Rolfslake Wednesday Open 19th May 2010.

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The Cartel Fight Back episode 2.

Firstly i would like to thank all my fishing buddies for their kind birthday wishes as it was my birthday down on the lake yesterday. In a dream that i had a few days earlier i was to catch carp after carp on my birthday and not only win the match but i was to beat all the cartel members { Bennett, Powell and Lane } and my Nemesis Jeff Edwards and Paul Jay, so one out of five was not be considered a good days fishing.

As we waited for the draw to commence i could see the pleasure anglers catching along the car park bank on the small lake so this was looking promising for a good days fishing, and as a nice suprise John and Paul had decorated the lawn mower with a happy birthday sign , a birthday candle on top {not good on a petrol mower} and the keys to have a ride around the lake {they certainly know how to push the boat out}.

As the draw took place i was hoping to draw the car park bank from pegs 26 to 32 and as i opened my hand lucky peg 7 was in it leaving John Bennett the last peg and with it newly pruned peg 9, so i was going to receive plenty of abuse from him and also Phil Powell on peg 6 brilliant.

As the all in was called i was into a fish straight away on my 12 metre line but this was to be a false dawn as i managed to perfect the art of foul hooking fish for the first two hours, and from were i was i could see the anglers on the car park bank all catching so hopefully a good bagging day was awaiting us. Phil Powell on peg 6 was tying with me for the first two hours then his up in the water roach line all of a sudden turned into a carp line and he just pulled away from me bummer !.

As i was restricted with my view of the match all i can tell you is that the winner of todays match was Mick {David Guest} Lane who was to be spoilt for choice on peg 16 on the motorway bank. Today Mick fed three lines, one to his right one to his left and one a little further straight out. Mick fed pellet and was fishing with paste as hook bait and he tells me that the carp were up on the silt bank very quickly today but he had to resist the temptation to go on it early as if he spoked one early they might of disapeared, so a combination of fishing the two margin swims kept the fish coming. At the end of five hours Mick had caught fish to 15lb in his final weight of 191-08 and only one fish off the double ton but at least he got his name on the peg kings board { well done Mick }.

Todays winner Cartel member Mick Lane.

In second place and on a good run of form was Pat Pritchard who was fishing current form peg 26 on the car park bank. Pat today was having a real ding dong battle with Liam Barry on peg 28 and after catching fish for fish on shallow rigs Pat decided to add more sections of pole to fish further out and by doing so stole the fish away from Liam which managed to keep him ahead. Pat used banded pellet as hook bait feeding regular to keep the fish active and after an enjoyable match put 182-08 on the scales and only one fish off victory.

Completing the frame and getting very close to his fish as he played them in my peg was Phil Powell on small lake peg 6, who started off fishing on the bottom with pellet switching to up in the water fishing at depths between 2 and 4 feet and ended up fishing the margins with paste { god Phil is good }. Phil caught fish to double figures from both his shallow and edge pegs and ended with 170-04 and only three fish off victory.

The amazing thing about today during the weigh-in was the amount of anglers happy to see me fail today especially the Cartel and Paul Jay as they kept reminding me every time someone beat me. Also today i found out that Jeff Edwards needs more maths tuition as he certainly can’t count because he told me he was struggling with about 85lb only to end up with 144-02 and another place down the line i went. The person that was giving me the most stick was John Bennett followed by Paul Jay but as John was fishing flyer peg 9 i was always going to struggle against him put i smashed Pauls weight to leave him second last after his victory last week.

The new visiting anglers had a great day and promised to return, and just as the terminator would say I WILL BE BACK to battle again against the Cartel in my quest to be one of the first anglers to top 400lb this year. The score now stands at John Bennett 4 me 2 so until our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.

