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Pre Pairs Weekend Invitational Match.6th Aug 2010

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Maggotville getting warmed up *All pictures Click-able for larger view*

Dave Collier had booked the lake for a pre Maggotdrowing pairs weekend match. He invited some friends and Jinx members. This was to be a warm up match in preparation for the annual 2 day Maggotdrowning.com pairs weekend. This also allowed those attending to get their tents pitched and settled in.

The draw was at 12.30 and fishing was going to be 2.15 -7.15pm. Me, Gem and Budgie arrived late thanks to the traffic on the M40 so Pauline drew our pegs for us and what a drawing hand she has. Gem was on peg 9, I was on peg 26 and Budgie was on not so much of a good peg, Peg 40. As we arrived people were already setting up. We unloaded the car and got everything in to the tent and headed off to set up with only about 30 minutes to go before the all in was honked by Dave on his Gillette horn 😀

Geoff Palmer on peg 10 was the first person to catch a fish just a couple of minutes after the all-in. People were catching over the big lake and Dave Webster on peg 24 was on the feederless Feeder (as he call’s it) which is basically a pellet cone. He was having plenty of action and was taking an early lead in the big lake.

Clive had drawn peg 32 again after having it on the last Jinx match. He was not impressed to say the least as it was not fishing to its normal standards and he was breaking his pole in the process of getting out the carp from behind the bush.

I had been fishing the feeder for the first 15 minutes while my other lines were fed. I had not set up the pole as I had not had time. John Bennett came round and said he thought the fish would feed shallow, with that said I set up a shallow rig and had a go. It resulted in one fish a 16lb’er 🙂

At this point Dave was storming ahead in the big lake followed by Steve up the corner on peg 22. Ant Haywood over on peg 18 was also catching a few. In the little lake Malc on peg 38 was catching some big un’s and was the only person really catching. Gem was on peg 9 again and having a steady run of fish but struggling to keep the fish out of the left and right bushes.

I was fed up of watching Dave’s rod tip going round so I fed my 5 meter line and went for a walk with the camera.

Mick the Chippy on peg 34

Malc Doyle on peg 38. Munter Hunter 😀

Marcus Burgess on Peg 40

Dai Thomas on Peg 2

Chris Withall on peg 4

Dave Moore on peg 6

Terry Goff on Peg 7

Methodgob on peg 8

Fear the Minx. Gem in to a fish on peg 9

Captain Birdseye (Geoff Palmer) on peg 10

Cybermanc with the keys to Peter Mortons peg 13

Match organiser Dave Collier on peg 14

Ant Haywood on peg 18

Steve Akal on peg 22

Getting back round to my peg I saw a familiar sight. Dave Webster on peg 24 in to another carp 😀

Dave on peg 24 playing a carp with John Bennett looking on

Nearly there

In the Net

Feederless Feeder fish 😀

Getting back to my peg I set up the rig for the 5 meter line and went in with a banded pellet, fish on right away and that was the story for the rest of the match for me. A nice steady run of fish. Like everyone else I was also suffering from loosing foul hooked fish 🙁

On the all out Hooter I thought Dave had managed the win but thought I would be close behind him. Word was the little lake had fished poorly and Malc had won that section.  On to the weigh in.

Going round the lake as usual from peg 34 it was clear to see that the little lake had indeed fished hard with Malc catching the most weight with the help of some big fish which have been showing around the lake again. Everyone was eager to see what Gem had done on peg 9 as a lot of people had struggled.

Gem put 52lb on the scales, from that point on people where just hoping not to get Minxed. Ant Heywood on peg 18 put the first ton weight on the board with 109 followed by another from peg 22 fished by Steve Akal. Next was Dave ‘Feederless Feeder’ Webster on peg 24, he weighed in 136lb and was looking good for the win until we weighed in my fish, Just one fish separated us. I put 144lb on the scales to take the win for the day. I was surprised as I thought I had about 120lb but have never been good at guestimates 😀 It was a good battle Dave thank you.

Results…

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Simon Mound 26 144-8
2 Dave Webster 24 136-4
3 Ant Haywood 18 109-4
4 Steve Akal 22 108-8
5 Malc Doyle 38 73-12
6 Peter Morton 28 62-0
7 Dai Thomas 2 56-4
8 Gem Doyle 9 52-12
9 Clive Pritchard 32 46-0
10 Methodgob 8 44-4
11 Cybermanc 13 42-4
12 Geoff Palmer 10 37-4
13 Mick The Chippy 34 33-8
14 Dave Collier 14 31-0
15 Terry Goff 7 29-12
16 Dave Moore 6 26-4
17 Chris Withall 4 19-8
18 Marcus Burgess 40 DNW
18 Tommodiesel 30 DNW

Thanks to Dave Collier for running the match.

