Rolfs Lake 3 Day Easter Festival

DAY 2 

Sunday April 20th 2014

Following day 1 the Points Board looks like this

1 Point

Malc Doyle

Mark Newbold

Dave Whiteman

2 Points

Mick Lane

Chris Telling

Steve Waters

3 Points

Anthony Flint

Johnny Broadbent

Phil Powell

4 Points

Frank Hardy

Jon Walker

John Draper

5 Points

Dean Deakin

Liam Bough

Ian McCullough

6 Points

Ernie Maylon

John Bennet

Micheal Corsini

7 Points

Paul Newbury

Andy Quarmby

Andy Johnston

8 Points

Justin McCabe

Geoff Edwards

Dai Thomas

Today my section compatriot's and myself move into A Section 

Well this arriving early is starting to become bit of a habit now 2 days on the trot arriving before the draw and today as well as Liam i've also got Jue with me as Gem - Simon & Caitlin are popping down this afternoon and nobody knows but me hehe.

Following on from yesterdays very enjoyable day i wasn't really worried were i drew today but did have a glancing thought that i did not fancy Peg 36   

BIG MISTAKE

PEG 36 MY HOME FOR 5 HOURS TODAY

To be honest i was not surprised to draw it as i have never had 2 good days in a row when fishing back to back matches but i was also a little disappointed as anyone who knows Rolfs will know it is the least liked or wanted peg on the venue as it is seldom used and never gets the feed all the other pegs do.

I did stick my neck on the block though and said to young Micky that i'd double his weight from it yesterday and we had a pound side bet (stupid or what lol).

Well section wise today Anthony was on peg 34 - Mick on peg 38 - Justin peg 40 - Dan peg 2 - Frank peg 4 - Ernie peg 5 & Paul peg 7 

Going on yesterdays peg form the best i could hope for would be 5th or 6th in section although most expect the peg to be last.

Now i've fished 36 on 4 occasions over the years and the results aint been all bad although i've blanked once been section and overall last twice i have actually won a match of it as well so i did approach it with an open mind on the final outcome today.

Today i set up just 2 rigs, 1 for 5mtrs in from and a second rig which covered 3 swims which was both left and right margins at top 2 and a swim 6mtrs down the left to the edge of a sunken Hay bale as all 3 areas were within an inch of being identical depths

Now i'd like to say that from the start i was into fish and emptied it over the next 5 hours but that just never happened.

The truth is i tried all swims over the first 3 hours n 50 minutes with just a couple of missed bites and nothing else.

Finally they arrived on the top 2 line to my right and just before 3pm i netted my first fish which although only about 7lb was a VERY WELCOME SITE.   

When the all out was called at 4.15 i'd netted 4 fish and lost 5 or 6 which felt like foul hookers for a total weight of 42lb 6oz which i guessed would put me rock bottom last in section.

I was wrong though and i actually managed 5th in section which although pretty much blows me out of any contention in the Festival i was actually pleased with the result just a bit gutted they arrived to late and not in a large number.

A SECTION RESULT

TOP 7 OVERALL

B Section tomorrow so we will see what's in store tomorrow.

Thanks to Eddie at ROLFS LAKE. for the results images.