Day two report { Eddie}

With the anglers returning for the second day of the festival , this day normally proves two things

1. A section fishes better than day 1 and

2. There are normally a suprise or two instore as anglers position themselves for the day three showdown.

Defending champion Steve Waters was hoping that after his good result yesterday a good draw would set him up nicely to win again and when he drew A section peg 7 i am sure his Drennan box was propelled to his peg in double quick time. Of the other two section winners yesterday Anthony Flint had drawn form peg 18 and Geoff Edwards {Colmic Reading} had drawn B section peg 10 and not a consistent peg .

John tells me that the story of the day was the windy conditions of yesterday had eased up today but it was still cold getting colder as the match went on, but it still did not stop the fish cruising the surface teasing the anglers.

In A section with Steve drawing yesterdays winning peg the real question was were any of the other pegs going to challenge him and he had a good answer of that in front of him as Charlie Bishop caught well today putting 92-14 of carp together to win the section from peg 34 but the real suprise and performance of the day came from John Draper on peg 40 where there has been no sign of carp recently but John got his head down and caught 90-04 for second in section and pushing Steve into third place.

In B section it was a case of damage limitation as sometimes this section can mix up the form pegs and with Geoff Edwards {Colmic Reading} drawing off form peg 10 and Micheal Corsini drawing peg 32 and Mick Chappell on 8 Geoff could possibly see himself right down the section but a cautious approach saw him record 52-10 and take second in section.

The winner today of B section was Micheal Corsini who had drawn peg 32 by the cafe and Micheal put himself right back in the game after yesterdays bad result by weighing in one of todays 4 ton weights with his weight of 103-02 of carp and silvers.

The real battle of the day came from C section where 3 big weight specialists were battling it out for the section win. Phil Powell on 15, Anthony Flint on 18 and Andy Quarmby on 17 ended up having a shallow battle with the cruising carp which was eventually won by Phil with 164-12 of carp to double figures and second place was just snatched by Andy Quarmby with 149-12 from Anthony’s 141-02.

Tomorrow will see a fantastic tense finale to the Festival as there are at least 8 people that could win and it will be an important draw at 10am so good luck to all the anglers.

Special thanks to Simon back at base for getting the results up quickly and to Chris Telling for the use of his photo’s.

 

A Section
Peg	Angler	Weight	Position
34	Charlie Bishop	92-14	1
40	John Draper	90-4	2
7	Steve Waters	81-6	3
36	Mick Lane	32-8	4
4	Chris Telling	30-15	5
5	Malc Doyle	5-3	6
2	Mark Sawyer	2-9	7
38	Ernie Malyon	DNW	8

B Section
Peg	Angler	Weight	Position
32	Michael Corsini	103-2	1
10	Geoff Edwards	52-10	2
28	Dave Wilslow	44-13	3
31	Steve Statye	35-14	4
9	John Morgan	34-4	5
29	Paul Newbury	8-6	6
13	Wez Hillier	7-12	7
8	Mick Chappell	6-2	8

C Section
Peg	Angler	Weight	Position
15	Phil Powell	164-12	1
17	Andy Quarmby	149-12	2
18	Anthony Flint	141-2	3
23	Andy Johnstone	61-1	4
22	Kevin Simpson	60-6	5
14	Pat Pritchard	35-8	6
26	Dave Wightman	25-15	7
25	Dai Thomas	0-7	8

Total Points
Angler	Points
Geoff Edwards	3
Steve Waters	4
Anthony Flint	4
Phil Powell	4
Andy Quarmby	4

Cheers For Reading. John, Eddie and Simon.

More Pictures courtesy of Chris Telling…

Easter Festival day 1 {report by Eddie}

Today saw the start of the Rolfslake Easter festival and an assembled group of 24 anglers were going to pit themselves against their peers for the next three days. The reigning champion of 2014 Steve Waters {Drennan } was in attendance trying to do what no other angler has done by retaining the title for a second year.

The story of the first day was the weather was cold and windy blowing from the small lake into pegs 18 and 22 where the fish had been gathered for the last 6 weeks so a draw in this area would be a great start for the anglers fishing C section.

The section the anglers did not want to draw on day 1 was A section as it usually fishes hard getting better on days 2 and 3 as the bait gets put in settling the fish. B section is usually the fairest as it has a good selection of pegs to choose from so this was going to be the one for me to watch from the cafe today .

With the all in called it was a slow start in the first two hour getting better in hours three to five with anglers starting to line up a few carp as they went down in the water and came closer to the bank. A perfect example of this was Malc Doyle on 26 who set his stall to fish the top two line and paste and pellet and eventually the carp  came to him and he caught 6 for 64-05 and he missed quite a few bites showing the fish were happy to feed in the shallower water. Right opposite onn peg 14 John Draper was also having some good sport by fishing down to the bush on his right catch fish to big double figures in his final weight of 96-14.

The top three section winners today were Geoff Edwards {Colmic Reading } who was well well clear in A section with a great mixed bag of carp and 40lb of bream for 74-03 fish on the deck between 7 and 16 meters fishing pellet.

In B section the winner and fishing next to Geoff on peg 8 and fresh from his victory yesterday was Anthony Flint. Anthony fished a variety of lines to catch his weight of 97-14 and just ahead of his travelling partner Andy Quarmby {Middy} who was only two odd pounds behind on 95-05.

Completing the report on C section which was a real cliffhanger as the top three anglers in this section were seperated by only 12lb but eventually was won by Steve Waters {Drennan} with 108-14 who had fish to nearly 20lb by fishing long down the edge fishing corn and pellet hookbaits but also frustratingly lost a lot of fish as they would not settle down and feed properly. Spare a thought for Chris Telling {Colmic} who could of won the section as he landed and accidently missed the keepnet with a fish of at least 10lb that went through a hole in his landing net and back in to the lake.

It will be an interesting day tomorrow as the weather is supposed to get a little better so good luck to all the anglers for a good days fishing.

A special thanks goes to Steve Waters and Peter Drennan who have arranged a goodie bag of the full set of the new Drennan hookbaits and bait boosters for all the anglers fishing the Festival a fantastic gesture from a fantastic company thankyou very much.

A Section
Peg	Angler	Weight	Position
7	Geoff Edwards	74-3	1
2	Mick Chappell	34-13	2
40	Dave Wilsdon	27-14	3
36	Michael Corsini	13-3	4
34	Paul Newbury	13-1	5
5	John Morgan	8-10	6
38	Wez Hillier	5-1	7
4	Steve Stayte	4-1	8

B Section
Peg	Angler	Weight	Position
8	Anthony Flint	97-14	1
29	Andy Quarmby	95-5	2
28	Dai Thomas	63-0	3
32	Phil Powell	57-11	4
10	Dave Whiteman	35-0	5
13	Andy Johnstone	32-13	6
9	Kevin Simpson	22-3	7
31	Pat Pritchard	8-10	8

C Section
Peg	Angler	Weight	Position
22	Steve Waters	108-14	1
17	Chris Telling	103-3	2
14	John Draper	96-14	3
26	Malc Doyle	64-5	4
25	Mick Lane	62-1	5
15	Ernie Malyon	49-2	6
18	Mark Sawyer	32-12	7
23	Charlie Bishop	14-12	8

Total Points
Angler	Points after weight
Steve Waters	1
Anthony Flint	1
Geoff Edwards	1
Chris Telling	2
Andy Quarmby	2
Mick Chappell	2

Other pictures from the day…

Thanks for Reading. John, Eddie and Simon