The Easter festival this year is on the 7th, 8th and 9th of April. John is getting a list of names together for this year. As always last years entrants have first refusal on places. If you are wanting to fish again this year please confirm with John on 07774 618688.
The Sections for the Easter festival are as Follows…
Section 1.. 34, 8, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 26
Section 2.. 13, 14, 27, 31, 19, 9, 7, 2
Section 3.. 21, 40, 10, 29, 35, 38, 4, 6
As the weather was warm this week we were all looking forward to big weights and plenty of bites.Today 14 anglers turned up to fish today’s club match. Most of them have never fished it before if they had it was when Rolf use to be the owner which is a few years back. When we arrived at the lake we could see that there was a over night frost which ended up effecting the fishing in today’s match.
When the match started at at 10am Mick on peg 26 caught a fish all most straight away on the feeder. Then he also followed this up with another. It then went quiet for a while in till I manage to get a 17lb’er on peg 14 and Roger on peg 24 also caught a fish at the same time. Dave also manage to get a 22Lb carp on peg 40 which ended up his only fish of the day. It was looking really good but bites dried up completely for most of the day in till 1pm when a few fish were caught mainly on the feeder on straight lead.
In the last hour Paul on peg 16 who fished a great match caught 2 carp on the pole but tangled up so went around to my peg and took my bomb rod and to my amazement caught a fish in seconds. I managed to catch two more fish that just beat Paul by ozs even though the fishing was hard it was a great day and we hope that we will be able to be back soon. I would also like to thank John b for being down the lake helping with the weighing etc
(report by Michael Corsini)
Results
| Pos | Name | Peg | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Corsini | 14 | 37-13 |
| 2 | Paul Sheldrick | 16 | 37-8 |
| 3 | Mick Farr | 26 | 27-14 |
| 4 | Noel | 22 | 27-12 |
| 5 | Jim Peel | 18 | 27-5 |
| 6 | Roger Thorpe | 24 | 26-2 |
| 7 | Dave Fox | 40 | 22-8 |
| 8 | Kevin Smith | 7 | 9-7 |
| 9 | Phil | 10 | 5-0 |
| 10 | Peter Woodman | 2 | 4-13 |
| 11 | Paul England | 30 | 2-12 |
| 12 | Steve Thorpe | 9 | 2-4 |
| 13 | Terry | 28 | 2-2 |
| 14 | Bill | 13 | DNW |
14 Anglers Fished
A very close Finish indeed. Well done Michael, all that practice down the lake paid off 😀
After the tough midweek open won By Geoff Edwards the anglers today were greeted by two things, the sun and a lake full of cruising fish to raise the hopes of a good days fishing. I can only asume todays match was a walk off as both pegs 20 and 3 were included and under normal conditions and with me absent from the lake these pegs would never be included.
John tells me the story of the match was that today was a sunny and fairly warm day with a cool breeze blowing across the lake which saw the small lake black with fish but they were not interested in feeding but chasing each other around. It was a similar story in the big lake but the anglers did manage to catch a few carp early so thing were already better than Wednesday. The good thing about today is that the silvers were still happy to feed in numbers with Steve Waters managing to catch over 20lb of silvers to go with his carp, and John also told me that there were a few carp lost but there were still many bites to be had which is good news.
In first place today was lake owner John Bennett who when I phoned him after 2 hours he told me he was struggling like he does even if he is bagging, but was struggling to get bites fishing his long line but after changing to start a new swim began catching again and during this period he managed to catch 3 carp for 42lb to boost his weight. John was today fishing on the deck at about 14 metres using corn and soft pellet for hoobait feeding micro pellet and caught 8 carp for 79-00 for yet another win { well done John }.
Todays winner John Bennett.
In second place today was an angler missing for a while Ernie Malyon who was fishing peg 23 on the motorway bank and Ernie fished both the waggler and pole to catch his carp and today was using maggots as hookbait and after 5 hours put a hard earned 65-04 on the scales to just keep ahead of the chasing pack. Very close in third was John Draper who was fishing in the small lake on peg 34 and John in the end fell just one small roach from second place with 65-00 and today any of the top three weights would of won the midweek match.
Get well soon Phil and we hope to see you soon.
9 fished.
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | |
| 1st | John Bennett | 16 | 79-00 | Rolfslake |
| 2nd | Ernie Malyon | 23 | 65-04 | Spro |
| 3rd | John Draper | 34 | 65-00 | Rolfslake |
| 4th | Dave Whiteman | 25 | 55-00 | Hydro 2000 |
| 5th | Steve Waters | 9 | 48-08 | Frenzee |
| 6th | Kev Doulton | 20 | 28-08 | Rolfslake |
| 7th | Mick Chappell | 3 | 23-08 | Rolfslake |
| 8th | Mick Hughes | 14 | 22-08 | Hydro 2000 |
Tomorrow Rolfslake welcome Royal Oak angling club so we hope all the anglers have a great day.
