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Ashton Angling Club match 6th June 2010.

June 6, 2010 Eddie Leave a comment

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

June 3, 2010 Simon One comment

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.

Herbie Invitational Match. 30th May 2010

May 31, 2010 Simon 4 comments

Carp on the feed at the lake.

Herbie and Friends had the lake for the day today. 17 anglers turned up on quite a sunny day. Many of the guys had not fished the lake before and were full of anticipation after hearing stories about big weights. We had the whole lake so there was a bit of space between the anglers.

The draw took place at 10 ish and fishing today was from 12-5pm. Plenty of time for everyone to get set up. John Bennett went round and helped out the guys that needed some info.

Andy on peg 10 having a chat with John

Simple trying a bit of shallow fishing on peg 30

Orinoco on peg 13 had hooked in to his first rolfslake carp and was experiencing the power of the fish, In the process of landing the fish he managed to loose the landing net of his handle 😀 John and Pauline were on hand quickly running round with a spare net to help him.

Orinoco looking for his landing net

Lee on peg 7 had been catching well along with Roland down on peg 2. Having a slow start Dave on peg 26 had worked out where the fish were and was slowing building up a terrific weight. Larry on peg 9 was struggling but was ever determined to do his Rolfs Ton. Simple on peg 30 had managed 5 fish shallow and then got fish feeding on a 5 meter line. Dave bull down on peg 24 had a cracking start on the pellet waggler fishing in to the middle of the lake but had lost the fish as the sun went off the lake.

A special Mention goes to big Ron on peg 28 who had foul hooked a carp. It had taken him round the bush to his left and then under both platform legs and out the other side towards Simples peg. He did some magic elastic waggling and somehow managed to get the fish from under the platform adn round the bush and back in to his peg only to land it. To say I was amazed would be an understatement 😀 Well done Ron

Simple with a shallow caught carp

Lee catching on peg 7

Larry Tee Pot having a grueller on Peg 9

Paul catching a few on peg 14

With the match over and the weigh in complete it was clear that the first timers had caught plenty of fish and were impressed with the lake. The weights were also impressive with Roland down on peg 2 managing a fantastic 181-8. This was also good enough to give Roland the Peg King for peg 2. Dave on peg 26 had been catching plenty of fish, enough to give him second place with a great weight of 172-12. Completing the frame was Lee on peg 7 with 148-12, Lee had the luxury of fishing peg 7 on his own as peg 8 never got drawn.

**Results**
Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Roland Lucas	2	181-8
2	Dave Stockton	26	172-12
3	Lee Jan	7	148-12
4	Simon Mound	30	147-8
5	Craig Gilroy	38	86-6
6	Dan Ball	32	82-0
7	Orinoco	13	79-8
8	Herbie	34	78-0
9	Andy Eagles	10	71-8
10	Marcus Burgess	22	66-8
11	Barry	18	60-4
12	Big Ron	28	59-4
13	Jamie	4	57-4
14	Dave Bull	24	49-0
15	Sparky	16	48-4
16	Paul	14	43-12
17	Larry T Pot	9	11-8

Thanks for the invite Herbie, was a good match and I actually caught some much needed fish on the day too. Great bunch of lads, nice to meet you all.

After the Match Gem had a go on my gear and managed 4 carp, here is a short video of her in action, minus the pink hat 😀

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John had also fed the fish down by peg 34 and this was the result 😀

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPNmTTZNKYQ

Match Reports

Match Fishing Scene 3 day Festival. 27th-29th May 2010

May 31, 2010 Simon 3 comments

Church007, Festival organiser.

Martin had arranged a 3 Day festival over at Match Fishing Scene. Banter on the forum had been building up about the Welsh beating the English so who would come out top after the 3 days ??

Most of the guys fishing the festival were also camping over at the lake. Thursday morning at the lake it looked like some gypo’s had moved in and set up camp 😀

Thursday morning saw glorious sunshine after Wednesday nights torrential rain. 24 anglers all gathered for the draw at 12am

Hi de hi campers

The campers woke up to a sunny morning.