Results
Position Name Peg Weight Method Sponsor
1st Mick Lane 16 191-8 Paste ML 1 down the right edge Rolfslake
2nd Patrick Pritchard 26 182-8 Shallow 14.5 mtrs Rolfslake
3rd Phil Powell 6 170-4 Shallow, Paste down the edge Rolfslake
4th John Bennett 9 167-8 Pellet, paste . Rolfslake
5th Malc Doyle 14 164-4   Jinx league
6th Liam Barry 28 163-4 Pellet shallow. Rolfslake
7th Gary Haisman 4 160-8 Banded pellet right hand edge. Bag-Up Angling.
8th Geoff Edwards 13 144-2 Pellet, paste right hand edge Reading Angling Centre
9th Mick Jones 22 142-8 Meat. Rolfslake.
10th Rich Lovering 32 141-8   Rolfslake.
11th Eddie Taylor-Green 7 120-8 X4 paste, 8mm banded pellet Rolfslake / Walker Floats.
12th Mark Ponting 18 118-4   Rolfslake.
13th Paul Jay 24 82-0 Pellet ,paste . Rolfslake.
14th Steve Barker 8 48-0 Bush to the right. Rolfslake.

2 new Peg Kings after this Match.

  • Malc Doyle on peg 14 with 164-4. Takes over from John Bennett
  • Mick Lane on peg 16 with 191-8. Takes over from Chris Telling

Forthcoming matches

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John has informed me of the next few opens down on the lake which are as follows.

Wednesday 19th May {my birthday} draw 1pm   fish 2 – 7pm.

Saturday     22nd May                     draw 11am fish 12- 5pm

Wednesday 26th May                      draw 1pm  fish  2 – 7pm pre booking required as there will be anglers practising for the MFS three day festival only 35 places available on this match.

Bank Holiday Monday 31st               draw 10am  fish 11 – 4pm pre booking required.

If any of these matches appeal to you please contact John Bennett to reserve your place and not be disapointed if you just turn up and the match is fully booked.

Contact number for John is on the contact page at the top of the bar.

Jinx Series Match 1. 15th May 2010

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Today Rolfslake welcomed Malc Doyle’s Jinx League, in which Malc invites anglers to fish a six match competition with a pairs competition thrown in.

The Jinx league draws anglers from around the country who meet at Rolfslake and continue with their banter from previous matches ,but the only thing they want to avoid is a minxing from Gemma Doyle {the only lady to fish this competition}. As agreed the angler that gets beat has to wear a girly pink fluffy cowboy hat and for this match the honour went to Steve Akal {Steak} much to the amusement of all the anglers and i don’t think he expected the amount of cameras to be brought out for this most not wanted occasion.

Today the match was separated into three sections small lake, front bowl by the hut and back bowl at the end of the big lake so each of the anglers could see their rivals and keep tabs on who was catching. Another feature of the match was the anglers viewing the peg kings board by the tree and with most pegs in play today the chance to see your name on the leader board was an attractive proposition.  As the match started on a sunny day i expected the anglers to empty the lake as it was a near perfect day sun ,no wind and fish cruising all around which is normally a good sign for catching.

Today John decided to take Pauline out for the day so he left me in charge but with these anglers in particular he had not need worry as they are a brilliant bunch of guys and girls and always abide by the rules and the only person i had to tell off today was Rolfslake regular Paul Jay {Paul was invited for this match only} who was threatening to catch some fish but i had need not worry as he managed to lose most of them.

From where i was sitting i could see most of the anglers in the big lake and within 10 minutes of the match both my web partner and his girl friend Gemma were both into fish and both lost them after a couple of minutes. Around the lake anglers were picking off the odd fish but it was not frantic by any means, except for Simon on peg 26 who was fishing shallow and using boilie as hook bait and was catching by swinging and slapping his rig on the water to entice the fish.

The dreaded thing happened after 50 minutes when Gemma on peg 29 hooked a carp on banded pellet and with most of the anglers praying for her to lose it played it out and slipped the net under a 12-04 carp and also made her peg Queen for peg 29 { well done Gem}.

Dave Moore on peg 13 was catching a few fish on paste , with Malc giving everyone an hours head start after stepping on his number four section and coming to the shed to repair it with only a hacksaw and a spanner for tools which weren’t much use.

In the small lake Geoff Palmer was putting a very good bag of fish together on barren peg 37 and after 3 hours was walking around the lake taking photo’s after already catching 60lb and making the peg king board {well done Geoff}. Elsewhere in the lake both Ant and Slim Shady on pegs 7 and 2 where catching a few on long poles fished on the deck so at least 3 good weights were coming from this area.

