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Rolfs Lake Spring League. Round 2. 5th Feb 2012

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Another cold day at the lake.

John and Paul had been down the lake on the Saturday to break the ice and give the anglers a head start on Sunday.

This is what greeted the anglers on the Sunday morning. (Thanks Pat Pritchard for the pictures)

The big lake

Steve Waters breaking the ice on peg 34

Michael Corsini on peg 8

The Little lake

Pegs 5, 6, 7 and 8

Results….

A Section
Pos Name Peg Weight Points
 1 MARK NEWBOLD 10  9LBS-0  10
 2 STEVE WATERS 34  2LBS-8OZS   9
 3 MICHAEL CORSINI  8  1LBS-4OZS   8
 4 JEFF EDWARDS  2  1LBS-0   7
 5 PAT PRITCHARD  7  DNW   0
 6 JIM McCANN 36  DNW   0
 7 JOHN DRAPER  DNF   0
 8 PETE ARNOLD  DNF   0
 9 DAVE LOSEBY  DNF   0
 10 PHIL POWELL  DNF   O
B Section
Pos Name Peg Weight Points
 1 PAUL JAY  25  29LBS-8OZS  10
 2 ANDY QUARMBY  17  27LBS-8OZS   9
 3 MICK LANE  15  27LBS-0   8
 4 DEREK HAMMOND  14  10LBS-4OZS   7
 5 NEIL HUTCHINS  30  8LBS-8OZS   6
 6 JOHN BENNETT  26  4LBS-0   5
 7 ANDY RAYMENT  18  DNW   0
 8 DAVE WIGHTMAN  DNF   0
 9 MICK CHAPPLE  DNF   0
 10 PETE TAPPE  DNF   0
Overall Leader Board
Pos Names Points
1 MARK NEWBOLD/ANDY RAYMENT  27
2 STEVE WATERS/DEREK HAMMOND  25
3 JOHN BENNETT/JEFF EDWARDS  24
4 JOHN DRAPER/PAUL JAY  24
5 JIM McCANN/NIEL HUTCHINS  21
6 MICK CHAPPLE/MICHEAL CORCINI  18
7 ANDY QUORMBY/PAT PRITCHARD  21
8 DAVE WIGHTMAN/PETE ARNOLD  12
9 MICK LANE/PHIL POWELL   8
10 DAVE LOSEBY/PETE TAPPE   6

 

Wednesday Open Match. 1st February 2012

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A cold day down the lake today but strangely no ice on the lake despite minus temperatures.Very hard fishing today down the lake for the anglers.

Today’s winner Pete Archer has not been down the lake for a while but returned to take the win fishing from peg 28. Pete was using maggot on the pole trying for silvers but go plagued with those pesky carp.

Neil Riddy managed to catch 3 carp for his weight from last Sundays winning peg, Peg 13. Neil is currently the peg king for peg 13 so knows how to fish it but the carp had other idea’s today.

Completing the frame was Dave Wightman fishing from peg 10. Dave’s weigh was made up completely of silver fish, he also had 3 bonus skimmers to help build his weight.

 Results

     Pos Name Peg Weight
1 Pete Archer 28 29-8
2 Neil Riddy 13 20-8
3 Dave Wightman 10 14-8
4 John Bennett 24 9-8
5 John Draper 9 7-0

9 Anglers Fished.

Todays winner in Sunnier times down the lake. Pete Archer.

The temperature is set to drop further still and then start to rise again Saturday so hopefully it wont be too cold for everyone fishing the second round of the Spring Pairs League this Sunday.

There is an Open match this Saturday also.

Thanks for Reading, Eddie, John and Simon.

Rolfs Lake Spring League. Round 1. 29th Jan.

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Today was the eagerly awaited pairs series based on 6 matches with you been able to drop your worst result.

 

I was very much looking forward to this as I have practically been in hibernation since I arrived back from Whiteacres last October. There were 9 other pairs fishing and on paper they all  looked very strong teams so the competition was going to be good along with plenty of banter.

John Bennett conducted the draw for the sections we were going to fish, unbelievably the first 8 pairs all drew A section with only the last pair breaking the sequence of A section draws.

Once the draw for the sections was done, we were on for drawing our pegs for the day. The fancied pegs in A section went to Paul Bennett, Paul Jay and Mick Chappell. I was personally in B section and having fished the section the day before without a lot of success, I was secretly hoping I would of avoided, even more when I drew peg 22 as I had struggled off 18 before

Conditions wise the lake was like a mill pond, well this was until Steve Waters plumbed up the depth and caught a carp on a bare hook. Solid springs to mind. Typical Steve Waters peg then !!!!

