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Jinx Series, Match 3. 19th June 2010

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The Jinx squad role up to the lake again today for their third match. All the usual suspects assemble with the usual anticipation of catching a big weight from the lake but what has the lake in store for them today … ?

The weather today was a mixture of cloud with sunny spells, the cloud were very dark and it looked like it was going to rain also. The wind had also picked up creating a large ripple on the lake. The carpark filled up early today with most people getting to the lake around 10.30. Even Malc was there early 😯

Jinx Squad waiting for the draw

Keith74, Rolfslake virgin. Excited to be at the lake.

Ant Haywood and Marcuss Burgess

Before the draw could take place there was a small matter of the Minx hat…. Paul Dolby who should have been wearing the hat for this match had called in sick 🙄 So Gem decided the best way for the hat to still get an airing was to put all the peoples names she had MINXED into a hat and draw a random name……

Gem announcing the hat victim lineup

Gem Drawing the name

The chosen one is..........

Steve Wilson.

Despite a lot of protesting Steve still wore the hat…. For some of the match, after he got it back out the lake after the wind blew it in 😀

Suits you sir

With the draw and Hat handing out the way everyone trundled off to their pegs. Today would be the last time people would be fishing in their sections as the next match will see everyone drawing for sections again for the remaining 3 matches. This means they will draw from the hat with all the pegs in there, if you draw A section you will then be in B section for match 5 and C for the final match of the series. It seems to be a good idea so far.

With the draw running a little late people did not have as long to set up to day as fishing was from 1pm to 6pm. Early speculation was Gem would draw peg 8 and proceed to Minx everyone but flyer pegs 8 and 9 remained in the bag unpicked 😯 Gem did however draw a unusual peg… Peg 5 which is not normally fished. With no one else previously fishing the peg all she had to do was catch a fish and she would be Peg Queen 😀

Gem Doyle on peg 5

With the match underway both Clive on peg 11 and Peter on peg 10 were straight in to fish. Clive managed to net his with no problem but the same could not be said for Peter. His fish was fouled hooked and being quite stubborn. Peter stood up and decided to give it a bit of ooomph, his topkit could not take the pressure and proceeded to snap into 7 pieces 😀 😀 He still managed to get the fish in though, well done Peter.

Peter Morton on peg 10

Wonder if this can be repaired 😀

After about an hour the shout went out from Gem signalling she had caught a fish. Gem was fishing the feeder on peg 5 with a banded pellet.

Peg 5 was very windy.

Matt Edwards on peg 7 was having a few too, this made up for the lack of fish for him on the last match.

Matt on peg 7 catching a few

At this point Malc And Gem had been away visiting Family in hospital for a couple of hours but Malc still managed to come back feed, put his rig out and catch a fish right away…must have been solid 😛

Malc on peg 38 using a number 6 elastic by the looks of it 😀

A few fish were coming from the little lake but another few causalities also happened. Kev on peg 4 was shipping back after hooking a fish to find his topkit missing when he shipped back and Tony on peg 2 also broke a topkit.

Kev on peg 4 before his topkit did a submarine impression

Dave Moore struggling on peg 36

Dai on form from peg 34

Talking of breaking things, Steve Wilson on peg 32 was breaking rig and topkits like there was no tomorrow but was still managing to get a few in.

The fishing around the lake was very patching. Some people were catching and other people were not catching, me being one of them. Clive on peg 11 had been picking off fish from his 6 meter line and his right hand margin and was slowly building up a good weight for the day.

Clive Pritchard with another carp.

In the net, Well done.

Clives Fish. 13lb 8oz although it did look bigger.

With the end of the matching nearing people that had been catching well were Clive on Peg 11, Jon on peg 32, Dai on 34, Matt on peg 7 and Marcus Burgess on peg 28. It was going to be a close match.

With the weigh in complete The winner of the day was to be Clive Pritchard who had fished a tidy match finding fish from his various swims. Well done Clive, well fished mate.