Everyone gathering for the draw

Budgie and Dave Moore

John Bennett refreshing everyone with the lake rules

With the draw done everyone had plenty of time to get to their peg and set up. Fishing would be from 2pm – 7pm. The match format was 3 sections of 8 anglers. Section A was pegs 2, 4, 6, 7, 34, 36, 38 and 40. Section B was pegs 8, 9, 10, 13, 28, 29, 31 and 32. Section C was pegs 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24 and 26.

John Bennett was going round helping people with their pegs, giving them info on how to fish it but some people were just beyond help it seems.

Fred Parker on Peg 9. Should have gone to spec savers 😀

Church on peg 19

Ian McCulloch on peg 26

Budgie on peg 31. He was peg king for all of one day 😀

Day one has seen some good weights from around the lake while others were struggling. Chris Telling was having a blinding day on peg 7 catching on corn and paste at 14.5 meters. Down in C section Pellet King and Jonny B had been catching well, Pellet King catching shallow on 6mm banded pellet to take the section. B section had been won by Nick Merry on peg 13 catching long and short in the margins and 14.5m shallow.

Results for Day 1

Day 1. A Section

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Chris Telling	7	226-8
2	Caster Master	40	194-0
3	Gillbo	36	123-8
4	Kerb Crawler	2	122-6
5	Dawg	4	95-4
6	Rob B	38	66-8
7	SBW	6	48-4
8	Baz	34	17-4

Day 1. B Section

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Nick Merry	13	170-2
2	Mick ‘Drawbag’ Lane	10	163-12
3	Baz Wrexham	28	144-12
4	Gary Mitchell	8	140-8
5	Fred Parker	9	132-0
6	Ruddy Roach	32	64-8
7	Budgie	31	53-4
8	Dave Moore	29	42-4

Day 1. C Section

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Pellet King	23	195-12
2	Jonny B	16	175-2
3	Eels	26	114-0
4	Dodgy Peg	24	104-8
5	Chruch	19	85-12
6	Simple	18	42-4
7	Drawbag	14	36-8
8	Gareth Evans	21	32-4

Day 2

The anglers moved round the lake for day two in to the next section. Expectations were high for some good weights today as previous festivals 2nd day always through up some high match weights. With the draw at 12 and fishing from 2pm – 7pm again everyone had plenty of time to set up again.

Despite all the expectations the lake had fished harder on day 2. Two double tons had still come from the lake though, Phil Powell on peg 31 had fished a blinder on a peg he did not fancy after drawing it. He had to fish hard for it though, fishing at 16 meters shallow on banded pellet. Second double was from Pete Archer on peg 9 and was just a few fish away from beating Phil.

Mick Lane had won C Section fishing shallow, in the margin and 5-6 meter line on banded pellet. Pellet King had fished another excellent match in A Section fishing shallow again and in the margins.

Day 2 Results

Day 2. A Section

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Pellet King	40	127-8
2	Eels	2	126-8
3	Dodgy Peg	4	120-8
4	Church	6	94-8
5	Drawbag	34	86-4
6	Jonny B	7	61-8
7	Gareth Evans	36	31-4
8	Simple	38	26-10

Day 2. B Section

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Dawg	31	222-4
2	Caster Master	9	208-8
3	Chris Telling	10	124-12
4	Gillbo	32	59-8
5	Baz	8	54-12
6	SBW	28	52-4
7	Rob B	13	33-8
8	Kerb Crawler	29	12-00

Day 2. C Section

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Mick Lane	16	85-8
2	Baz Wrexham	14	68-8
3	Budgie	26	34-4
4	Fred Parker	19	24-4
5	Ruddy Roach	23	24-0
6	Gary Mitchell	24	21-0
7	Nick Merry	18	13-8
8	Dave Moore	21	2-4

After today match Martin had arranged a BBQ for everyone. Once the weigh in was complete Martin went off to ASDA to pick up BBQ supplies. Some people could not wait to get started on the beer.