After the match everyone settled around the BBQ to discuss the days fishing.

BBQ time...

Malc preparing for Saturdays Match

A rare sight, Steve Wilson Smiling

Saturday and Sunday’s Reports to come. Thanks for reading, Si and Eddie.

Sunday Open Match. 1st August 2010

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A good turnout at the lake today for a rare Sunday open match. 22 anglers turned up. Fishing was from 11.15 till 4.15. With Ginger on peg 8 most people had already set themselves up to win the section they were fishing because all thought he would win the match as he normally does from peg 8.

On the all in I had a fish right away as did a lot of people but after the first hour people were really struggling for a bite. Paul Jay on peg 34 had already been trashed in the lilies.

John Bennett came round the lake to take a picture of Dave Whitemans 22lb’er

Dave with his smashing carp

For the rest of the match the only people really catching well was Simon Enticot on peg 28, Ginger on peg 8 and Malc on peg 13. Pat on peg 4 had a steady run of fish throughout the match as did Kev over on peg 38.

The results tell the rest of the Story. Most people tipped back so the weights on the results are those from the weigh sheets. It was a close match though.

Results

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Ginger 8 191-10
2 Simon Enticot 28 182-4
3 Malc Doyle 13 131-4
4 Pat Pritchard 4 123-4
5 Kev Doulton 38 112-8
6 Simon Mound 6 79-0
7 Pete Archer 32 75-8
8 Mickey 19 72-10
9 Jeff Edwards 2 72-0
10 Mat Edwards 7 69-6
11 Bill Lovelock 16 59-8
12 John Hague 25 47-12
13 Nick Williams 31 46-0
14 Paul Jay 34 34-0
14 Dave Whiteman 10 22-8 (1 Fish)
15 Adam Griffiths 40 16-0
16 Gary Haisman 26 13-8
17 Mick Jones 18 12-8
17 Mark Orchard 9 11-8
18 Aiden Maylson 29 11-0
19 Brian Green 14 10-12
20 Chris Lovelock 20 9-12
21 Marcus Burgess 22 DNW
22 Jack Harness 23 DNW

A superstar at the lake

Jinx Series, Match 5. 31st July 2010

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Today was the penultimate Jinx League Match. Most people were already at the lake having fished the Evening match the night before. Most were in a pretty bad way due to lack of sleep and/or the amount of beer consumed.

Gem’s hat victims for the day were none other that Clive Pritchard and Ade (Slim Shady) They are also partners in the Jinx league pairs too 😀

Pairs and Hat partners, Clive and Ady

People today caught most of their fish in the final two hours of the match. Marcus Burgess (Budgie) managed his first win at the lake and his second Jinx ton also mainly fishing down the margin to his left on peg 15. Well done mate.

Peter Moreton on peg 8 had caught well but had been through the bushes more times than he would have liked loosing numerous rigs. Fred Parker fished a fine match and managed to survive the 2010 Jinx series without once getting MINXED. Everyone else fishing has been MINXED at least one time 😀 Fred will not be at the next match due to a holiday but were all sure Gem would have got you 😀

Dave Collier also managed his first ever Section win on a Jinx match, well done mate. Al Loader also managed to catch the first ever 20lb + Carp on a Jinx match with a carp weighing 20-8 from peg 23. Superb.

The Final Jinx Match for 2010 is on the 21st August and then the lake should be fishing back to normal without Malc been down the lake 😀

