2009 Winter League. Match 3.

Sunday 20th December.

Today Winter had set in well and truly at the lake. A layer of ice covered the
lake. John had been making some top class ice breakers and was keen to show them off.
All Picture are click-able for a bigger view

The big lake had a thicker covering of ice while the little lake was a bit thinner.

Drawing today had to be done quickly to allow time for people the break the ice
from their pegs, it helped with Match Fishing Scene team not been able to make it today.

It seems someone had placed a hit on one of the Assassin team member Clive, as the SAS had turned up to assassinate him.

The assembled mob waiting to draw.

As suspected the fishing turned out to be really hard today with only A section without any DNW's.

Only 4 carp were caught today with the majority of fish being caught Perch.

With this been the last match before Christmas John and Pauline had laid on some hot tomato soup and hot dogs for after the match. Thank you very much it was a lovely thought and much needed.

Another thing as it was the last match before Christmas, everyone brought along a wrapped up present. The winner gets to choose first and down to last place from all the gifts on the table. There was also a nice fruity hamper, the winner of which was decided with a dip in to the draw bag from Pauline. She pulled out peg 30 which was Phil Powell's peg, so he won the hamper.

Now on to the results.

A Section Winner and Overall winner for the 3rd match running Mick Lane. Well done.

B Section Winner Pete Archer.

C Section Winner Ian McCullock

And for the man who caught the most fish today. About 50-70 he reckons. Neal Riddy.

Full Results...

	A Section
1st	Mick Lane	peg 7	26-4	RG
2nd	Neal Riddy	peg 40	8-6	RP
3rd	Steve Palmer	peg 34	4-10	TS
4th	Simon Mound	peg 4	3-4	A
5th	Derek Hammond	peg 2	0-8	RD
--	--	--	--	MFS

	B Section
1st	Pete Archer	peg 28	3-12	RD
2nd	Phil Powell	peg 30	1-7	RG
--	Clive Pritchard	peg 26	--	A
--	Lloyd Moss	peg 13	--	TS
--	Mark Orchard	peg 9	--	RP
--	--	--	--	MFS

	C Section
1st	Ian McCullock	peg 14	20-10	RD
2nd	Paul Jay	peg 16	1-8	RP
3rd	Ernie M	peg 24	0-1	TS
--	Steve Wilson	peg 10	--	A
--	John Bennett	peg 18	--	RG
--	--	--	--	MFS

	DAY TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Diamond	14	RD
2nd	Rolfs Gold	11	RG
3rd	Rolfs Platinum	10	RP
4th	Team Spro	8	TS
5th	Assassins	3	A
6th	Match Fishing Scene	7	MFS

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

	TOTAL TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Gold	43	RG
2nd	Rolfs Diamond	39	RD
3rd	Rolfs Platinum	28	RP
4th	Assassins	24	A
5th	Team Spro	20	TS
6th	Match Fishing Scene	18	MFS

Happy Christmas everyone. Next match is Sunday the 3rd January. Hope its a bit warmer.

Important info for Sunday's Match. 20th December...

If you are fishing tomorrow please remember to take your ice breakers. Steve has told me there is over and inch of ice on the lake... Temps went down to minus 8.2 last night.
Also please remember to bring a wrapped up gift to the value of £7. The winner will get first choice of the gifts descending down to last place. Everyone will get a Christmas gift.

2009 Winter League, Match 2.

6th December 2009.

This morning saw the second winter league match. The weather at the lake was surprisingly nice. Clear sky's with a slight wind from the car park bank over towards the motorway bank. The draw format was that the person that won each section on the first match drew first, second drew second and so on.

John Bennett hoping to draw peg 9

But Steve Wilson Drew it instead.

The draw was only a few minutes late today meaning the match was due to start at 10.15am and finish at 3.15pm.
After the first hour of the match it seems more carp were been caught today, mainly from the bar up in the top end of the big lake. Pegs 14 round to peg 24 were having plenty (for winter) of carp. I was on peg 26 and seems I was just off the fish but had fun watching everyone else catching. I could see John Bennett from my peg, he was on the peg I was on last match, peg 30 and was struggling with liners but managed to catch a few silvers. With the weigh in done it was clear to see how much better the big lake had fished today up the top end.

