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Results
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight |
| 1 | Neil Riddy | 4 | 249-4 PB Match weight |
| 2 | Paul Jay | 6 | 205-0 |
| 2 | John Owen | 9 | 205-0 |
| 4 | Andy G | 32 | 154-0 |
| 5 | Pete Arnold | 8 | 153-8 |
| 6 | Dai Thomas | 28 | 146-12 PB Match weight |
| 7 | Tony (Brum) | 30 | 135-0 |
| 8 | John Bennett | 26 | 132-8 |
| 9 | Pat Pritchard | 7 | 108-0 |
Todays Winner Neil Riddy…11lb short of a peg king too.
200lb club again
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.
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 |
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.
Fred Parker won today’s open match with his first double ton weight. Fred was fishing from peg 8 and caught fishing the feeder across on meat and down to the bush on his left. Well done Fred.
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight |
| 1 | Fred Parker | 8 | 212-12 |
| 2 | Mick Lane | 32 | 194-12 |
| 3 | Chris Telling | 30 | 183-8 |
| 4 | Steve Rich | 28 | 153-8 |
| 5 | Trevor Stanley | 9 | 135-12 |
| 6 | Paul Jay | 4 | 119-8 |
| 7 | Pete Archer | 39 | 110-4 |
| 8 | Justin Watkins | 6 | 97-4 |
| 9 | Gary Kelsey | 38 | 90-12 |
| 10 | Shaun | 7 | 79-8 |
Dont forget also that there is a night match this coming Friday (23rd July) If you would like to fish please call John to book in. His number can be found by clicking on the ‘Contact’ Button above.
Fishing is from 7-30pm to 12-30am. The draw will take place at 6-30pm.
Todays winner, Fred Parker
The calm before the storm at todays match.
As the anglers arrived at the draw today what they wanted was an enjoyable days fishing at a lovely venue, what we actually got was rain of biblical proportions and i expected to see Noah and the arc go past us. What i also found out was that that my tried and tested Halkon Hunt clothing that i had had for a few years was not up to the job as it acted like a sponge and did not repell the water. This is not because it is no good but the reverse as i have had it for many years and it has given me many great years protection but it has now reached the end of its life.
The reason i talk about clothing is because we at Rolfslake had experienced fantastic weather for the last six weeks so it was by luck that most anglers had brought wet weather clothing rather than the shorts and flip flops that had been worn in previous weeks as it was supposed to be summertime in this country.
Even the horse Beauty was stunned when John Bennett did not draw peg 9 in todays match.
With the little lake being used for todays match as it gave the regulars a different view for a change and also gave the pleausre anglers a different area to fish. With the draw completed and the big lake out what was not a surprise was that draw bag John Bennett had drawn end peg flyer peg 7 in the gap between the two parts of the lake. Elsewhere around the small lake master float maker Jon Walker was to have another special day ,Paul Jay was going to turn a great peg into an average peg { only joking Paul } and both Pat Pritchard and myself were going to be peg kings if we could catch as pegs 39 and pegs 3 were in.
After about 30 minutes the rain started and after an hour the sky turned black and the heavens opened but it did not hamper the fishing it actually improved it as anglers could be seen playing fish all around the lake as i suppose it added oxygen to the water. Today also saw the return to the lake of Festival winner Andy aka Pellet King and i had a great view of him as he started catching all types of fish fishing shallow at the start and then he came closer as the match went on . Both Pat and myself had a slow start fishing corner pegs but towards the end the fish moved in and we could not catch them fast enough. Jon Walker was up to his normal specimen hunting tricks as his first fish after half an hour was massive and it went 21-12 so he was off and running and from where i could see both Mick Jones and Paul Jay were catching so good weights should be had by all.
Todays winner John Bennett.
The winner today was lake owner John Bennett who was on peg 7 and after catching a few fish from the far bank on the bomb fished with meat noticed his edge line that he had been feeding to his left towards peg 8 was boiling with fish and never looked back. John fished this line with paste fished tight to the edge and had fish to double figures { in fact 101lb of them } and had a real struggle with some of the bigger fish as he was broke 4 times as the real big fish moved in in what he said was a really enjoyable / frustrating match but still had 245-00 { well done John }. In second place was specimen hunter Jon Walker on peg 38 who was also chasing the peg king for this peg put fell just short in the end.
The amazing thing about Jon’s weight was he had no carp to weigh -in at the end as they were all on the board but had a fantastic 14 fish for 195lb and had carp of 21-12, 20-08 and 20-04 and many other doubles in his weight. I have been fishing Rolfslake for over 10 years and never had a 20 but Jon has a nack of catching 20’s as he has caught a few over the years, and Jon today caught a few carp fishing long but the majority of his carp at 6 metres fishing paste and pellet hook bait in his weight of 205-12. Completing the frame was Andy on peg 4 who had a very close battle with me but in the end ended one fish in front fishing his usual pellet hook bait. Andy started fishing long shallow catching carp and skimmers but fishing was slow for him but in the last two hours was able to get the fish closer at a range of 6-7 metres and this helped his final weight of 151-08.
Results.
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | Bait | |
| 1st | John Bennett | 7 | 245-00 | Paste | Rolfslake |
| 2nd | Jon Walker | 38 | 205-12 | Pellet/ Paste | Rolfslake / Walker Floats |
| 3rd | Andy | 4 | 151-08 | Pellet | Rolfslake |
| 4th | Eddie Taylor-Green | 3 | 142-12 | X4 Paste | Rolfslake / Walker Floats |
| 5th | Mick Jones | 6 | 127-12 | Meat | Rolfslake |
| 6th | Pat Pritchard | 39 | 120-04 | Meat | Rolfslake |
| 7th | Paul Jay | 34 | 73-00 | Pellet/ Paste | Rolfslake |
New peg kings ,John Bennett peg 7 ,Pat Pritchard for peg 39 and me Eddie Taylor-Green for peg 3.
The score between John and myself stands at John 6 Eddie 7 .
Elsewhere around the lake the pleasure anglers have been catching big fish with Taff catching big fish like this 18-08 common carp.
Taff with a 18-08 common
Until our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.