Results

Peg Angler Weight
1st 15 Marcus Burgess 130lbs 08ozs
2nd 8 Peter Morton 128lbs 00ozs
3rd 5 Fred Parker 115lbs 08ozs
4th 2 Ant Haywood 112lbs 08ozs
5th 7 Mat Edwards 106lbs 08ozs
6th 23 Al Loader 105lbs 00ozs
7th 11 Dave Collier 100lbs 08ozs
8th 32 Clive Pritchard 99lbs 12ozs
9th 38 Simon Mound 98lbs 00ozs
10th 28 Malc Doyle 94lbs 00ozs
11th 31 Geoff Palmer 87lbs 12ozs
12th 40 Steve Akal 85lbs 11ozs
13th 10 Alex Clark 85lbs 00ozs
14th 36 Tony Roberts 73lbs 10ozs
15th 26 Dai Thomas 68lbs 12ozs
16th 29 Nick Williams 66lbs 00ozs
17th 34 Steve Wilson 59lbs 12ozs
18th 13 Dave Webster 54lbs 12ozs
19th 17 Gem Doyle 53lbs 04ozs
20th 22 Nick W-P 52lbs 08ozs
21st 25 Ade Williams 52lbs 00ozs
22nd 14 Paul Roberts 48lbs 08ozs
23rd 18 Mitch Auger 48lbs 04ozs
24th 19 Jon Hatch 44lbs 04ozs
25th 4 Dave Moore 39lbs 08ozs
26th 20 Terry Goff 18lbs 12ozs
27th 9 Kevin Loveland 10lbs 08ozs

Jinx Evening Match. 30th July 2010

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Today the Jinx Squad return to the lake to fish their annual Evening match at the lake. They are also fishing on the Saturday too.

Before the match Malc had arranged a BBQ so everyone could have a natter before the match. The draw had been a rolling draw meaning you could draw from anytime after 4pm until the last person turned up. Most people were already at the lake and started drawing. People went and set up on their pegs with 3.5 hours before the match was due to start and then headed back for the BBQ.

John and Pauline

Gem and cooking. uh oh....

Thats more like Gem's cooking 😀

Most people were camping at the lake ready for Saturdays match, and some were even fishing the open match on the Sunday too.

John do you know some Gypo's have moved in ??

Rolfslake flasher, Paul Roberts

Cross your arms if your going to do a Ton tonight

After the BBQ everyone made the way to their pegs. Some people were more excited than others with their drawing hand. See if you can guess which  ….. ?

Vince Gould was on 14.

Dave Collier was on 32

Malc Doyle on peg 8 with He-Man in the background

Mitch Auger behind peg 7

Tony Roberts seem quite chuffed to be on 9

Clive Pritchard on peg 31

Jon Hatch looks quite happy

Once the match started people seemed to all catch a fish pretty quickly but then people were struggling. After the lights went on the lake looked lovely but the fishing proved to be hard.

After the match word was A section had fished best with Malc on peg 8 had catching well along with Alex on peg 6. Nick Williams had also had a few. While in B section Al Loader was to the only person to really have put a weight together. In C section fresh was his first Ton weight Nick (Monkey) had been trying for another and came very close, Paul Roberts who had a terrible lasy match had managed to catch a few this time.

After quite a hard Match here are the results…

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Malc Doyle 8 169-12
2 Alex (Bagger J) 6 132-2
3 Al Loader 31 99-8
4 Nick W-P 15 91-4
5 Nick Williams 5 87-0
6 Paul Roberts 16 85-0
7 Tony Roberts 9 75-4
8 Simon Mound 25 63-12
9 Mitch Auger 7 56-8
10 Steve Steak 26 51-6
11 Marcus Burgess 23 50-8
12 Fred Parker 17 48-4
13 Geoff Palmer 18 36-0
14 John Hatch 30 34-8
14 Dave Collier 32 34-8
15 Steve Wilson 36 34-4
16 Gem Doyle 13 32-14
17 Dave Moore 10 30-12
17 Terry Goff 34 30-12
18 Kev Loveland 28 29-8
19 Dai Thomas 22 29-0
20 Clive Pritchard 29 27-4
21 Mat Edwards 35 23-10
22 Vince Gould 14 17-12

After the match and the weigh in was complete. People were up drinking and chatting till 5am.

A certain young Lady (Gem) had gone to bed having only fished for 2 hours of the match and then went to sleep behind her peg with the slugs and snails. So 7 out of 24 ain’t bad for 2 hours work is it 😀

If you want to fish a night match at the lake the next one is on the 20th August. The draw time is 6.30pm. Its quite an experience 🙂

Make sure to ring John Bennett to book in as spaces are limited. Number is in ‘Contact‘ above.

Thanks, Si and Eddie.

Rolflake’s 3rd night match 23rd July 2010.

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As Rolfslake entered its 3rd night match of the year, news had got out of the prize on offer to the angler that broke the lake record of 530-00 of a Lamborghini Gallardo or a Vespe / Rolfslake tee shirt and these prizes i am sure helped swell the attendance on tonights match.

