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Rolfslake Wednesday Open 21st April.

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As the attendances start to grow on the Wednesday opens two things will now be a dead cert,

1 you will always find Vespe sponsored Chris Telling with lots of paste hookbait and

2. When Jon Walker turns up he will normally need more that 3 keepnets.

With today being a sunny but cool day if you were drawn on the car park bank and with a gentle breeze blowing from the north, hopes were high for a good days fishing. With the Rolfslake cartel members in attendance and also the two super baggers { Telling and Walker } plus the judge, Malc, the Isle of Wight anglers plus the regulars, the 16 anglers were raring to go at the draw. With enough anglers today it was decided by John to use both the big and small lake and with Chris drawing peg 6 in the small lake and Jon drawing peg 24 in the big lake with my main competition John Bennett drawing peg 14 and me drawing peg 15 i was not going to have a relaxing day.

As the match started i could not believe my eyes as John on 14 shipped out to 16 metres as i did not think he ever fished more than 6 metres and to make matters even worse he was fishing shallow and had a quick 4 fish to my lost 2. From where i was i could see Jon on 24 catching a few fish fishing shallow and Malc Doyle on 18 had caught two fishing long towards peg 19 so things were not looking good for me. For the anglers on pegs 9,10,30,and 32 fishing was slow but for the anglers on the car park bank they were having a few fish as the fish were topping on that side so some good weight were going to be had. The pleasure anglers were having a few fish so hopefully paste master Chris and Chris Calder on peg 4 and Paul Bennett on 8 were going to have plenty of fish as before the match the small lake was black with fish.

The winner today was super bagger Jon Walker on peg 24 on the car park bank who started fishing shallow feeding regular pouches of pellet, and who later in the match was able to catch a lot closer in. Jon was fishing pellet hook bait on the shallow line fished about 3 to 4 feet deep, and paste on the short rig fished at about 7-8 metres. Jon had about 100lb on the shallow rig before switching to the short rig and he caught plenty of weighers {all 180lb of them } in his final weight of 269-00 to go top of the weight chart for this year {sorry Chris your top weight lasted 1 week}.

Super bagger Jon Walker.

In second place was Chris Telling who after being dissapointed on drawing peg 6 tried catching short with little success, but when he fished at 11 metres the fish were waiting for him. Chris was using paste fished on the deck feeding positvley to catch his fish to 14lb + in his final bag of 229-00. Completing the frame was Mick Jones on peg 30 by the hut and for three hours was struggling but a change to the margin line brought a great response and big fish for Mick who was using his favoured flavoured meat fished on the deck to catch fish to 13lb.

The match today was from 2.30pm till 7.30pm

Results.
Name Peg Weight
Jon Walker 24 269-0
Chris Telling 6 229-0
Mick Jones 30 148-12
Malc Doyle 18 146-0
Paul Bennett 8 113-0
Mark Newbold 22 101-4
John Millington 26 77-8
Chris Calder 4 76-12
Andy Raymen 9 72-10
John Bennett 14 69-8
Eddie Taylor Green 15 64-8
Paul Jay 32 64-0
Len 10 35-8
3 Anglers DNW

As for me Eddie it started off bad and then went downhill as when i arrived at the lake John asked me if i could go round the lake on the lawnmower and cut the grass. I thought to my self no problem and went off happily cutting the grass only to be told off for not cutting the grass in straight lines, then as i went to park the mower by the hut i ran over the rope that holds the aireator in the middle of the lake and tangled it in the cutting blade {not very good }.

After Paul had untangled the rope i went to put it into gear and the gear stick broke so we could not drive it. I was looking around the lake to see if i had run over a black cat or if there was only one magpie flying around as i don’t normally have bad luck but more was to follow as when after collecting the pools money someone asked me the time and as i turned my wrist to check i tipped the pools money out of the container only for it to blow around on the grass with the anglers chasing it.

Now to the fishing after drawing next to John i thought i should beat him today , but it never happened as i lost 19 fish and John by the end thought i was suffering from terrets with the amount of swearing comming from my peg as i lost fish after fish.

The score stands at John Bennet 2 – Eddie T-Green 1.

Malc Doyle’s version of the day can be found by clicking HERE

Day down on the lake Thursday 16th April 2010.

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The red kite was back at the lake

The lovely red kite

After finishing work i went down to the lake to see John and watch Pole Fishing magazine do a feature on Mick Wilkinson fishing using Marukyu bait products. The day was sunny with the usual stiff breeze blowing from the north which was going to make fishing the paste quite difficult, especially on the chosen peg 26.