As the anglers approached the last hour Simon had abandoned his edge swim as the long shallow line was getting him plenty of fish although he had to keep adjusting the depth to keep the fish coming and there were plenty of doubles ready to grab his boilie hookbait and even John Hatch from peg 27 was catching on the pellet waggler trying to steal some of Simon’s Fish. In the last hour i convinced / persuaded Gemma to try paste so i got some of my X4 from the car to see if it would help her and after a few bites caught two more carp and missed several bites so at least it got he closer to a few more anglers and maybe a few more minxings.

Dai Thomas with a lovely 15lb common.

Just to test my X4 theory i gave Steve Akal some and as he had caught nothing it was never going to hurt, and in the last two hours managed two carp and lost a couple but at least save a blank.

As Malc called time it was apparent that Rolfslake had fished hard today but the anglers still had a fun time even with all the abuse being hurled around the lake. As i helped with the weigh-in it was easy to see Simon had won the day with a great weight of 156-00 {well done Si} but the the minxing was definitely on for quite a few of them, and Gemma’s biggest scalp was hopefully going to be Pete {mugger} Morton as the rest thought he would look great in pink brilliant.

Today's winner Simon Mound.

As the anglers packed away their gear away the only bit of business that had to be done was the handing over of the dreaded hat and with that choice going to Gemma it was decided much to everyone’s delight that the next suspect was going to to be Pete Morton Sorry Pete.

Now for the role call of Minxed anglers.

Nick W-P, Paul Dolby, Terry, Mick Lenton, Al Loader, Steve Steak, Dave Webster, Steve Wilson, Pete Morton, Paul Roberts, Dave Collier, Marcus Burgess.

Well done Gemma.

The Minx Gemma Doyle

Mugger Morton

I can’t wait until round two tight lines Eddie. And thanks Malc and the guys and Gemma for a fun Day.

Simon’s report on the day… Click Here

A Section
Name Peg Weight
Ant Haywood 7 126-8
Slim Shady 2 100-12
Geoff Palmer 37 87-0
Mitch Auger 6 44-8
Nick W-P 8 21-0
Paul Dolby 38 20-0
Terry 40 16-0
Mick Lenton 4 12-4
B Section
Name Peg Weight
Dai Thomas 32 99-4
Dave Moore 13 65-4
Malc Doyle 9 51-0
Tony Roberts 10 45-8
Gemma Doyle 29 33-4
Al Loader 11 31-4
Steve Steak 30 17-0
C Section
Name Peg Weight
Simon Mound 26 156-0
Paul ‘ringer’ Jay 15 55-0
John Hatch 27 51-12
Clive Pritchard 24 51-0
Dave Webster 14 31-8
Steve Wilson 18 31-4
Peter Morton 21 20-0
Paul Roberts 23 18-4
Dave Collier 17 8-4
Marcus Burgess 19 2-4

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 12th May 2010.

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With the weather at the lake today being a mixture of sun and cold { if you were on the car park bank ] the anglers were hoping that the good run of weights would continue in todays open.

As i was unable to fish due to work, John tells me that after the draw was made the anglers made their way to their pegs hoping that the cold temperatures in the preceeding days would not affect the fishing today. All i can say about todays match as i arrived at 5.30 to see the end of the match, was that in first place was Paul Jay who was fishing peg 9 on the motorway bank. Paul today was fishing down the edge to his right along the big bush at a range of about 6 to 7 metres, and by fishing banded pellet Paul was able to catch fish to double figures. By lifting and dropping his rig Paul kept a steady run of fish visiting his keepnet and if he had started the match fishing the bush instead of spending the first two hours on the waggler he would of put a massive weight on board but instead had to settle for 216-12 {well done Paul }.

In second place was Bag-up angling sponsored angler Gary Haismanwho had a very enjoyable day fishing short range on peg 18 in the top corner of the big lake. Gary used pellet as hook bait and was rewarded with also fish to double figures and he also lost a few fish from where i was watching as they made their way under the bush on peg 17 and after 5 hours put 176-00 on the scales. Completing the frame was Pat Pritchard on peg 32 ,and Pat fished in front of the platform on peg 33 and fishing on the deck using pellet was able to catch fish to 13lb in his final weight of 169-00.