Results.

A SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Dai Thomas 34 78-12
2 Matt Edwards 7 60-12
3 Tony Robert 2 59-4
4 Kev Loveland 4 35-8
5 Al Loader 40 34-12
6 Malc Doyle 38 28-8
7 Gem Doyle 5 26-13
8 Dave Moore 36 21-0

B SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Clive Pritchard 11 87-12
2 Marcus Burgess 28 79-0
3 Jon  Hatch 32 72-8
4 Peter Morton 10 40-8
5 Steve Wilson 31 35-8
6 Paul Roberts 26 15-8
7 Tim 29 14-8
8 Simon Mound 13 7-12

C SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Nick Willams 23 58-4
2 Keith74 15 57-2
3 Mitch Auger 14 53-4
4 Fred Parker 18 49-0
5 Ant Haywood 17 30-12
6 Nick W-P 25 29-4
7 Ade Williams 20 24-8
8 Geoff Palmer 22 17-12
9 Terry G 19 12-8

Dai Thomas, A section Winner

Second in A Section, Matt Edwards

B Section and Overall Winner Clive Pritchard

Second in B section Marcus Burgess with his new 'fish finder' glasses 😀

C section winner Nick Williams

Second in C section and on his lake depute Keith74. Well done mate

Well done to everyone who caught carp on a very hard day at the lake. One more thing had to be done before everyone left the lake……. THE HAT 😯

Now I must point out that anyone Minxed today should hang their heads in shame 😀 as Gem only really fished for 3 hours. With 7 names to choose from who would the hat go to…..

Despite Gem Minxing her boyfriend Simon Mound good and proper there could be only one contender for the hat…. Ade Williams, who had avoided being Minxed for nearly 3 years. Welcome to the club mate. I will make you a nice cuppa tea 😀

Ade Will don the hat for match 4 unless he falls ill 😀

A few other notables for this match were that Marcus Burgess weighed in 4 fish for a massive 67lb 4oz

  • 18lb
  • 16lb
  • 18lb 4oz
  • 15lb

Well done Marcus.

Clive stole John Bennetts lake king title from peg 11.

Gem also took a peg King title to become the peg queen of peg 5.

Ade despite been Minxed and having to wear the hat still picked up money for the guess the weight competition. He also took the peg king title for peg 20 😯 😀

Despite been stone cold last and been Minxed to the extreme Simon Mound fishing on peg 13 managed to catch the elusive golden orfe. It fell to double caster from his left hand margin swim. This was the same Fish Eddie caught a few weeks back. Thanks to Peter for taking the picture.

Simon Mounds only consolation for been last on the day

The next match is a fair way away. It takes place on the 24th July. Plenty of time to prepare rigs and to ponder on how the lake will fish next time.

Rolfslake Wednesday Open 16th June 2010.

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Match Reporter Eddie T-Green.

After the massive pleasure weight of 800lb caught by Ginger on peg 8 on Tuesday, the anglers were hoping that Rolfslake would not fish like Jekyll and Hide as it has been quite tough these last few weeks as the fish finish off spawning.

With turn out low due to the football the anglers assembled at the draw hoping for a good draw and a good days fishing and all i was hoping was for a victory over John Bennett to go 5-4 up in our seasons battle.

As the anglers drew their pegs and went off there were two remaining left and as big Dave insisted on drawing last { he is a lot bigger than me } i drew peg 9 leaving Dave peg 22 sorry Dave.

With the lake still fishing hard all i can tell you is that many anglers still had fish fizzing in their pegs and were still foul hooking lots of fish, so hopefully for round 3 of the Jinx League the fish will settle down and feed properly.

The weather today was sunny and warm with a nice breeze blowing form the North so this should of helped the anglers but all it did was make presentation hard as the tow on the lake was going the other way. In first place today was Rolfslake regular Chris Lovelock fishing opposite me on peg 32 by the hut and after a very slow start with Chris catching a couple of fish shallow on pellet decided after a few hours to fish the bush to his left and never looked back.