John has already had 12 names for the Easter Festival and has asked the anglers who fished last year if they would like to fish they must contact him asap if they would like to fish this year. John has limited the event to 27 places to enable the anglers to have a bit of space on the lake, and this popular event usually is well attended and by the time Easter comes around the fishing should at full swing so to not miss out give John a call to confirm your place.
Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.
Another tough day down the lake.
After the much better weights from the pairs series last weekend, a merry band of nine anglers turned up to fish the Wednesday open today. With the very poor weights from the small lake on Sunday it was a very easy choice to choose the big lake and at about 10 O,clock the draw was called and the anglers drew their pegs hoping to draw between 16 and 24 as the fish had moved to this part of the lake.
One thing that looked familiar from the photo’s from last Sundays match was a picture of Paul Jays fish in a pink bucket which looked very similar to my daughters gold fish bucket that she had won down the fair so i now know where Paul has been practising . John tells me that today was a totally different day to the weekends weather as it was very cold with a gusting wind and the dreaded rain so a tough 5 hours was going to be endured by the anglers. With the variety of fish being caught lately the big decision for the anglers was to go for carp or to go for the big skimmers as Steve Waters did last Wednesday.
John also tells me that there were a few carp lost and a few bites missed but the winner of todays match was Geoff Edwards who was fishing peg 19 at the end of the big lake. Geoff managed to catch carp by fishing on the pole using pellet and corn and after a hard 5 hours weighed 58-00. In second place was lake regular Neil Riddy with 36-00 from peg 16 with Paul Jay in third with 27-04.
Todays winner Geoff Edwards.
Results
| Pos | Name | Peg | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Edwards | 19 | 58-0 |
| 2 | Neil Riddy | 16 | 36-0 |
| 3 | Paul Jay | 22 | 27-4 |
| 4 | John Draper | 10 | 13-8 |
| 5 | Kev Dolton | 9 | 11-0 |
9 Anglers Fished
John has started to get interest for the Easter Festival and has started to put names on the list so if you fished last year and fancy fishing this year get in touch asap.
Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.
| Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Quarmby | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |||
| Steve Waters | 6 | 9 | 9 | 24 | |||
| Geoff Edwards | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 | |||
| Jim McCann | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 | |||
| John Bennet | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| Derek Hammond | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | |||
| John Draper | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 | |||
| Dave Whiteman | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 | |||
| Mick Chappel | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 | |||
| Pete Arnold | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 | |||
| Patrick Pritchard | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Dave Lowesby | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| – Best 4 results from 6 to count- If a reserve takes your place, his points WILL NOT count as yours – If tied, sorted by section wins, then number of 2nds and so on…1st £60 (based on 12 entries)
2nd £40 3rd £20 |
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This is being run by Andy Quarmby.
Round 3 of the Spring Pairs league and the lake had fished hard on the previous Wednesday open Match. I was fishing today taking the place of Phil Powell who is still recovering at home (get well soon mate) Got to the lake just in time for the draw and saw the usual suspects loitering around the car park. I was to be in the big lake (B Section) so wanted 14,15 or 25 but came away with peg 18 and was a little disappointed to be honest.
Shock of the day was the fact that Mick Lane had for the first time in 10 years drew a bad peg, He had pulled out peg 36 in the little lake but was not fazed. Weather wise there was a gusty wind blowing up towards pegs 19 and 20 across the big lake. It was quite cold but Sunny.
The lake looking nice with all the colours.
With the match underway at 10.45 it was only about 2 minutes before Mark Newbold on peg 15 hooked into a carp but lost it shipping back, out again and he had another and managed to get it in while I sat looking at my tip twitching about all over the place with liners. Jim over on peg 22 was fishing long to the bush and was already into his second fish as was Pete Arnold on peg 25 fishing to bomb and had already had one.
Steve Waters on peg 23 was switching between long pole and waggler and it was starting to pay off picking up the odd fish on the wag. About an hour in to the match and Jim was already getting up to get another keepnet (take note Pete 😛 ) I had managed to get one carp on the pole at 13m and Pat Pritchard on peg 17 had also just landed his first fish on the bomb. Mark had also manage a few more but was loosing a few at well. Taking of loosing a few me and Pat had lost 3 carp each as well due to being foul hooked.
