Day down on the lake Thursday 16th April 2010.

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The red kite was back at the lake

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.

Rolfslake’s Wednesday open 15th April 2010

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Another Wednesday another Rolfslake midweek match, which normally means big weights of fish and the usual banter that goes with it.

After the poor results from the weekends matches hopes were not high for todays match as the weather in the week had been a mixture of bright sunshine ,cold temperature and a stiff wind so the fish have not been able to settle into a confident feeding pattern so the anglers were going to have to work out what the fish wanted. The midweek matches are now starting to draw a few anglers due to the late starts and that should start to see the begining of the big weights that Rolfslake is famous for.

After the draw had taken place the anglers settled into their pegs and could see carp crashing around the big lake so a decision had to be made whether to fish long and risk the wind wrecking their presentation later in the match or take a chance and see if the fish were getting closer which normally is the method to catch big weights.

With the sun shining the anglers on the motorway bank were kept warm but experienced the problem of having the sun in their eyes, and the anglers on the carpark bank were able to fish longer but were going to get cold due to the shade from the trees so you can never have both. John tells me after a slow start the anglers settled down and started to catch fish with the most productive area being the car park bank in the twenties with the anglers starting off fishing long drawing the fish closer as the match went on, and the anglers on the motorway bank have to fish either the rod or the pole to reach the fish.

In first place today was Rolfslake regular Chris Telling who was fishing on the motorway bank peg 26. Chris is a very confident angler and today he started on the pole fished long on the deck and was rewarded with carp to double figures, but as the match went on  Chris was able to draw the fish closer towards him which helped him catch carp quicker. Chris was fishing using his favoured paste hook bait which has won him lots of matches and by doing so meant he was able to catch bigger fish which means big weights, and after 5 hours Chris had put together a great weight of 259-12 and the top weight on the lake this year {well done Chris you are the current King of Rolfslake}.

King of Rolfslake Vespe's Chris Telling

In second place was Steve Rich who was only two pegs away on peg 28 and Steve gave Chris a good run for his money as he caught very well but caught smaller fish. Steve was fishing banded pellet on the deck fished long but was also able to draw the fish in , and at the end was only one fish off a double ton with his weight of 195-02. Completing the frame was Mick Jones on the motorway bank peg 13 and who was on a good run of form down on the lake. Mick usually fishes short range between 6 to 8 metres and today was no different, and by using a combination of pellet feed and his usual meat hookbait Mick was able to draw fish from the bay area to his peg and at the end put 164-12 to complete a very good frame.

Place Angler Peg Weight Bait
1st Chris Telling 26 259-12 Paste Vespe
2nd Steve Rich 28 195-02 Hard Pellet Rolfslake
3rd Mick Jones 13 164-12 Meat Rolfslake
4th Mark 25 148-08 Rolfslake
5th Paul Jay 15 118-00 Banded Pellet Rolfslake
6th Mike Stimson 18 105-00 Pellet Rolfslake
7th Sean 17 104-08 Rolfslake
8th John Bennett 14 85-00 Soft Pellet Rolfslake
9th Fred Parker 22 68-00 Rolfslake
10th Derek Kelsey 23 68-00 Rolfslake

Anglers required

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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.

Neil Riddy’s Club Match. Ospreys AC

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11th April

<All Pictures clickable for larger view>

A windy day at the lake.

Today Rolfs Lake was host to a club match. 25 anglers were fishing. The wind was blowing across the big lake towards peg 19. The sun was trying to break through the clouds and it looked promising for a nice sunny day. Carp were seen to be topping all over the big lake so it looked like shallow might be a good way to attack…. or would it.

Waiting to do the draw

With the draw done and everyone setting up the sun broke through and black shadows could be seen swimming around the top end of the big lake.  One thing was for sure today and that was that the person that drew peg 20 would get on the peg kings board as its not been fished for a while. That person was Mark Gilbert, new peg king of peg 20. 😀

Top end of the little lake.

With the match under way and the fish still topping a lot of people tried targeting the fish by fishing shallow but at the start people were foul hooking fish and loosing them. Paul Jay on peg 23 was fishing the pellet waggler and was having a few but he was finding it hard firing his pellets out due to the wind blowing them back towards him 😀

Paul Jay with another carp.

After starting on the pole shallow fishing Mick Whitmore on peg 17 has also switched to the pellet waggler and was catching regularly and pulling the fish off Paul. Mick had the wind behind him and had no problem firing out his feed pellets. Mick was storming away in the big lake.

Mick on peg 17 with one of his many shallow caught fish

Simon Mound on peg 15 messing it up 😀

The story on the little lake was that it was not fishing as productive.  Tex on Peg 8 was catching a few and so was Adam on peg 34 (his home peg :P)

The Little Lake.

Back in the big lake Mick on peg 17 was still doing the damage on the pellet waggler. Paul Jay had switched to the bomb and was catching a few more fish. Simon on peg 15 had also managed to catch a few on the bomb.

Another weigher for Paul Jay

Simon with a carp on the bomb.

Simon's 13lb carp

Ian Millin on peg 18 with a nice carp.

Mark Playing a carp on peg 22

Kiran on peg 28

Brian with a fish on, on peg 19

The Results.

