Rolfs Lake Bank Holiday Open 26th May 2014

Rolfs Lake Bank Holiday Open Monday 26th May 2014

Nothing is ever simple with me and today was no different !!!!!!

Seeing as i was at home in Wales this weekend it meant a 5am start for me as i needed to go to work in Newbury and then to Reading to collect my fishing gear as it was split between both.

Well i finally arrived at Rolfs Lake just on 10am and with the draw due at 11am i was EARLY 

A nice Rolfs breakfast cooked by Pauline and washed down with a coffee was soon eaten and before i knew it the draw was ready.

As normal i held back for drawing and when i drew there were 3 pegs left and peg number 8 stuck to my grubby mit (that'll do for me).

Last time i drew peg 8 was on the last day of the Easter Festival when it earned me a Section win with 118lb so i was happy with the draw.

PEG 8

Picture above not from today as it never stopped raining.

For company today on Peg 7 was Steve Palmer so at least if we didn't catch we'd have a bit of banter as Steve is always worth a laugh or 2.

So on to the fishing for a change i set up 2 rigs one to fish at 2mtrs both left and right and 1 to fish in the right margin.

Bait for today was Pellet and Paste as normal with pellet as feed.

When the all i was called i was actually ready so a couple of hand fulls of pellet went in each swim then i walked off to the van as i'd left my flask there.

When i returned i put in to the right swim and instantly missed 2 bites on pellet so 3rd put in was with Paste and that made all the difference as soon a 13lber was on the board (Happy Days).

Things never really got started during the match with just the odd fish coming solely from my right swim during the day and i ended up with 7 Carp (5 on the board) and 1 Skimmer but lost 7 as well and even managed to snap an elastic on an angry carp (recovered after the match though).

My final weight was 83lb 4oz witch ended up good enough for the win thats how hard it fished (BUT I WAS HAPPY).

       RESULTS

1. Malc Doyle -------- 83lb 4oz
2. Pat Pritchard ------- 74lb 11oz
3. Mick Chapple ----- 72lb 3oz
4. Micheal Corsini --- 69lb 8oz
5. Ady Williams ------ 58lb 3oz

19 Fished

Back out next weekend for 3 matches which are

Friday -- Night Open

Saturday -- Jinx Match 2

Sunday -- Neil Riddy Invitational

So hopefully it's a bit dryer then and i might get to take a picture or 2.

2014 JINX SERIES MATCH 1

2014 JINX SERIES MATCH 1

SATURDAY MAY 10th

Following on from last nights match i slept in the van ready for today BUT i had to leave at 7am to deliver the 2 pallets i'd dropped in Newbury last night and fully expected to be back at the lake before 12 

BUT NO

Again things conspired against me and a call to Nick W was made to sort the draw out.

I arrived back at the lake just as the all in was called and made my way round to Peg 7 much to the annoyance of Dave C sitting on peg 8 in peace till i arrived.

Dave had already had a couple of net fish before i started but my first put in on the standard Top Kit with Paste resulted in a pristine 12lber on the board HAPPY DAYS lol

Well for the rest of the match i managed the odd fish (all on Top Kit) to end up with 8 Carp for 110lb 13oz which was good enough for 3rd in my section and 3rd overall so once again i was happy with that.

OVERALL POSITIONS ON THE DAY

1. Neil R --- 152lb 15oz
2. Clive P -- 115lb 2oz
3. Malc D -- 110lb 13oz
4. Steve W - 103lb 6oz
5. Ade W -- 101lb 13oz
6. Micky C - 80lb 6oz
7. Paul J ---- 76lb 11oz (GUEST)
8. Dai T ---- 69lb 5oz
9. Paul R --- 65lb 7oz
10. Dave C -- 63lb
11. Simon W - 60lb 14oz
12. Keith S --- 56lb 1oz
13. Nick W -- 49lb 14oz
14. Wez H --- 40lb 13oz
15. Marcus B - 38lb 14oz
16. Gino ------ 28lb 10oz (GUEST)
17. Tony R --- 28lb
18. Nick W-P - 22lb 8oz (GUEST)
19. Legs ------ 18lb 15oz (GUEST)
20. Brenda S -- 16lb 10oz
21. Kev L ----- 7lb 4oz

I'm now fully caught up with the Reports so hopefully i can stay that way 

WORK PERMITTING 

Next trip is Bank Holiday Monday 26th May

2014 JINX NIGHT MATCH

2014 JINX NIGHT MATCH

FRIDAY MAY 9th 

Well today it's my night match and just to be sure i didn't miss it i'd sorted at work to do 6am to 2pm in the warehouse, and with the draw at 5.30 this would give me plenty of time. !!!!!

Well that plan fell apart as at 2pm i was driving past Rolfs up the M40 on my way to Rugby to deliver 2 pallets and then on to Birmingham to collect 2 pallets.

I made the call to Nick W to sort the match and finally arrived at Rolfs just on 8.30pm (as i also had to return to Newbury to drop the pallets and collect my gear).

My home for the evening was one of the pegs i fished last week being peg 28  so all i took out of my bag was 1 top kit and the same rig i've used for the past couple of matches.

I started fishing just after 9pm so only missed about 11/2 hours of the match and instantly was hooked into what turned out to be a 19lb 12oz Mirror which wa quickly followed by it's slightly smaller cousin being a 18lb 4oz Common.

I knew although i started very well that i was way behind everyone else as Micky C on 13 already had 11 Carp before i'd wetted a line and most others weren't far behind him either but that didn't bother me as i'd caught so was more than happy.

Well cutting a long story short i ended up with 18 Carp and a weight of 236lb 5oz and 3rd overall.

WELL HAPPY WITH THAT RESULT

My second 200lb+ of the year

TOP 7 ON THE NIGHT

1. Micky C       323lb 11oz
2. Paul Jay       238lb 2oz
3. Malc D        236lb 5oz
4. Dai T           205lb
5. Simon W     170lb
6. Nick W        142lb
7. Nick W-P    101lb