With the match kicking off at 10.45, Mark Newbold on peg 26 was running to the weigh station at 10.46 with his first carp. Looking round the lake it looked like the fish were having a bit of a feed as most people seemed to be catching except the guys between 17 and 23 who sat looking at motionless tips or floats.

Come the final whistle the carp had moved to our end of the lake but it was all to late. Mick Chappel on peg 13 was rumoured to have caught well plus Andy on peg 10 next to him. Come the weigh in Mick Chappel was confirmed as the winner catching mainly on banded pellet or corn over micro pellet. Andy next to him on peg 10 was only one fish behind him again catching on corn over pellet.

Overall the battle for B section was won by Mark Newbold on peg 26 fishing 14m fishing double corn over pellet. This was also enough to ensure his team were top pairs on the day with 17 points.

With the next match this coming Sunday, the teams at the top will be looking to consolidate there lead and the ones at the bottom will be looking for an improved performance, However with Baltic conditions forecast, anything can happen !!!

Lastly on the behalf of all the anglers at Rolfs, I would like to wish Phil Powell a speedy recovery and we will look forward to seeing you back on the bank soon.

(Report by Pat Pritchard)

Results….

A Section
Pos Name Peg Weight Points
1 mick chappell peg 13  92lbs-12ozs  10
2 andy quarmby peg 10  82lbs-8ozs   9
3 Neill Hutchins peg 4  48lbs-8ozs   8
4 Dave wightman peg 9  42lbs-12ozs   7
5 Paul Bennett peg 34  42lbs-12ozs   7
6 paul jay peg 7  31lbs-9ozs   5
7 john bennett peg 36  26lb-12ozs   4
8 derek hammond peg 38  24lbs-0ozs   3
9 pete tapp peg 2  0-4ozs   2
10 not drawn peg 8  dnw   0
B Section
Pos Name Peg Weight Points
1  mark newbold peg 26 68lbs-6ozs  10
2  john draper peg 30 58lbs-8ozs   9
3  jeff edwards peg 18 31lbs-0ozs   8
4  jim mc cann peg 25 28lbs-0ozs   7
5  steve waters peg 28 26lbs-8ozs   6
6  pete arnold peg 23 22lbs-8ozs   5
7  dave loseby peg 15 18lbs-13ozs   4
8  pat pritchard peg 22 13lbs-4ozs   3
9  michael corsini peg 17 dnw   0
10  not drawn peg 14 dnw   0
Overall Leader Board
Pos Names Points
1 mark newbold,paul bennett  17
2 jim mc cann, neil hutchins  15
3 john draper,paul jay  14
4 andy quarmby pat pritchard  12
5 dave wightman,pete arnold  12
6 john bennett,jeff edwards  12
7 mick chappell,michael corsini  10
8 derek hammond,steve waters   9
9 dave loseby, pete tapp   6
10 mick lane,phil powell (did not fish this round)   0

 

Rolfslake Pair’s Series starting 29th January 2012.

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The 29th of January will see the first pairs competition fished at the lake, and for the first 12 teams of two to apply it will hopefully be a change from the tried and tested teams of three league.

John has given me a provisional list of pairs which will need to be confirmed as soon as possible as this series will be limited to 12 pairs.

 John Bennett and Geoff Edwards. CONFIRMED
 Phil Powell and Mick Lane. CONFIRMED
 Derek Hammond and Steve Waters. CONFIRMED
 Dave Whiteman and Pete Arnold. CONFIRMED
 Paul Jay and John Draper. CONFIRMED
 Andy Rayment and Mark Newbold. CONFIRMED
 Neal and Jim. CONFIRMED
 Kev and Michael. CONFIRMED
 Pat Pritchard and Andy Quarmby CONFIRMED
 Mick Chappell and Michael Corsini. CONFIRMED
 ???
 ???

If all these pairs are confirmed to John then it only leaves places for two more pairs.

There will be a reserve list available for anglers that would like to be considered to fish if required.This is for anglers who are available to fish as substitute for anglers and pairs unable to fish each round.

SUBS LIST

NEIL RIDDY

PETE TAPP

The series will be fished over 6 matches with teams being able to drop their worst result leaving the results to be decided over the 5 best scoring rounds.