A Section Winner.. Phil Powell. Rolfslake Gold.

B Section Winner.. Ian McCullock. Rolfslake Diamond.

C Section Winner.. Mick Lane. Rolfslake Gold.

Full Match Results...

	A Section
1st	Phil Powell	peg 34	62-0	RG
2nd	Derek Hammond	peg 7	29-8	RD
3rd	Dave Bull	peg 40	17-8	MFS
4th	Clive Pritchard	peg 4	11-0	A
5th	Lloyd Moss	peg 2	2-8	TS
6th	Mark Orchard	peg 38	1-0	RP

	B Section
1st	Ian McCullock	peg 13	49-12	RD
2nd	Mark D	peg 28	14-2	MFS
3rd	Steve Wilson	peg 9	13-4	A
4th	Paul Jay	peg 10	6-4	RP
5th	John Bennett	peg 30	3-12	RG
6th	Ernie M	peg 32	2-0	TS

	C Section
1st	Mick Lane	peg 18	67-0	RG
2nd	Mike Stimpson	peg 24	61-8	RD
3rd	Geoff Ashcroft	peg 14	52-4	TS
4th	Ron Allen	peg 16	44-8	RP
5th	Herbie Hornby	peg 22	23-12	MFS
6th	Simon Mound	peg 26	19-8	A

	TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Diamond	16	RD
2nd	Rolfs Gold	14	RG
3rd	MFS	11	MFS
4th	Assassins	8	A
5th	Rolfs Platinum	7	RP
6th	Team Spro	7	TS

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

	TOTAL TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Gold	32	RG
2nd	Rolfs Diamond	25	RD
3rd	Assassins	21	A
4th	Rolfs Platinum	18	RP
5th	MFS	18	MFS
6th	Team Spro	12	TS

Rolfslake Gold. Mick Lane and Phil Powell. They wouldn't let John on the picture as he caught bugger all :)

2009 Winter League. Match 1

Current league champions Rolfs Team Gold

Today saw the start of the winter league 2009 and assembled in the car park were the five teams hoping to topple the current 8 times champions Rolfs Team Gold { also known as the Swindon bandits}. The league is fished over six rounds between now and January and each of the team members {3} get to fish in rotation around the three sections , A section is pegs 34, 38, 40, 2, 4, and 7 B section is pegs 9, 10, 13, 28, 30, and peg 32 and finally C section is pegs 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, and peg 26.

After each match the winner of each section gets 6 points decending down to 1 point for last place but you have to weigh in to get your point. The league is decided on the team that has the most points after six matches and in the event of a tie the series is decided on the team with the most section wins. The key to success in these league matches is to have a team that can adapt to the methods required to catch fish in certain sections and not just wait for a carp to turn up as Rolfslake has a massive head of silvers that in certain sections can help you to good points if the carp dont turn up.

For the league reports my co blog reporter Simon will be the man down the on lake keeping a close eye on things as he is fishing with Team Assasins , so will be able to provide you all with the most current news from these matches.

Sunday 22nd November.

The weather at the lake today was very windy blowing from the big lake down towards the little lake. We had heavy showers on and off for most of the day also.
Fishing proved to be very hard and if you managed to catch a carp then you would score good points in your section.

Rolfs Gold proved to be a force to be reckoned with today as they managed the hatrick winning all three sections, Well done.
The results tell the story for the rest of us.

Full results after Match 1..