Phil Powell, Fred Parker and Mick Lane

Peg 34 with Johns dramatic lighting

Doodle bug

Big Thanks go to Baz Wrexham, the man on the BBQ. He cooked a mean burger 😀

Day 3

The weather for the final match had turned for the worst, gone was the sunshine replaced by clouds and rain. Wet weather gear was going to be needed today 🙁

Church cooking his brekkie on the final day

Fishing today for the final match would be earlier. The draw at 10am and fishing 12-5pm. This is to allow people to get away earlier after the presentation. With the draw done and everyone on their pegs setting up in the rain people were hoping for a good days fishing to finish the festival off in style.

SBW having a hard day on peg 26

Dodgey Peg on 31 in to fish

Gillbo on peg 24

Simon Mound fishing peg 13 for his first time

Gareth Evans on peg 32

Jonny B on peg 9

Double fish action

Simple with a weigher and Pete Archer on peg 16

Pete Archer in to a carp

Rob B on peg 18

Rob B locked in battle with a Rolfs Carp

Chris Telling fishing Paste on peg 23

Phil Powell. Pulling a funny face

Pete Archer again

Baz on peg 14

Baz with a nice carp

Simple on peg 13 with some much needed fish

Church on peg 8 on his way to winning B Section. Well done

Chris Telling came close to winning.

Sorry some pictures are a bit fuzzy, the zoom on my camera is not that good.

Day 3 had fished hard again with only one double ton coming from the lake today. BBQ master Baz Wrexham on peg 34 had bagged up fishing a 5m line on corn winning A Section. B section was won by event organiser Church on peg 8 fishing 16m, down the track and in the bush on his left all with corn. C Section was won surprisingly on peg 21. Kerb Crawler had denied all the odd and produced a winning weight fishing the margins again on corn proving to everyone there was some fish down there after all 😀

Day 3 Results

Day 3. A Section

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Baz Wrexham	34	220-12
2	Nick Merry	7	120-4
3	Mick Lane	4	108-12
4	Fred Parker	40	72-4
5	Gary Mitchell	36	49-4
6	Ruddy Roach	38	34-8
7	Dave Moore	2	29-2
8	Budgie	6	8-8

Day 3. B Section

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Church	8	100-0
2	Pellet King	29	86-8
3	Simple	13	82-8
4	Jonny B	9	79-4
5	Gareth Evans	32	58-0
6	Drawbag	28	54-0
7	Dodgy Peg	31	42-8
8	Eels	10	40-0

Day 3. C Section

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Kerb Crawler	21	64-4
2	Chris Telling	23	53-12
3	Dawg	19	40-0
4	Rob B	18	33-4
5	Caster Master	16	23-0
6	Baz	14	16-8
7	SBW	26	12-8
8	Gillbo	24	11-0

Overall Section Points after the 3 Day’s ..

Pellet King 23pts.
Baz Wrexham 21pts.
Chris Telling 21pts.
Mick Lane 21pts.
Dawg 18pts.
Caster Master 18pts.
Church007 17pts.
NickM 17pts.
Jonny_B1989 15pts.
Kerbcrawler 14pts.
Eels 14pts.
Fred 14pts.
Dodgypeg 13pts.
Gary Mitch 12pts.
Gillbo 12pts.
RobB 10pts.
Simple 10pts.
Ruddy Roach 10pts.
Drawbag 9pts.
Budgie 9pts.
Baz 8pts.
Sbw 7pts.
Garethevans1986 7pts.
David Moore 4pts.

Pellet King had only dropped one point over the 3 days. Well fished mate, superb result.

Pete Archer had kindly brought along a trophy for the winner too.

Festival Winner Pellet King

A big thank you to Martin for arranging a superb festival. It was great to meet up with old friends and meeting new ones. The whole event ran smoothly.

The lake was also left how it should be. All littler, fag butts and sick was cleaned up 😀 Thanks to everyone for keeping the place so clean. this will ensure future events like this one can carry on to take place.

On a side note. Simon and Budgie were having a mini battle and Simon lost 2-1 to Budgie. Well done mate 🙁

Simon and Budgie

Thanks for reading, Si and Eddie.