The matches will be held over the following dates.

29th January

5th Feb

19th Feb

4th March

11th March

25th March.

The cost of entering a team will be £20 per angler = £40 per team

There will be a £20 per angler pools on the day { minus peg fees } and both team members must enter this on the day as there will only be a top 3 teams payout on the day.

Both the big and small lake will be used for this series which will be divided into 4 sections A,B,C and D and this will be explained on the morning of the first round.

The anglers will be able to use both pole and rod in this series.

If there is a maximum 12 team attendance then the payouts will be as follows.

24 anglers paying £20 pools per round = £480 – £8 per peg peg fees 24x £8 = £192 and this leaves £ 288 to be paid per round.

The winning team per round gets £120

The second team per round gets   £98

The third team per round gets      £70

There will be no section winners payouts.

The series payout.

24 anglers x £20 entrance money = £480 to be paid out

The winning team of the series will be paid £210

The runners up will be paid £150

The third placed team will be paid £120

THIS IS DEPENDANT ON 12 TEAMS OF TWO, if there are less than twelve teams then the payout will be reduced accordingly.

If a team was to win the 6 rounds and the series then their payout could be £930 payout.

I hope this all makes sense.

If there are any questions please give John Bennett a call.

Thanks for reading The Rolfslake fisheries team.

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 18th January 2012.

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Cold day down at the lake today.

 

John tells me that on arriving at the lake today the anglers were greeted with a frozen lake, so the first order of the day was to get out the little used ice breakers to cut each others swims out to a distance that would enable them to have half a chance of catching some fish. As i was busy this morning it meant that i could not fish but i was coming up later to see the guys only to be told the match had only just started and it was 11.30 and the guys were today only going to fish 4 and a half hours.

The pleasure anglers were catching in the ice free small lake as there was a breeze to keep the water moving but no such luck in the big lake as quick as you made a hole to fish the floating ice wanted to close it back up and by the amount of ice on the bank that must of been alot. The story of the match was that most anglers opted to fish the bomb or feeder on the edge of the ice floes hoping that the carp would eventually come out from under the ice which they did not.

 

8 fantastic carp for 85-04 for todays winner John Bennett.

 

The winner of todays match was lake owner John Bennett who used both the long pole and bomb/ feeder but caught all his 8 carp on the tip casting as far out of into the lake as he could and by using a combination of corn and 8mm puched meat managed to keep the bites coming but by no means was it frantic. The first 5 carp were caught by John very early in the match but as soon as the ice melted out in the middle John made a longer cast and the fish were there waiting  [the other three that was } and after a very cold 5 hours put a very hard earned weight of 85-04 for the win { well done John }.

 

Kev Dolton with a 18-08 common.

 

Always playing catch up today was Kev Dolton on cold peg 13 on the motorway bank and by half way was already 5 carp down to John, but a brilliant last two hours saw Kev catch 8 carp to 18-08 fishing a straight out line on the pole at 13 metres fishing corn on the deck feeding micros which caught him his first 5 fish and a switch to the 16 metre line to the boat saw him catch the last three and in the end fell just one small carp short of John’s weight with his 81-04 ,but still a great effort Kev.

 

Kev also had 8 carp for 81-04.

 

Completing the frame was John Draper who was trapped with a 7mtr swim on peg 19 as this was where the ice was the most thickest, and after a quick 3 carp had to wait for his remaining two by fishing the pole to the bush to his right fishing corn on the deck and feeding micro. He was fish for fish with John for the first 5 but they were a lot smaller and in the end John weighed a hard earned 35-08.

John with his 5 carp.

Results

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st John Bennett 16 85-04 Rolfslake
2nd Kev Dolton 13 81-04 Rolfslake
3rd John Draper 19 35-08 Rolfslake
4th Phil Powell 28 20-08 Rolfslake
5th Graham Ridgley 24 9-04 Rolfslake
6th Barry 26 7-04 Rolfslake

9 anglers fished.

 

Some photos from the day.

 

 

Paul Jay one of the anglers that DNW.

 

 

 

John Draper stuck in the corner on peg 19.

 

 

Only three carp and silvers for Phil Powell today.

 

 

 

Always make sure you have a variety of baits.

 

I will be posting the details for the forthcoming pairs match tomorrow so please come back and have a look.

 

Thanks for reading Simon , Eddie and John.

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