Rolfslake Pairs Series round 3
Round three Battle of the silvers.
Today saw the anglers return for round three of the pairs series down at Rolfslake where one angler fishes for carp and the other for silvers.
John tells me that today there was a slight southerly breeze but it was mild with lots of cruising carp in the small lake.
In today’s match the carp fishing was really hard with only 9 fish caught and the winner of the carp section was Andy Quarmby on peg 18 on the motorway bank with his weight of 29-14.
The real battle today was a silver fish shootout between the top five anglers in this section and the difference between fishing maggots and casters.
The top silver fish angler today and overall winner was Drennan sponsored Steve Waters on car park bank peg 30.
I cannot remember the last time a silver fish net won over a carp net but Steve managed this feat with a fantastic net of stamp roach today. Steve fished shallow fishing caster to keep the big roach coming and at the end of 5 hours weighed a brilliant 36-12 ( well done Steve).
In a very close battle for second was between Dan Blackwell and Anthony Flint on pegs 9 and 13 in the middle bowl.
I am not sure if Dan fished maggots but Anthony did to catch a smaller stamp of roach but both were kept very busy and in the end Anthony just beat Dan with his weight of 26-15 to Dan’s 26-06.
The silver fishing was brilliant today with 5 weights over 18lb in what was a highlight in the series to date.
The team winners on the day were Andy and Anthony who made an epic comeback from their horror 15 point score in the last round.
Steve and Derek are controlling the league at the moment closely followed by Dan and Gavin.
John will be holding a silvers only match on sunday 31st jan, draw 9-00 fish 10-00 to 3-00, call him on 07774618688 to book in and sample some of this superb silver fish action.
A Section Carp
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | Points |
| 1st | Andy Quarmby | 18 | 29-15 | 1 |
| 2nd | John Bennett | 22 | 16-06 | 2 |
| 3rd | Gavin Millis | 16 | 15-10 | 3 |
| 4th | Derek Hammond | 24 | 12-04 | 4 |
| 5th | Micheal Corsini | 14 | 11-09 | 5 |
| 6th | Fred Sewood | 34 | 8-04 | 6 |
| 7th | Ernie Malyon | 7 | 1-00 | 7 |
| 8th | Jeff Bond | 8 | 0-06 | 8 |
B Section Silvers
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | Points |
| 1st | Steve Waters | 30 | 36-12 | 1 |
| 2nd | Anthony Flint | 9 | 26-15 | 2 |
| 3rd | Dan Blackwell | 13 | 26-06 | 3 |
| 4th | Dave Howe | 4 | 19-07 | 4 |
| 5th | Mick Jones | 38 | 18-05 | 5 |
| 6th | Steve Palmer | 32 | 11-06 | 6 |
| 7th | Dai Thomas | 7 | 6-05 | 7 |
| 8th | Doug Hill | 10 | 0-12 | 8 |
Today’s overall winner Steve Waters.
Anthony Flint second in the silvers.
Leader board after 3 rounds.
| Place | Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total |
| 1st | Steve – Derek | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 2nd | Dan – Gavin | 10 | 4 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 3rd | Anthony – Andy | 3 | 15 | 3 | 21 | |||
| 4th | Jon – Dave | 7 | 9 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 5th | Jeff – Mick | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 6th | Micheal – Dai | 13 | 9 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 7th | Ernie – Steve | 12 | 9 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 8th | Doug – Fred | 15 | 15 | 14 | 44 |
Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie