the hello’s done with we decided to get on with the draw as the dark clouds were looming over the lake and nobody likes to set up in the rain.
As it was only 2 days all the pegs were in the bag for a random draw both days as you couldn’t fish a different section each day. Fishing was from 12pm-6pm so everyone had plenty of time to set up. Once everyone was set up the wind dropped and the heavens opened up.
John Bennett starting the match with his new toy.
Within the first 5 minutes Neil Riddy on peg 34 was in to his second fish and I was just landing my first fish on peg 9. Mat on peg 32 had hooked and lost a carp too. Due to the nasty weather I never got a chance to go and take any pictures like normal and was taking much notice of anything other than trying to stay dry.
The rain continued for the whole match 🙁 so there was not much banter on the day. Jinx virgin Dave Wall on peg 16 had been catching through out the match from the right hand side as had Nick Williams on peg 19 catching off the bush by the boat. Gem ‘THE MINX’ on peg 26 had not been having a good day and had only managed 1 roach much to the delight of the other 18 anglers, myself included 😛
As soon as the match was over the rain stopped and the sun came out for a short while. At least we could do the weigh in in the dry. Here is the tale of the scales….
Results. Day 1.
Jinx Special. Day 1. 27th April 2012
A Section
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Neil Riddy
34
125-8
1
2nd
Peter Morton
3
69-2
2
3rd
Dave Moore
6
65-4
3
4th
Geoff Palmer
8
63-0
4
5th
Marcus Burgess
39
56-2
5
6th
Simon Watkins
7
16-4
6
B Section
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Clive Pritchard
13
77-0
1
2nd
Simon Mound
9
49-4
2
3rd
Dai Thomas
30
37-4
3
4th
Keith Powell
10
27-8
4
5th
Kev Loveland
28
25-8
5
6th
Mat Edwards
32
22-8
6
C Section
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Dave Wall
16
79-8
1
2nd
Nick Williams
19
75-0
2
3rd
Paul Roberts
23
60-8
3
4th
Fred Parker
21
56-8
4
5th
Dave Collier
25
13-12
5
6th
Nick Watkins-Price
14
1-0
6
7th
Gem Doyle
26
0-8oz
Day Points
Points
Name
1
Neil Riddy
1
Clive Pritchard
1
Dave Wall
2
Peter Morton
2
Simon Mound
2
Nick Williams
Day 2.
We all woke up to the sound of strong gust of wind blasting the lake. The wind had done a total 180° and was now blowing from the little lake towards peg 19 and 21. Most people had been to the harvester for a breakfast and a warm up before the match.
With everyone ready for the draw we again got the draw under-way early so everyone could have some extra time to set up. Malc had turned up today to fish instead of Gem who was stick tucked up in the caravan in the warm. It was spitting with rain and extremely windy.
Much the same as yesterday there was not much banter as it was horrid conditions again and everyone was either to cold or could not hear anyone else as the wind was battering the anglers.
A section was a bit of a crazy section today as Dave Collier and Kev Loveland (both in A section) had decided not to fish due to the weather which left peg 6 and 39 out as well as 37. So Mat who had draw peg 3 had a nice day’s pleasure fishing with the nearest person to him being who ever was driving past on the M40 Peter Morton who was on peg 3 yesterday had draw the complete opposite and was sitting on peg 19 today with the full force of the wind blasting his face.
Most people today started on the bomb and feeder as the wind was blowing poles all over the place. The Odd fish was coming out. Malc fishing on peg 25 then made his first visit of the day to his weigh station with a 21lb 8oz common caught on the past by the bush. Picture below….
Simon Watkins on peg 30 had put the information John B gave him to good use and had started catching a good run of 14lb plus fish and was making regular visits to the weigh station. He was using a special Maver telescopic topkit 😆 Unknown to him, Maver topkits for his pole are not telescopic and we pointed out to his that they were in fact put over joints, small error but he was still landing the fish on them. Also doing well was Paul Roberts on peg 32 chucking the feeder down by peg 33, he was getting a good run of fish through out the match.
Mat all on his own was in fact doing a great job of catching after his miserable day on peg 32 and was putting together a good weight for second on the day. Mugger Morton on peg 19 was fishing to the boat and was storming along despite stopping and going for a walk for half an hour he managed to win on the day which ultimately contributed to his Overall win of the 2 days. 😀
Sorry for the lack of pictures, here are the results for the final day…
Day 2 Results
A Section
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Mat Edwards
3
130-4
1
2nd
Geoff Palmer
8
89-4
2
3rd
Marcus Burgess
7
62-12
3
4th
Keith Powell
34
59-6
4
—
Dave Collier
6
DNF
7
–
Kev Loveland
39
DNF
7
B Section
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Simon Watkins
30
121-12
1
2nd
Paul Roberts
32
119-12
2
3rd
Neil Riddy
9
116-12
3
4th
Dave Moore
13
73-8
4
5th
Nick Watkins-Price
10
40-8
5
6th
Simon Mound
28
28-0
6
C Section
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Peter Morton
19
140-8
1
2nd
Fred Parker
16
109-8
2
3rd
Malc Doyle
25
87-12
3
4th
Clive Pritchard
23
63-8
4
5th
Dai Thomas
26
63-4
5
6th
Dave Wall
21
30-0
6
7th
Nick Williams
14
27-0
7
Final Points (weight Countback on Ties)
Points
Name
3
Peter Morton
4
Neil Riddy
5
Paul Roberts
5
Clive Pritchard
6
Fred Parker
Not many pictures taken due to the very poor weather, but here is one of Malc with a 21-8 common caught from peg 25 on paste.
Malc Doyle. 21lb 8 oz. Well done Malc.