Prize to the angler that broke the lake record on tonights match only.

Also tonight we had the rare treat of the Jinx Minx aka Gemma Doyle join the guys for a nights fishing but as the regulars are not part of the Jinx League they are unaware of the term minxing or the significance of her scream when she caught her first fish.

Stupidly i was talking to Simon the day before when he told me that Gemma was going to fish and i muttered the words i will never be minxed at Rolfslake but would these words come back to haunt me ?.

The Minx Gemma Doyle on the prowl for new victims.

Peg 32 the winning peg on the last two night matches had Lee on it tonight and he was hoping to fill his nets as there is a massive head of fish in this area at the moment, and on peg 9 Neil Riddy had drawn the peg for the second night match out of three. With only two pegs left in the bag it was left to me and Paul Jay to draw and when i pulled out peg 26 i was more than happy to see Paul draw very little used peg 35 in the small lake.
The match started with the usual flurry of bites and early fish but my biggest fear happen after 20 minutes when from the motorway bank there was a shreek as Gemma caught her first of many carp so i was already playing catch up, and for the next four hours i watched as Gemma landed fish after fish as it got dark and at one stage i estimated i was 6 fish down so i dont think i have ever concentrated so much in order to put some carp in the net.
Along the motorway bank the usual suspect were catching fish with Dave Whiteman catching steady and next to him Derek Hammond was also catching slow to start with but getting quicker as the match went on. The anglers on the motorway bank were struggling like me with foulhooked fish and from where i could see also pegs 9 and 32 were struggling to line the fish up, and John Hague on peg 8 was finding it frustrating trying to locate where the fish were and what baits they wanted.
In first place today was Rolfslake regular Geoff Edwards who yet again was lucky to have his wife Vicky  bring him good luck and also an end peg. The combination of good angler + good peg normally = match win and today Geoff fished just two lines one at 4 to 5 metres and the other down to the edge to his right at a range of 3 metres just down the first shelf. By fishing paste on the deck Geoff was able to keep the fish coming by feeding constantly which brought a run of big fish { Geoff’s last two fish went 38-08 } which helped him amass his weight of 273-05 and another match win and peg king {well done Geoff.
In second place was Paul Jay who fished a very good match from a poor peg and who fished banded pellet on the deck at 6 metres feeding heavy but suffered a lot of lost fish but still managed to catch plenty of fish to double figures in his weight of 184-04 and also peg king for peg 35.
Completing the frame was Derek Hammond on peg 29 on the car park bank and after a slow start was able to catch fish at 8 metres i think as i could not see that clearly in the dark, and after five hours caught 153-04 for another frame.
After the match and weigh-in the anglers were treated to a lovely barbeque provided by John and the anglers relaxed by the lake recalling their match and telling of lost fish and big battles with Rolfslake’s monsters.

As for me i spent all night foul hooking fish and losing fish in the bush to my left and after spending 4 and a half hours swearing to myself i was very lucky to have four doubles in a row on paste to catch 74-10 and 11th place and only 2-06 in front of Gemma so i saved myself a minxing just, but i will not be stupid again to think that i can’t be beaten by Gem { sorry }.

If you would like to experience an enjoyable match with great company and a great barbeque give John Bennett a call to book on as places are limited due to health and safety of all our visitors.

Geoff and Vicky Edwards looking for cloud 9 on their way home.

Results.

Place Angler Peg Weight  
1st Geoff Edwards 7 273-05 Reading Angling Centre
2nd Paul Jay 35 184-04 Rolfslake
3rd Derek Hammond 29 153-04 Banbury Gunsmiths
4th Dave Moore 22 133-04 Jinx League
5th Dave Whiteman 28 130-12 Hydro 200
6th John Hague 8 123-04 Smithys
7th Aiden 15 100-10 PB Rolfslake
8th Mark Chard 16 92-04 Rolfslake
9th Simon Mound 31 86-00 Jinx League
10th Neil Riddy 9 83-14 Rolfslake
11th Eddie Taylor-Green 26 74-10 Rolfslake / Walker Floats
12th Gemma Doyle 18 72-04 Jinx League
13th Lee 32 58-04 Rolfslake
14th Chris Love 17 24-08 Rolfslake

Early morning fishing.