Half way into the match and word was the little lake was fishing very hard indeed, even John Bennett on peg 34 which is normally good for a few fish was carpless while magic Mick Lane had managed to get one carp. Pete Tapp on peg 7 had decided to pack up and go home after his team mate couldn’t fish and was struggling to get a bite. Andy Quarmby fishing on peg 10 was leading A section putting together a cracking bag of silvers which included 2 nice bream. There was no doubt about who was leading B section, Jim was still pulling the fish from the corner and showed no sign’s on slowing down. Jeff on peg 26 and Michael on peg 28 were both Struggling but Jeff had managed to catch a few carp to reward him for his efforts whilst Michael had a few silvers.
I had waited for the sun to come round on to the top end of the big lake before switching to fishing 13m down the edge to my left. I had fed some corn and pellet and then dropped a piece of corn over it and instantly had a bite when the corn dropped to the deck. I managed to get 5 fishing from the edge in 30 minutes before they buggered off. In the last hour of the match Steve was really making the wag work and was getting carp consistently. Mark had not had a bite for 2 hours, it seemed the fish had moved down to peg 14 where John Draper was starting to catch a few. Me and Pat had managed a few more carp each fishing long on the pole in front of us.
In the closing 30 minutes a few things happened to change the overall scores of the day. John Bennett had winkled 2 small carp out the beat his winter league team mate Mick Lane in their mini match. Also Neil Hutchins on peg 13 had managed to land a big fouled hooked carp to put Andy Quarmby 2nd in his section for the 3rd match in a row.
Neil Hutchins with 2 big Rolfs Lake carp.
I have to say thanks to the lads in our section for the banter on the day, my pole was bouncing around all day because I was laughing that much 😀
A few pictures now from the day….
Paul Jay's only bite of the day.
Mark Newbold with his some of his fish
Me with one of my fish
Jim McCann with one of his 3 nets
Some of Jim's Match winning fish
Steve Waters with a 19-12 Common
Top Pairs on the day. Neil Hutchins and Jim McCann. 2 section wins, well done.
Pete Arnold and Dave Wightman.
Results….
| A Section | ||||
| Pos | Name | Peg | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEIL HUTCHINS | 13 | 30-0 | 10 |
| 2 | ANDY QUARMBY | 10 | 28-14 | 9 |
| 3 | DAVE WIGHTMAN | 2 | 20-8 | 8 |
| 4 | JOHN BENNETT | 34 | 13-1 | 7 |
| 5 | MICK LANE | 36 | 6-3 | 6 |
| 6 | DEREK HAMMOND | 9 | 3-13 | 5 |
| 7 | MICK CHAPPELL | 38 | 3-5 | 4 |
| 8 | ANDY RAYMENT | 8 | 1-12 | 3 |
| 9 | PAUL JAY | 4 | 0-2 | 2 |
| 10 | PETE TAPP | 7 | DNW | 0 |
| B Section | ||||
| Pos | Name | Peg | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JIM MC CANN | 22 | 179-12 | 10 |
| 2 | STEVE WATERS | 23 | 142-0 | 9 |
| 3 | PETE ARNOLD | 25 | 107-0 | 8 |
| 4 | SIMON MOUND | 18 | 78-11 | 7 |
| 5 | JOHN DRAPER | 14 | 53-14 | 6 |
| 6 | MARK NEWBOLD | 15 | 53-8 | 5 |
| 7 | PAT PRITCHARD | 17 | 44-8 | 4 |
| 8 | JEFF EDWARDS | 26 | 36-12 | 3 |
| 9 | MICHAEL CORSINI | 28 | 5-14 | 2 |
| 10 | DAVE LOSEBY | 30 | DNF | 0 |
| Overall Leader Board | ||
| Pos | Names | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JIM MC CANN / NEIL HUTCHINS | 41 |
| 2 | STEVE WATERS /DEREK HAMMOND | 39 |
| 3 | MARK NEWBOLD / ANDY RAYMENT | 35 |
| 4 | ANDY QUORMBY / PAT PRITCHARD | 34 |
| 5 | JOHN BENNETT / JEFF EDWARDS | 34 |
| 6 | PAUL JAY /JOHN DRAPER | 32 |
| 7 | DAVE WIGHTMAN / PETE ARNOLD | 28 |
| 8 | MICK CHAPPLE / MICHEAL CORSINI | 24 |
| 9 | MICK LANE / +ONE | 21 |
| 10 | PETE TAPP / DAVE LOSEBY | 6 |
(report by Simon)
Thanks for reading from Simon, John and Eddie. We hope Eddie a speed recovery after a nasty wrist injury. Get well soon mate.