Well done to Peter Morton for the overall win and also taking Peg king for peg 19.
Some of the Jinxster’s stayed over to fish the Open match today but I think most had had enough of the weather, but 8 others turned up to fish despite this weather…..
The anglers get a battering from the horrid weather in todays match.
Today winner Matt Edwards.
Report to follow
12 fished.
Results.
Place
Angler
Peg
Weight
1st
Matt Edwards
9
136-00
Jinx League
2nd
Mick Lane
32
85-08
Rolfslake Cartel
3rd
Phil Powell
18
85-00
Rolfslake Cartel
4th
Mick Jones
29
60-08
Rolfslake
5th
John Bennett
25
33-04
Rolfslake Cartel
6th
Paul Jay
23
30-04
Rolfslake
John has asked me to remind our visiting anglers this weekend to bring suitable wet weather clothing and wellies as some as the platform are under water and there is more rain predicted.
Today was another day the Rolfslake’s carp decided to have a feed, and topping the frame was Kev Doulton fishing peg 16 on the motorway bank who put a big weight of 269-08 of carp to double figures.
Todays winner Kev Doulton.
Results.
6 fished
Place
Peg
Angler
Weight
1st
16
Kev Doulton
269-08
Rolfslake
2nd
26
Paul Jay
247-00
Rolfslake
3rd
13
Kevin Orr
217-08
Rolfslake
4th
32
Dai Thomas
157-00
Rolfslake
It looks like the Monday matches seem to throw up the bigger weights after the weekend matches as there have been more 200lb weights from the Mondays than there have been from the Wednesday matches. So if you fancy catching a big weight or a 20lb carp now is the time to visit Rolfslake and give it a try ,you wont be disappointed.
Today at Rolfslake was the annual challenge match with Chinnor Works Angling Society the current trophy holders against Chinnor Garden Centre, and in the gardens centre quest to regain the trophy they had roped in John ,Paul and myself to help them with some local expertise and hopefully some big weights. With 21 anglers instead of 22 there was some trading of anglers and it was decided that Chinnor AS would have 11 anglers to i believe compensate for the garden center have three venue regulars.
With the match draw time there was time for the anglers to have a walk around the lake and observe the hundreds of carp in the margins all around the lake and hopes of plenty of carp never really materialised because as soon as the match started the carp drifted off towards the middle of the lake. Today started off sunny turning cloudy after two hours with a southern breeze breeze blowing out of the big lake into the small lake so it was not a great day for me to draw peg 18 on the motorway bank. The story of the match was after a slow start they carp decided to have a feed with the anglers in the big lake and on the car park bank having good action as the match went on with the anglers in the small lake stuggling due to it being shallower and the water colder.
The prized trophy on offer for the victors.
As John and I were fishing in the same team it was decided that our season battle would be suspended for one match only and the megafone would be set to silent for 5 hours { that was a result after my performance today }. On my side of the lake I had Andy for company on peg 16 and he told me he had never caught a 100lb of fish but today he smashed it with his weight of 141-08 of carp to double figures all caught on maggot fished on the slope down the grass bank down to his right { well done Andy ]. Also a well done goes to section A winner Barry who put a good weight of 89-12 from peg 9 with a catch of carp and bream and to Brian who put the third ton weight of the day from peg 22 by fishing about 9 to 10 metres down the right had margins.
The winner today overall was John Bennett who after a very slow start managed to get the carp lined up by fishing just down the shelf but not at the bottom of it and by using paste today he caught a very good stamp of big carp to 18lb in his final weight of 158-00 and just ahead of Paul.
Paul was fishing peg 8 in the gap between the two parts of the lake and by rotating between the 8 metre line straight out in front from where I could see and the bush to his left Paul also managed to catch big carp on 8mm banded pellet for his weight of 151-00.
The teams starting to assemble.
I can see you.
I am not saying my peg is solid but !!.
Results.
21 fished.
Place
Peg
Angler
Weight
1st
28
John Bennett
158-00
2nd
8
Paul Jay
151-00
3rd
16
Andy
141-08
4th
22
Brian
109-00
5th
9
Barry
89-12
6th
13
Morris
77-08
7th
26
Pete H
75-00
8th
2
Steve V
69-12
9th
18
Eddie Taylor-Green
68-00
10th
24
Ben
66-00
11th
10
John
58-00
12th
38
Dave
55-00
13th
30
Mal
44-04
13th
6
Roger
44-04
15th
32
Jason
34-00
16th
40
Fred
32-08
17th
14
Hilary
22-08
18th
4
Butch
22-04
19th
7
Green Grass
21-08
20th
34
Jeff
20-00
21th
11
John Cowling
5-08
Barry and Andy the two section winners
Section winners A and B
Paul J and John Bennett two ringers for Chinnor Garden Center.
Paul and John 2 of the 3 ringers.
And in last place John Cowling.
Sorry John
Final result
Chinnor Works Angling Society
726-12
Chinnor Garden Centre
638-08
I would like to say a big thank you to Dave and Fred for inviting John, Paul and myself on the match today and also a big thanks to the anglers for fishing the match in good spirits with plenty of banter and also showing the regulars how weighing in 21 anglers can only take 25 minutes if everyone gets involved. Also a very well done to Chinnor angling club in retaining their trophy for another year in which was a very close match with anglers gaining PB’s in both match weights and sizes of fish caught which just shows what can happen in any match down at Rolfslake.
The handing over of the Trophy by the captains.
The two captains with the sought after trophy.
The winning team Chinnor Works Angling Society with the trophy safe for another year.
Peter Morton who was on peg 3 yesterday had draw the complete opposite and was sitting on peg 19 today with the full force of the wind blasting his face.