Chris from where i could see was using pellet feeding regular fishing just in front of the bush down the first ledge, and Chris was rewarded with a run of big fish {Chris had over 100lb of weighers on the board } that just kept in front and after 5 hours had a weight of 217-12 for victory and got him the peg king for peg 32. In second place was me Eddie and i also had a good day, fishing 8 metres to the front of the bush to my right and by using my X4 paste mix was able to have 5 hours of playing tug of war with the fish as they tried to get in the bush. Some of my bite were really savage as the pole was pulled around as the fish really wanted the paste and a poor 4th hour stopped me catching Chris, but it was after 2 hours that John Bennett hit a new low. As i took a fish to be checked by John and was returning to the weigh station , John crept to my peg and took a big chunk of paste from my bucket and was seen running back off to peg 10 laughing {nice one John } but it did not help him as he lost plenty of fish with it. After five hours i had caught 189-12 of carp all on paste and had an enjoyable day. Competing the frame was Mark Chard on peg 24 and John tells me Mark was using pellet on the pole fishing long to catch his weight of 88-00 with fish to double figures.

Results.

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Chris Lovelock 32 217-12 Rolfslake
2nd Eddie Taylor-Green 9 189-12 Rolfslake / Walker Floats
3rd Mark Chard 24 88-00 Rolfslake
4th Geoff Edwards 14 80-10 Reading Angling Centre
5th John Bennett 10 78-14 Rolfslake
6th Paul Jay 13 45-00 Rolfslake

Until our next report tight lines Simon and Eddie.

Wednesday Open. 9th June 2010

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Ayrton Bennett

11 Fished. The weather was very warm and humid. Hardly any wind on the lake making conditions less than ideal.

Simon fished a tidy match on peg 9, fishing paste down to the bush to take the win with 225-4. He also takes the Peg king of Paul Jay for his efforts 😀

Results
Position Name Peg Weight
1 Simon Enticott 9 225-4
2 Paul Jay 10 119-4
3 Trevor Stanley 28 114-8
4 Pat Pritchard 32 101-0
5 Chris Telling 26 91-0
6 Jon Walker 24 87-8
7 Andy Camden 13 72-4

Sorry for the delay in getting the results up. I have been sick and Eddie has been very busy at work.

There is a small 2 dayer been fished over the next 2 days (sat and sun) so look out for the results for that soon.

Jinx Series, Match 2. 5th June 2010

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The Jinx Squad made their return to the lake today. The weather today was very very warm and muggy indeed. The day started off sunny but the clouds moved but it remained hot round the lake.

The car park soon filled up with the Jinx members and some guests as some members were unable to fish today. The draw was supposed to be at 11.30 but as usual Malc was running late which gave Crystal plenty of time to go round and collect everyone’s guesses for the guess the weight competition. Looking back at the results I think everyone guesses were a tad high 😀

Mugger getting the Hat for the day…

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Steve, Gem and Jon

Peter 'Mugger' Morton. The hat gathering some attention

Gathering for the draw

Crystal Gathering the Guesses

Everyone buying their pellets for the day

Guest Neil Riddy going to extremes to stay cool

Fishing today was from 1pm – 6pm. The draw format was A section to draw first, in the order of the placings on the previous match so first in the section drew first and so on. The draw ran smoothly except when C section made their draw. Someone (BUDGIE) had put his peg back on the table with the C section pegs. People had drawn their peg but when Tony pulled out peg 40 there had to be a redraw much to the dismay of Gemma who had pulled peg 26 out the bag. Everyone drew again and Gemma still managed to draw peg 26 anyway 😯 With the draw out the way everyone trundled off to set up.

