Rolfslake Wednesday Open 29th July 2009

Vespe sponsored Chris Telling

With all the big weights down on the lake at the moment and the chance of a PB for any angler on any peg, these Wednesday Opens are drawing all the big weight specialists hoping to be the first to break the 400lb barrier this year.

Today was a rare treat for me as not only was i early for the draw but my wife Irene had come to see me fish which considering it was raining heavy must of been love.With all the big weights coming from either peg 8 or the car park bank pegs 32,30,28 or 26 the anglers were hopeful of one of these for a good days fishing.

As i have been saying for a while that if the right angler draws the right peg then the current world record of 490-08 would be under threat as the fish now average 9lb, bigger that when Gary Thorpe set the current record in 2005. Today with rain forecast all day it never looked like being that type of day but one skilled angler was going to put that to the test.

As the anglers drew their pegs Chris Telling had drew peg 8 but did not fancy fishing long all day,

John Bennet was on 9 again, Mick Lane was on flyer peg 10 , Derek Hammond was on newly pruned peg 11 and the rest of the anglers were scattered around the other pegs leaving only two pegs left. Normally i draw last but with Pete Archer running late i got Irene to draw for me with the objective of getting me a good peg and when she drew me peg 4 i was happy until she drew for Pete and got him peg 32 {she won't be coming back}.

In first place today and currently Rolfslake's top angler was Vespe sponsored Chris Telling who had drawn peg 8 and was going to fish paste on the deck which has won him many matches and put him in many frames. Chris fished between 8 and 6 metres on top of the bar that runs between the small and big lake and was into fish almost straight away and by the end of the first hour had about 18 fish. With constant feeding Chris was able to keep the fish coming and also increase the size of fish as he had 173lb on the board in weighers. In the last hour the fishing slowed down for Chris as Pete on peg 32 started to increase his catch rate ,but by then Chris had already won the match and after what seemed like 10 minutes of weighing in he had caught a fantastic 394-08 and a PB {very well done Chris}.

In second place and who also had a great days fishing was Carp Vader sponsored angler Mark Poppleton. Mark also fished paste on the deck just down the first shelf at a range of 5 metres which normally holds some really big fish, and after heavy feeding which kept the fish at this range Mark was able to put together another big weight of 272-12 and also a PB.

Completing the frame was another Vespe sponsored angler this time Pete Archer on peg 32. Pete was going to try paste but after too many foul hooked fish abandoned this and changed to double corn and banded pellet fished on the deck, but later in the match was able to catch up in the water at close range which boosted his weight to 219-04 and Pete's second frame of the week.

Paste man Mick Lane

Another breaking story was that Mick Lane who is known for his shallow fishing and hatred of paste fishing was today going to try paste as it was the form bait. After a little coaching from John Bennett Mick caught at a range of 5 metres by feeding heavy and using his new XXX13 paste which was on display before the match, and can be brought from him from this weekend. After 5 hours Mick had caught 180-14 and had beaten his fellow two cartel members Bennett and Taylor-Green who normally beat Mick when they fish paste.

Results.

1st Chris Telling peg 8 394-08 paste PB

2nd Mark Poppleton peg 30 272-12 paste PB

3rd Pete Archer peg32 219-04 banded pellet/ corn#

4th Mick Lane peg 10 180-14 paste

5th Nick Merry peg 6 180-00

6th John Bennett peg9 167-12

7th Paul Jay peg 28 152-00

8th Derek Hammond peg 11 145-00

9th Eddie T-Green peg 4 131-04

10th Roy Davis peg 26 90-04

Reporter Eddie Taylor-Green with mirror 13-08

As for me it was tale of poor planning as firstly i had not taken my net connectors with me to attach the fishery nets to my box , and then not covering my paste mix which turned into sloppy paste and i could not fish it properly but at least i kept my wife entertained with my cursing for 5 hours {sorry Irene}.

Fishery net are now in place but please remember to bring your net connectors as they are not available at the lake. Each angler is supplied with 3 keepnets and a landing net top and more are available if you are really bagging, this is to aid fish welfare.

Until the next report tight lines Eddie T-Green.

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