{I could not read Neil’s writing, so apologies for some missing second names, will add them soon}

11th April Results.
NAME PEG WEIGHT
Mick Whitmore 17 136-4
Paul Jay 23 58-8
Ian Millin 18 52-8
Tex Marshall 8 43-3
Adam Griffiths 34 41-12
Chris Lovelock 25 34-8
Neil Riddy 10 33-14
Andy Waterhouse 26 32-2
Simon Mound 15 30-8
Brian Richie 19 28-8
Kiran C 28 22-0
George Kay 14 18-8
Bill Lovelock 38 16-9
Mark Brown 22 15-0
Neil Fenner 2 13-8
Tony Taylor 31 13-8
Owen Glover 4 6-4
Ken Sawyer 9 5-9
Ian Simner 6 3-6
Robin Lett 40 2-5
Mark Gilbert 20 0-8
Steve P 7 0-4
Mark Orchard 32 DNW
Steve C 13 DNW
Mark Barratt 29 DNW

Todays Winner, Mick Whitmore.

Second place, Paul Jay

Thanks for the invite to fish the match. Great bunch of lads. If anyone wants all the pictures from today use the contact form to send me a message and leave you email address and I will send you a zip file with the pictures in.

Well done Mick, you fished well on quite a hard day.

Thanks for reading, Si and Eddie.

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 7th April 2010

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Today saw a few anglers down on the lake either pleasure fishing or practising for a forthcoming club match and then there were us lot ready for another Wednesday open. With fish topping all over the big lake it was decided to fish both the carpark and motorway bank from pegs 14 all the round to 26 as the other anglers were in the small lake and from pegs 27 to 32.

As the draw took place John Bennett stuck his hand in the bag and out came peg 18 {which is John’s new peg 9 } just like magic as all the fish topping were in front of his peg so he was off to it like a shot. I had drawn one of my least favourite pegs peg 14, as with the wind gusting in front of me and the sun in my eyes i was going to have a tough 5 hours. Paul Jay had drawn flyer peg 24 which is great for bomb fishing and the judge { Mike Stimpson} was tucked away in the corner, peg 22 so i had a good view of all the anglers except John who i could hear talking from 5 pegs away.

The weather was a bit of everything rain ,sun and a gusting wind so for some anglers it was going to be easy and the rest it was going to be cold with a touch of blinding sun in your eyes followed by a bank of dark clouds making it look like it was night. As the all-in was called all the anglers on the carpark bank were fishing the tip rod ,whilst the anglers on the motorway bank were fishing the pole fished long and within the first hour everyone that i could see had caught a carp. Most anglers were fishing either banded pellet or corn as hook bait and feeding quite heavy for this time of the year.

In first place today was my fellow Cartel member John Bennett who was on peg 18 and after catching a quick carp on the pole found catching quite difficult after that, and John could be seen trying the bomb , waggler fished shallow, pole fished long and shallow but to no avail. A switch to the deck rig fished long down the edge using soft hooker pellet got the fish going for John towards the end and a run of fish to near 20lb got the win for John with his final weight of 113-00 well done John our score to date is 1-1}. In second Place was Paul Jay on winter flyer peg 24 and by fishing a combination of bomb and pole fished long on the deck, using both corn and banded 8mm pellet feeding quite heavy, Paul picked up a run of small fish that kept John on his toes and at the end was a roach short of a ton weight and he ended up with 99-08. Completing the frame was Mark on peg 26 who fished similar to Paul and ended up with 77-08.

After the match all of the anglers complained of lost big fish and a lot of foul hooked fish as they travelled up and down the water depths giving a lot of false bites. If the weather warms up i think the lake will start to give up some good weights as the fish appeared to want to feed properly today as in my swim it was like a jaccuzi for most of the match.

John Tells me there will be Saturday open for the next three weeks draw 10am fish 11-4.00, and Wednesday opens right through to October draw 1.00pm fish 2.00-7.00 .

Until my next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.

John with a small carp of 19lb

Results

1st John Bennett peg 18 113-00 Soft pellet / Banded 8mm pellet bomb/ pole1 4.5 mtr Rolfslake
2nd Paul Jay peg 24 99-08 8mm hard pellet bomb/ pole 11 mtr Rolfslake
3rd Mark peg 26 77-08 bomb/ pole 12mtr Rolfslake
4th Andy peg 15 70-08 Corn pole 8 mtr Rolfslake
5th Tony peg 17 57-00 pole 16 mtr RAF
6th Mike Stimpson peg 22 43-08 Pellet/corn bomb/ pole 16 mtr Rolfslake
7th Eddie T-Green peg 14 43-00 8mm hard pellet pole 12 mtr Rolfslake /

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Spring Festival Day 3 Results.

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5th April

Spring League Day 3
A Section PEG WEIGHT PTS
Mark Malin 7 179-14 1
John Bennett 8 80-12 2
Mark Bowerman 35 61-10 3
Phil Powell 37 45-04 4
Mick Lane 40 41-10 5
Andy Johnstone 2 38-04 6
Mick Hughes 4 37-08 7
Not used 34 – 8
B Section
Matt Smith 9 64-08 1
Derek Hammond 10 53-00 2
Dave Whiteman 30 47-06 3
Clive Pritchard 27 41-09 4
Colin Wedgebrow 31 18-10 5
Chris Walters 28 8-06 6
Gary Haisman 13 3-01 7
Paul Glenfield 14 54-00 Weight did not count

Rule infringement.

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C Section
John Hague 15 110-00 1
Lee Giles 17 86-08 2
Tim Guise 18 54-08 3
Andy Chandler 24 52-08 4
Chris Telling 21 47-08 5
Jason Astle 19 33-04 6
Mark Bedford 26 18-04 7
Paul Newbury 23 9-12 8
Results after 3 days
Matt Smith 3 points {perfect score}
Mark Malin 6 points
Mark Bowerman 7 points
Derek Hammond 7 points
John Bennett 8 points
Lee Giles 11 points
John Hagues 12 points
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