My expectations for the next few weeks are that if it keeps warm there will be an opportunity for an angler or two to break the 300lb barrier or maybe the 400lb. As paste has been putting a few big weights together it is still not the right time as paste usually comes good from the first week of June right through to the end of September, and with some great paste anglers down the lake there will be at least a few great matches between these anglers.

The next few weeks will be busy down on the lake with the Jinx league series starting Saturday followed by the Match Fishing Scene 3 day festival and then the Bank holiday Monday open. In between these are the regular Wednesday opens and the club matches so there will be plenty of anglers enjoying what will be a good time for big match weights.

On a side story Rolfslake’s new bay is doing very well and is getting bigger by the week and after getting a shock from the stun fence . The baby is a little horse in the next field and can be seen with its mum which looks like a Shire horse and is very big, but please do not call it as it is still a little wobbly on its legs .

Place Angler Peg Weight Bait  
1st Paul Jay 9 216-12 Banded Pellet Rolfslake
2nd Gary Haisman 18 176-00 Banded Pellet Bag Up Angling
3rd Pat Pritchard 32 169-00 Pellet Rolfslake
4th Mick Jones 28 154-12 Meat Rolfslake
5th Jim McCann 16 79-04 Pellet Rolfslake
6th Tony Dickinson 24 71-08 Pellet Rolfslake
7th John Bennett 11 50-04 Pellet Rolfslake
8th Jon Walker 28 28-00 Pellet/ Paste Walker Floats

Rolfslake welcomes this Saturday the Jinx League for the first match of their 6 match series to be held at Rolfslake, and as usual i am sure all the travelling anglers will have a great time and will be fishing their hearts out to ensure that Gemma Doyle {the Minx } does not bag her usual bunch of victims.

If anyone does get beat which is normally called a Minxing they will run the risk of being chosen to wear the pink fluffy cow boy hat for the next match, much to the amusement of the rest of the anglers. I hope to get down to the lake to see my fellow web pal Simon and take some photo’s and say hello to my friends that i have made over the last few years. I hope you enjoy your day just as the form on the lake is getting better and the weather report says it will be a sunny day, so until Saturday tight lines Eddie .

Post Pals Auction Winners.

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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

Feltham Piscatorials Society Club Match 9th May 2010.

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Today Rolfslake welcomed the anglers of Feltham Piscatorials Society to the lake, and a eager bunch of anglers were eager to experience a good days fishing with hopefully a few personal bests and a chance of victory. The day today was a cool start with it getting warmer during the day but more importantly the wind had died down from yesterday which normally helps putting a big bag of fish together.

John tells me there were only 13 anglers fishing today as the remaining anglers were fishing a team competition, but the anglers were going to get a bit of space today as the whole of the lake was in use ,and with big weights coming from most of the pegs {look at our peg king Board for the current top weights on each peg} a chance of a big weight is defintely on.

The winner today was Gavin Millis on peg 8 and Gavin decided to fish long across ,which is a good 16 metres and normally quite difficult to do, and was rewarded with plenty of fish. Gavin fished the hard pellet feeding pellet and he caught fish to double figures in his final weight of 194-00 and goes top of the club match winners board {well done Gavin}. In total the anglers caught 4 ton weights with fish to be caught for all the anglers in what John tells me was an enjoyable match for the club.

Results.

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Gavin Millis 8 194-00
2nd Peter Styles 24 129-14
3rd Malcom Stanniford 7 123-00
4th Paul Stanniford 16 107-00
5th Norman Dunne 2 87-14
6th Dave Sinclair 22 83-12
7th Steve Harriett 4 78-04
8th Alf Burt 40 67-06
9th Jamie Burt 13 64-06
10th Tom Stevenson 10 31-00

Club Results top 10.

Place Angler Peg Weight Club
1st Gavin Millis 8 194-00 Feltham Piscatorial Society
2nd Dean Elliott 16 139-00 A.E.C Angling Club
3rd Carl Jefferies 13 108-04 Atomic Angling Club
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