Match Reports

Important Site / Lake rules update.

May 23, 2010 Eddie 6 comments

With the busy club / match / festival season getting into full swing starting this week lake owner John Bennett has asked me to post these current updates to the lake / site rules.

He has had to enforce these rules to start from this Wednesdays open to protect both the fish and the peaceful and pleasant environment that is Rolfslake. The background behind this is that some and i mean a minority have been abusing not only the lakes environment but have been taking John and Pauline’s good nature for granted. It started with when John and Pauline were doing routine lake maintenance around the lake and to their horror found human excrement in the bushes together with toilet paper in the bushes by the car park and if that were not bad enough found more together with toilet paper behind the bushes at peg 18. Now to say these people are disgraceful people with no thoughts for fellow visitors can’t be stressed enough but the fact that there is a serviced toilet on site together with toilet paper no more that a minute away means that these people do not care.

From now on any visitor found not using the toilet to have a crap will be banned and if this person / persons are affiliated to a club then the ban extends to the club as well so please all club match organisers please inform all your members so there is no confusion.

The next rule is for any visitors that camp on site during festivals and long weekends .

As John and Pauline allow visitors to stay on site for FREE the only thing that he asks for is that all rubbish is removed with the visitors at the end of their stay ,as on the last occasion that he allowed people to stay not only did they leave litter on the ground when they left they also filled two rubbish bags of rubbish for John and Pauline to dispose of. From this week if any campers leave rubbish then there will a stop from this week of all camping on the lake and as John knows the importance that this will affect a lot of visitors he does not want to have to enforce this but he will. This also extends to anglers that leave litter behind for him to clear up , and that they will not be allowed to come back this year. For the people that do not know John, what they need to understand is that he is a very committed person as far as the lake goes but is very easy going and does not put to many rules as far as fishing goes so he will not enjoy banning any visitors that do not abide by the rules that spoil it for the rest of the visitors.

The next rule enforcement extends to the match anglers starting this Wednesday.

The anglers are asked to respect the fish and abide with the NO fish at 10lb or over to be retained in keepnets, as over the last few weeks there has been a disregard of this rule by anglers who do not want to waste time visiting the weigh stations. ANY angler found with fish of 10lb and over will have the fish disqualified and if there is more that one then the anglers total weight will be disqualified . There will be checks made on all anglers weigh-ins to ensure that this rule is not broken, so please do not be offended if you are asked to have any fish individually weighed.

John has invested a lot of time and money in the lake and will NOT accept any fish loses due to negligent anglers not abiding by the rules. Also please to all match organisers please respect the no more than 40lb in the weigh slings at weigh in time as they damage the fish at the bottom of the weigh sling and with individual fish costing hundreds of pounds each this is not acceptable.

John and Pauline are easy going owners but will not have their goodwill abused by a minority of visitors and the expense of the thousands of well behaved visitors.

Rolfslake is for the enjoyment of all anglers so he does not apologise for the welfare of the fish and the environment.

News

Saturday Open. 22nd May. 2010

May 22, 2010 Simon Leave a comment

Little Horsey on the mend

Todays open turned out to be on the hottest day at the lake so far this year. On arrival carp were seen to be spawning around the lake. Also thousands of tiny roach could be seen flitting around the surface meaning that the roach must have also spawned.

10 anglers turned up today to fish in the blazing sun. After the draw John Bennett only had one thing in mind when drawing peg 16 and that was to regain his peg king title that Mick Lane took from him on last Wednesdays open match.

He managed to do just that as well along with Geoff and Ginger also taking the peg king title too.

**Results**
Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1. New Peg King	Geoff Edwards	38	243-10
2. New Peg King	John Bennett	16	205-12
3. New Peg King	Ginger	34	200-8
4	Patrick Pritchard	4	155-12
5	Paul Jay	18	153-6
6	Jamie Gilland	8	134-0
7	John Hauge	13	93-14
8	Doug Richardson	9	92-12
9	Barry Parker	7	92-8
10	Dave Whiteman	14	78-0