As i woke up at 6.30 am i was greeted by John Hague and his son Brandon who were happily bagging from peg 33 by the hut and after a short while Brandon’s float dissapeared and he was hanging on to a nice common carp of 14-08 which brought a nice smile on his face and even a bigger one on his dads { well done Brandon }.

John and Brandon Hague working as a team.

One of Brandons double figure commons.

Mark and Billy Chard.

Billy Chard with a common 13-08.

After watching Brandon catching a few carp young Billy was tempted into having a go and again by float fishing using banded pellet Billy was into a carp after a few minutes and with a little help from dad was able to play and land a nice common of 13-08 {well done Billy}.

Until our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.

Coming to a Lake near you….Open Match, 28th July 2010

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Venue :- Rolfs Lake

Date :- Wednesday 28th July

Another open down at the lake. Today’s turnout was very good with 20 anglers on the carpark. The weather started of very sunny and warm but the wind picked up and it soon became cloudy and cold.

Me and Eddie were having a little match of our own today and I had drew peg 34. Eddie waited till last to draw along with Paul Jay. There were two pegs left in the bag, 8 and 3. Eddie wanted peg 3 to stop anyone taking his Peg King title 😀 He put his hand in the bag and pulled out peg 3  much to Paul’s delight as he wanted peg 8.

Mother moor-hen on peg 34

This was my first day time open match at the lake and I must say it was all very relaxed and not as serious as I thought it would be. I had plenty of time after setting up to take a few pictures round the little lake.

John Bennett on peg 36

Dan Ball on peg 38

Jon Walker on peg 39

Andy (Pelletking) on Peg 1

Eddie on peg 3. Making sure there was no holes in the net 😀

Peg King is safe for another week

Fishing started off slow round the lake. In the little lake not many people were catching early on, I managed 4 fish shallow and John was hooking some big fish but pulling out of them at the net. Dave on peg 7 was getting a steady run of fish and Jon Walker was only catching silvers on peg 39.

In the big lake Chris Telling was having a better time on peg 28 putting a good weight of fish together along with Mick Lane on 13, Martin on peg 18 was also getting a few fish of the left hand bush.

In the final 2 hours things picked up and this is when most people started catching well. Dan Ball on 38 was putting his ton weight together and so was John Betton on peg 4. Andy on peg 9 was making regular trips to the weigh station also.

John Bennett was having a nightmare, he was fishing the bomb to the aerator. He casting was very accurate, hitting the aerator every cast that was until 20 mins to the end when his managed to get it right through the middle of it before getting snagged on the rope 😀 He pulled for a break and threw his rod up the bank and called it a day 😀

I was catching well on the bomb too, casting over towards the lilies and firing pellets over the top of it. I was using my new Carbon-Active 10ft mini rod and it performed superbly. It stopped the carp getting in the snags easily and the only fish that got anywhere close was a small common about 2-3lb 😀 {picture to follow of the little bugger}

In the last hour me and Eddie were pretty much neck and neck I thought. Jon Walker had sussed a plan out and was catching some big fish on the paste.

Jon Walker

Dave on 7 still catching

Paul Jay on Peg 8

I never had another fish in the final 30 mins and Eddie had one right before the whistle so I thought he had just done me with that final fish. I was first to be weighed and put 78-4 on the scales. Eddie’s fish came to 75-12 so I had just about pipped him much to my surprise. :mrgreen:

Word was it was going to between Mick Lane and Chris Telling for the overall win, Mick put 178-4 on the scales but was beaten by Chris with 230-4. Mick had to settle for second place two weeks running now.

Results…

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Chris Telling 28 230-4
2 Mick Lane 13 178-4
3 Martin 18 150-4
4 Andy S 9 126-4
5 John Betton 4 119-0
6 Jon Walker 39 116-8
7 Kev 10 112-12
8 Pete Arnold 14 112-0
9 Dan Ball 38 103-0
10 Paul Jay 8 100-12
11 Herbie 16 98-4
12 Andy 1 93-0
13 Dave 7 79-0
14 Simon Mound 34 78-4
15 Eddie Taylor-Green 3 75-12
16 Mick Telling 32 44-8
17 Chris Naines 6 40-4
18 John Bennett 36 10-8
19 Chris Lovelock 30 DNW
20 McConnel 26 DNW

I had a good day and enjoyed my first open. I was pleased to beat Eddie and not to break any gear like the previous anglers that have fished peg 34 (Marcus and Dave) 😀

Thanks for reading, Si and Eddie

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