Peter Morton on peg 36 wearing the HAT

Dave Webster on peg 6

Peg 8's resident angler Clive Pritchard

Dave Collier with something strange in his hand

Guest Scott (methodgob) on peg 9

Fred Parker on peg 10

Geoff Palmer on peg 11

Another Guest Pete Archer on 13

Looking across to Nick Williams on peg 32

The MINX on peg 26

I was trying to get pictures of everyone around the lake but Malc called the all in and I had to get back to my peg sorry 😀 With the match fully underway it was clear that many were struggling with getting a bite in the big lake. Ade on peg 30 was catching a few, Gemma on 26 was fishless after 2 hours and not a lot else was happening in the big lake. The little lake was throwing a few fish up, Steve on 34 was leading the way in the little lake with both Clive on 8 and Dave on 7 catching fish from the far bank on the feeder. Also fishing the feeder was Peter on peg 36, a method used in the last few matches and proved to be very successful. Poor Jon on peg 38 was not so lucky and was having a hard time getting the carp to eat any of his pellets.

Paul and Simon on pegs 2 and 4 were having a mini match of their own, Simon was fishing the corner by peg 3 in the scum and was getting plagued with foul hooked fish and fish snagging him in the bushes whilst Paul was just having problems landing them 😀

Fish on for Paul, Will he land it ???

Paul Roberts on peg 2

Attempt 1. Oops missed.

Attempt 2. The fish swims out the net.

Third time lucky.

Paul and the culprit

Some other shots from around the lake.

Dave showing everyone how its done

Peter 'Pink Hat' Morton

Dave Webster

Clive being bullied by Malc with a foul hooker

Come on Clive ...

Car park bank on the big lake

Jon Hatch having a grueller

Hello Sailor

Steve Wilson, Little lake Leader

Nearly there

In the bag, Well done Clive

Neil Riddy cooling everyone down with his hat 😀

Ade with a skimmer

Pete Archer feeling the full force of the JINX

Gemma Doyle also feeling the force of the JINX off the next peg

Jinx league paste master wondering where the fish are

Tony and Steve also wondering

Al managed to find a few on 19

Most people had struggled today showing everyone that big weights do not always come from the lake and it is not an easy place to fish. The weigh in soon finished as there were 2 weigh in teams today working on opposite banks across the lake. Today’s match saw the first blanks of the series and probably not the last. Gemma on peg 26 had only managed 1-12 today so most people were safe from a MINXING ! despite that she still managed to take 3 scalps today. Terry Goff, Paul Dolby and Matt Edwards. Who would get the hat this time, only Gem knew 😀

One of Weigh in teams

Looking across the big lake after the match

With the results sorted Malc gathered everyone for the presentation. Pete Archer had kindly donated some prizes from Vespe today but instead of giving them to the main winners Malc decided to work from the bottom up so the lower weights all went away with something.

Malc sorting the results with a camera shy Pete Archer

Stand up and collect your prizes…… Everyone was a winner today 😀

Terry Goff

Paul Dolby

Matt Edwards

Gemma 'MINX' Doyle

Kev Loveland

Jon Hatch

Tony Roberts

Steve Steak

Nick Williams

Geoff Palmer

Marcus Burgess

Scott Methodgob

Dave Webster

At this point all the main prizes had gone so John Bennett and Pauline rifled through the tuck shop to find some more prizes 😀

Pliers and mole grips not included !

Dai Thomas

Al Loader

Simon Mound chose the sweet option

Dave Collier

Clive Pritchard

Peter Morton

Section winners and second in sections.

Steve Wilson and Ade Williams

Peter Morton in the money

Ade Williams

Pete Archer

Malc Doyle

Al Loader

With the presentation out the way it left only one thing….. The handing over of the MINX hat. John Bennett called for the 3 unlucky anglers to the front and lined them up in front of everyone to humiliate them a little further 😀

Who will it be....... ?

Gem held the hat over the lads heads teasing them but it finally came to rest on Paul Dolby’s head, where it would be for the entire next match. Fair play to Paul he took it well.

