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Rolfslake upcoming opens.

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John Bennett has told me that he will be holding opens this Saturday and Sunday , so if you would like to get in practise for the Easter festival or to fish Rolfslake before the club bookings take over the weekends give John a call.

The draw times are 10.00 draw fish 11.-4.00 on both days.

John is also awaiting the last few anglers to confirm their places for the Easter festival and then all the places will be full, so it promises to be another fantastic three days with a high quality field , plenty of fish and good company. Their will be a pre festival open on the Friday with the festival being fished on the Saturday ,Sunday and Monday.

If you have any other questions just give John a call.

Spring League 2010, Round 2.

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28th February 2010

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A dull day at Rolfs Lake

Today saw 16 angler at the lake to fish round 2 of the spring league. The weather this morning was very dull, raining and a slight wind blowing down the big lake towards pegs 19, 20 and 21. The temps were a lot warmer too so would the carp want to play today was the question everyone was asking.

All the matches are been held in the big lake only for the spring league so everyone was saying the carp would be in the little lake 🙂

The fields around the lake were flooded and John Bennett had had the pumps running since Thursday to keep the levels on the lake down. The water was just lapping some of the platforms so he had done a great job.

The brook was Really High

Lots of mud everywhere due to all the rain.

At the start of the match Simon on peg 22 was straight in to carp fishing 16m to the bush next to peg 21. He was fishing corn on the deck. He managed to catch 7 carp in the first hour. Derek on peg 9 was catching some excellent bream. Gary on peg 10 and John on peg 30 were both bagging up on Silvers catching one a chuck. Silvers were been caught all around the lake.

Simon in the second hour had switched from corn on the deck and started fishing half depth with a White boilie as bait and was getting a very good response, he had been getting a lot of Liners and had decided to give mid water. The fish were taking the bait just as the float cocked on the 3ft mark. After hour 2 he had 17 carp in the net (not all one net)

The rest of the lake were struggling with only a few carp been caught but plenty of silver fish action, where were they all in the winter league ?? They certainly were making a come back now.

View from Simon's Peg. Peg 22

The car park bank

Slight ripple on the water

Camera shy Paul Jay on 18 🙂

By the end of the third hour the silvers were still showing round the lake and the carp were still biting on peg 22. Simon by this time had 25 carp in the net. The final hour saw him only catch a further 2 carp to give him a total of 27. He tempted the last 2 by going back on the deck with the corn again.

Derek on peg 9

Gary's fish from peg 10

No Picture of Simon’s fish as it was raining again sorry. But with the first big weight from the lake this year it looks like things maybe on the up for the lake. We shall see what happens in round 3 next week on the 7th March.

Results

SPRING LEAGUE, ROUND 2. 28th February.

A SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight Team
1 Derek Hammond 9 24-0 Wood Tops
2 John Cowling 30 18-0 DNW’s
3 Gary Haisman 10 15-12 Pikeys
4 John Bennett 32 8-4 Mafia

B SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight Team
1 Fred Parker 14 19-8 Wood Tops
2 Big Ron 26 16-12 Pikeys
3 Phil Powell 28 13-0 Mafia
4 Steve Williams 13 2-4 DNW’s

C SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight Team
1 Simon Mound 22 211-12 Pikeys
2 Mick Lane 24 21-12 Mafia
3 Mauice Woodley 16 21-4 DNW’s
4 Paul Jay 18 17-8 Wood Tops

DAY POINTS

Pikeys 9 pts
Wooden Tops 9 pts
Swindon Mafia 6 pts
DNW’s 6 pts

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

Wooden Tops 17 pts
Swindon Mafia 16 pts
Pikeys 16 pts
DNW’s 11 pts

Simon’s Blog report on the day can be found HERE

Spring league 2010. Round 1.

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14th February 2010

Rolfslake throught the round window

Today saw the delayed start to the spring league teams of three round one , and missing from this series were Rolfs Team Gold but who were replaced in the series by a new team called the Swindon Bandits.

The reason the league was delayed was to give the lake a proper chance to recover from the extreme cold weather that had been with us since before Christmas. With only 4 teams entered it was decided to fish only the big lake as so keep the anglers together and if they did not catch at least they would have someone to talk to. The weather was sunny with a cold northerly wind which was not going to help the anglers catch a carp but the silvers should respond so at least there should be a few bites for everyone.

At the end of five hours John Bennett told me that most of the fish were down the bottom of the lake ,towards peg 19 and 20 so Derek Hammond who was on peg 22 was always in with a chance of having a few and after losing a few Derek had 5 carp for a winning 45-07  {well done Derek}. The top silver weight on the day was a fantastic 21-04 from the Swindon Mafia’s Phil Powell who was kept busy with plenty of  bite.

The next round is on Sunday the 28th so the anglers are hopeful the carp will continue to bite but if not there are lots of silver fish to be caught.

RESULTS

A SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight Team
1 Phil Powell 10 21-4 Swindon Mafia
2 Dave 30 8-12 Pikey’s
3 Fred Parker 32 6-8 Woodentops
4 Steve Williams 9 4-10 DNW’s

B SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight Team
1 Mick Lane 14 18-8 Swindon Mafia
2 Paul 26 16-4 Pikey’s
3 Paul Jay 13 4-4 Woodentops
4 Morris Woodly 28 0-4 DNW’s

C SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight Team
1 Derek Hammond 22 45-7 Woodentops
2 John Cowling 16 27-8 DNW’s
3 John Bennett 24 14-9 Swindon Mafia
4 Herbie 18 8-0 Pikey’s

DAY POINTS

Swindon Mafia 10 pts
Wooden Tops 8 pts
Pikey’s 7 pts
DNW’s 5 pts
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