As i promised to Jon Arthur the magazines editor it would be unfair to spoil it by telling you about the day and the results Mick had so you will have to read it in the June edition of the magazine, but i can tell you about the products.

Mick gave us a demonstration on mixing the company’s AFP 300 warm water paste mix which was very interesting. This mix is as easy to mix as i have ever seen and Mick measured a cup of mix and an equal measure of water, and after mixing the water to the mix 5 minutes later it was ready. The paste has a stringy appearance to it so it will hang on the hook if you swing it out but stays soft all the time. In the water the paste has little pieces falling off it and fluffs up in size so i know this paste will have many uses. Mick showed us two mixes one for cold water and one for warm weather and he caught fish on them.

There is also a liquid additive SFA 430 which Mick used in his pumped expander pellet and all though there was a strong smell and these are water soluble as when it was put in the water with a quick stir it was gone.  Marukyu is a Japanese company and is also the top bait seller in Japan so now it is coming to England to bring a different range of products that i believe will work very well on the fisheries that they will be used on.

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It was a very enjoyable day in the company of Mick and the two John’s and i learn more about paste fishing, {thanks Jon for the free magazines }.

What was evident today was the amount of fish moving about and feeding by the amount of fizzing in Mick’s swim so i so expect Chris Telling’s top weight from Wednesday match to go very soon if not on Saturdays open.

After everyone had gone i was going to test my new camera on taking fish pictures without even fishing so armed with only a loaf of bread i tried to get the fish to feed out of my hand whilst holding my camera {not very easy}.

All i can say is that i had a very enjoyable time with about 60 fish fighting for my bread and also we saw some big chub in amongst the carp.

Rolfslake’s Wednesday open 15th April 2010

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Another Wednesday another Rolfslake midweek match, which normally means big weights of fish and the usual banter that goes with it.

After the poor results from the weekends matches hopes were not high for todays match as the weather in the week had been a mixture of bright sunshine ,cold temperature and a stiff wind so the fish have not been able to settle into a confident feeding pattern so the anglers were going to have to work out what the fish wanted. The midweek matches are now starting to draw a few anglers due to the late starts and that should start to see the begining of the big weights that Rolfslake is famous for.

After the draw had taken place the anglers settled into their pegs and could see carp crashing around the big lake so a decision had to be made whether to fish long and risk the wind wrecking their presentation later in the match or take a chance and see if the fish were getting closer which normally is the method to catch big weights.

With the sun shining the anglers on the motorway bank were kept warm but experienced the problem of having the sun in their eyes, and the anglers on the carpark bank were able to fish longer but were going to get cold due to the shade from the trees so you can never have both. John tells me after a slow start the anglers settled down and started to catch fish with the most productive area being the car park bank in the twenties with the anglers starting off fishing long drawing the fish closer as the match went on, and the anglers on the motorway bank have to fish either the rod or the pole to reach the fish.

In first place today was Rolfslake regular Chris Telling who was fishing on the motorway bank peg 26. Chris is a very confident angler and today he started on the pole fished long on the deck and was rewarded with carp to double figures, but as the match went on  Chris was able to draw the fish closer towards him which helped him catch carp quicker. Chris was fishing using his favoured paste hook bait which has won him lots of matches and by doing so meant he was able to catch bigger fish which means big weights, and after 5 hours Chris had put together a great weight of 259-12 and the top weight on the lake this year {well done Chris you are the current King of Rolfslake}.

King of Rolfslake Vespe's Chris Telling

In second place was Steve Rich who was only two pegs away on peg 28 and Steve gave Chris a good run for his money as he caught very well but caught smaller fish. Steve was fishing banded pellet on the deck fished long but was also able to draw the fish in , and at the end was only one fish off a double ton with his weight of 195-02. Completing the frame was Mick Jones on the motorway bank peg 13 and who was on a good run of form down on the lake. Mick usually fishes short range between 6 to 8 metres and today was no different, and by using a combination of pellet feed and his usual meat hookbait Mick was able to draw fish from the bay area to his peg and at the end put 164-12 to complete a very good frame.

Place Angler Peg Weight Bait
1st Chris Telling 26 259-12 Paste Vespe
2nd Steve Rich 28 195-02 Hard Pellet Rolfslake
3rd Mick Jones 13 164-12 Meat Rolfslake
4th Mark 25 148-08 Rolfslake
5th Paul Jay 15 118-00 Banded Pellet Rolfslake
6th Mike Stimson 18 105-00 Pellet Rolfslake
7th Sean 17 104-08 Rolfslake
8th John Bennett 14 85-00 Soft Pellet Rolfslake
9th Fred Parker 22 68-00 Rolfslake
10th Derek Kelsey 23 68-00 Rolfslake
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