	A Section
1st	John Bennett	peg 40	24-4	RG
2nd	Paul Jay	peg 7	15-4	RP
3rd	Steve Wilson	peg 34	10-12	A
4th	Ron B	peg 4	10-0	MFS
5th	Ian M	peg 38	9-4	RD
6th	Ernie M	peg 2	2-8	TS

	B Section
1st	Mick Lane	peg 9	48-4	RG
2nd	Simon Mound	peg 30	23-0	A
3rd	Ron Allam	peg 10	15-8	RP
4th	Horby	peg 32	13-8	MFS
5th	Mike Stimpson	peg 13	13-0	RD
6th	Steve Palmer	peg 28	3-8	TS

	C Section
1st	Phil Powell	peg 24	39-12	RG
2nd	Jon Walker	peg 22	21-4	RD
3rd	Clive Pritchard	peg 18	21-0	A
4th	Lloyd Moss	peg 16	9-8	TS
5th	Mark Orchard	peg 26	7-12	RP
6th	Dave Bull	peg 14	2-4	MFS

	TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Gold	18	RG
2nd	Assassins	13	A
3rd	Rolfs Platinum	11	RP
4th	Rolfs Diamond	9	RD
5th	MFS	7	MFS
6th	Team Spro	5	TS

Lake report Wednesday 18th November 2009

Rolfslake lake report 11th November 2009

Rolfslake always looks nice even in the cold

Today a few anglers turned up at the lake so it was decided to have a walk off and choose you own peg, and with the weather continuing with cold temperatures and a bit of sunshine it did not help the fishing one bit. For five hours you could see fish moving in large groups all around the lake but were not interested in feeding but just jumping out of the lake.

The only thing to report was Ron Allen on peg 21 who had 4 fish for 21-00 all caught on corn fished on the deck at a range of 10 metres feeding Very little pellet to get his bites. The only other angler to catch a carp was John Bennett who eventually got one after 4 and a half hours much to my disgust as i was beating him with two perch.

Paul Jay on peg 16 had only one small roach and not even a sign of a carp in what turned out to be a really hard days fishing for the mad fools that turned up to fish today and until my next report tight lines Eddie T-Green.

Rolfslake Saturday Open 7th November 2009

Report to follow



Results



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Rolfslake Wednesday Open 4th November 2009

Rolfslake was a tough nut to crack today

With only a few anglers down on the lake {10} it was decided to fish the big part of the lake today, and with plenty of fish visable on the surface hopes of catching fish were dashed as soon as the match started today. With the weather mild to start with and turning VERY cold during the match the only thing the anglers had to contend with was keeping warm.
Thanks to John B selling me a Jon Walker designer beanie hat otherwise i would of froze on the motorway bank as it kept me very warm but some of the other anglers spent more time drinking coffee from their flasks than trying to catch fish.
In first place today was Kev Dalton on peg 18 in the corner of the lake and although his peg was black with fish he found it very difficult to get many bites at all and by alternating between the bomb ,waggler and the pole managed to get about 10 bites in five hours and a total of 6 fish {two on the bomb, one on the waggler and three on the pole} all caught on the corn. After a very hard five hours he put a very modest but a hard earned 38-00 for a match win {well done Kevin}.
In second place and only two fish behind was Mike Stimson who was fishing next to me on peg 13 and who fished long at a range of 14 metres using corn for hook bait and fished on the deck and after a few lost fish put 4 fish on the scales for 33-08. Completing the frame was Ron Allen on peg 9 and after catching a quick 3 fish down the edge to his right on corn that was it ,not another bite but at least he caught a fish at 12-00 to boost his weight to 21-04.

As for me i had lots of fish in front of me to target but after fishing up in the water for two hours with not so much as a bite i managed to mug a fish at 4 metres for a very poor 5-08 but my ray of sunshine was John Bennett who caught one carp smaller at 5-07 on what was one of the coldest days i could remember down on the lake for vears. With the current changing weather conditions dont forget to bring warm clothes a flask of drink to keep you warm and a rod to get you out to the middle of the lake as the fishing was very slow.

Sorry for the lateness of this report as i have been working late hours down the shop, but normal service is now resumed ,until my next report tight lines Eddie.