Paul and Gem

MINXED !!!!

Time for the results..

A SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Steve Wilson 34 92-8
2 Peter Morton 36 61-8
3 Clive Pritchard 8 55-12
4 Dave Collier 7 54-2
5 Simon Mound 4 45-8
6 Paul Roberts 2 41-4
7 Dave Webster 6 35-0
8 Marcus Burgess 40 15-8
9 John Hatch 38 4-10

B SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Slim Shady 30 76-0
2 Pete Archer 13 48-12
3 MethodGob 9 33-8
4 Fred Parker 10 32-4
5 Neil Riddy 31 14-0
6 Geoff Palmer 11 12-4
7 Nick Williams 32 9-4
8 Paul Dolby 28 DNW
9 Terry G 27 DNW

C SECTION

Position Name Peg Weight
1 Malc Doyle 25 47-12
2 Al Loader 19 44-8
3 Dai Thomas 23 43-8
4 Dave Moore 14 21-8
5 Steve Steak 18 11-8
6 Tony Roberts 17 7-8
7 Kev Loveland 21 2-0
8 Gemma Doyle 26 1-12
9 Matt Edwards 15 0-12

Thanks to John And Pauline for hosting the match and Pete Archer again for the prizes.

As soon as everyone had left John went off to make sure the lake was in top form for tomorrows Club Match.

Off to mow a meadow

Ashton Angling Club match 6th June 2010.

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Today Rolfslake welcomed Ashton A.C down to the lake from the midlands area and the anglers were hoping that the fish had stopped spawning and were willing to have a feed as the Jinx league match yesterday was really tough.

John tells me that 25 willing anglers set off to their pegs only to find the fish still spawning in the margins so it was very difficult to know what the fish wanted today either a cautious approach or to just to thrash the bait in and suffer plenty of foul hooked fish and very little to show for it. The weather was very warm with a cool breeze and the anglers with a ripple on the water did slightly better that those with flat water in front of them.

The winner today was Jay Davis fishing peg 7 in the gap between the big and small lake and Jay used a combination of the feeder and the pole to put together a very good weight of fish and big fish too catching fish to double figures in Jay’s final bag of 171-08 { well done Jay }. In second place was Andy Morrison on peg 32 by the hut who fished short range 5 -6 metres and down the edge using banded again catching big fish in his weight of 131-04. Completing the frame was Mark Bedford on peg 4 who suffered plenty of lost fish but in the end lined them down the edge to his right using pellet hook bait to catch his weight of 104-14.

John would like to thank all the anglers and hope to see them again soon.

Results.

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Jay Davis 7 171-08
2nd Andy Morrison 32 131-04
3rd Mark Bedford 4 104-14
4th Tony Walsh 2 104-00
5th Colin Wedgebrow 38 86-00 —- 20lb common
6th Mick Whitehead 14 83-12
7th John Hague 29 82-03
8th Lee 24 70-12
9th Ian Ross 6 65-03
10th Mark Stibbs 8 61-08

Until our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.

RAF Chiltern League Match. 3rd June 2010

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Today RAF Chiltern visited the lake as part of their league. Today’s winner Steve Perham stormed to victory on peg 24 fishing up in the water at 14.5 meters

The weather today for the anglers was very warm.

Top 10 Results
Position Name Peg Weight
1 Steve Perham 24 194-5
2 Bob Yomens 14 96-12
3 Steve Jackson 18 95-13
4 Mark Collingson 13 91-15
5 Andy Beasley 2 76-15
6 Roy Poile 8 70-4
7 Tony Dickinson 40 64-4
8 Dene Casbury 34 57-15
9 Duncan Pritchard 22 55-7
10 Gary Lauice 7 52-3

We hope you enjoyed your visit to the lake.

The Next match at the lake is on Saturday when the Jinx Squad make their second visit to the lake this year.

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