Results

1st Kev Dalton peg 18 38-00

2nd Mike Stimson peg 13 33-08

3rd Ron Allen peg 9 21-04

4th Paul Jay peg 10 15-00

5th Eddie T-Green peg 14 5-08

6th John Bennett peg 16 5-07

Rolfslake Winter league series 2009

The unbeatables Rolfs Team Gold

Phil Powell, Jon Bennett and Mick Lane

Do you have 2 angling friends that would like the enter the Rolfslake teams of three winter league series. The series is held over 6 matches during November, December and January 2010 and the current champions are the 8 times league winners Rolfs Team Gold, and they are entered in this years competition. Each angler fishes each of the three sections twice and the sections are fished in rotation over the 6 matches so you get a chance to fish all around the lake. There is no entry fee but there are pools and optional pools on the day and a percentage of each matches pools go towards the final winning teams payout.

The dates of the league matches are on the blog calender but please check the draw times.

The Teams entered so far are.

1.Rolfs Team Gold

2.Rolfs Team Diamond

3.Spro

4.Assasins

5.MFS

6.Rolfs Team Platinum {aka the Woodentops}

7..

8.

9.

10.

So if you would like to enter a team give John Bennett a call on 07774618688.

The league is held in a good sportsman like way with plenty of friendly banter and with a good bunch of guys and there is normally a bbq to finish the series off.

Draw times are 9am. Fishing 10am-3pm

Rolfslake Saturday Open 31st October 2009

Rolfslake through the round window

On a very unseasonally warm day down on the lake today the anglers were hoping for the recent good weights to continue and for a few of the resident lump to make an appearance so with a strong field assembled they were eager to get the draw done .

With both the big and small lake included today it was going to be interesting to see if the fish were still in the shallower water as the small lake has been a little under used in recent weeks. As the draw took place John Bennett had drawn peg 38 so a few rigs were going to have to be made as they were all set for deeper peg 9, Phil Powell was on peg 14 and Derek Hammond was on flyer peg 8. John tells me that from the start of the match Jon Walker was off to a flying start catching 6 quick fish and for the rest of the anglers it was slow going. Fish were swirling on the surface and bubbling around both parts of the lake and in some pegs the fish were sucking on the leaves that were on the lake and that tempted some anglers to have a go fishing shallow { 1 to 3 feet} but with little success.

Rolf's Team Gold's Phil Powell came very close today
with a super weight of 283-00 and in previous matches

would of won all of them but not today.

The winning peg - peg 6

Jon Walker with another small common of 18-04

The winner today was Jon Walker on little used peg 6 in the small lake and after his very quick start settled down to catching on his 3 set lines, one at 13 metres towards peg 7 an 8 metre line straight out in front and a line further out at 13 metres.

Jon alternated between all three lines but found both the 13 metre lines the most productive as the fish would not respond on the closer line and by using a combination of feed pellet and corn hook bait fished on the deck Jon could keep the fish coming.

Jon again by getting his feeding right was able to get the bigger fish to feed as he had 157-00 of weighers and by again dotting the float down and lifting and dropping the fish were tempted by his hook bait and after 5 hours was just in front with 285-00 {well done Jon}. Hot on Jons heels was Rolfs Team Gold member Phil Powell who was on peg 14 on the car park bank and was today catching the carp up in the water with a lot of success at a range of 14 metres and also opted to fish at 4 to 5 metres on both margin lines. Phil again like Jon had big fish {all 100lb's worth} in his catch but had to work hard to keep the fish lined up and again by fishing between up in the water and on the deck using pellet and corn and again by moving his bait and feeding correctly was able to pick the fish off. At the end of the match Phil weighed 283-00 and was only one small carp off a match win and now the weather starts to turn cold Phil should start to frame more regular and he always does well at this time of year. Completing the frame was Steve on peg 28 who again fished the margins and a 10 metre line to catch his fish and by using pellet and corn was able to get a run of fish to double figures in his weight of 126-00.

Results

1st Jon Walker peg 6 285-00

2nd Phil Powell peg14 283-00

3rd Steve peg 28 126-00

4th Mike Stimson peg 4 109-00

5th Derek Hammond peg 8 92-00

6th Chris Duke peg 80-00

A special mention about Mark Orchard who from peg 9 caught a beautiful common of 20-04 and joins a small group of anglers to catch a 20 in a match {well done Mark}.