Rolfslake Sunday Open 4th October 2009

Jon Walker on another flyer peg 9 this time

Today was just like the good old days down on the lake, a full carpark of eager anglers hoping to catch one of Rolfslake's big carp hauls on a very rare Sunday open. It was also nice to see some of my friends that i have not seen for a while plus my fishing hero Colin Wedgebrow was also down to have a go or spend 5 hours feeding the fish.

The weather was mild to start with getting colder as the match went on but with very little wind the floating leaves were again going to cause a problem, as it interfeared with presentation . As the draw was about to start John Bennett's trick of drawing peg 9 was rumbled as when we looked at the peg numbers the peg 9 block had all of a sudden turned from a round block to a square one {it was only a joke that John was playing on the other anglers}. As the draw was called everyone was watching John to see his draw but today he decided to draw second last to give everyone a chance, not a good idea as John Walker put his hand in a drew peg 9 so John was in trouble as he had only two rigs and they were plumbed for peg 9. I as normal drew last and was not amused to draw peg 14 on the motorway bank as i have never got to grips with the methods to fish this peg so a hard five hours was on the cards, plus i had the added problem of having John B on peg 15 Phil Powell on peg 17 and last Wednesdays runner-up Tim Guise on peg 13.

As i was bracing myself for a beating from both sides i decided to pull my ace card from my carryall my X4 paste mix which has helped me pick up money 9 out of my last 10 visits so i was going to go for paste or bust.

As the whistle sounded to start the match there was not a lot of fish activity on the surface so i was hoping that the fish would respond to my 5 metre line as that is where i was going to fish all the match and within 10 minutes i was putting my first carp 0f 8lb in the net and not another carp visited my net for the next two hours {brilliant}. Elsewhere around the lake fishing was slow but still there were people around catching the odd fish but not Bennett and Powell so i kept giving them stick to keep them amused but i got it back from them and also from anglers on the other side of the lake. As the match got into later stages Jon Walker and Andy Morrison started to catch a run of big fish to 18lb and also Steve Wilson on 34 and Ernie Malyon on 38 in the small lake were also having a good run of fish. In the big lake anglers on the carpark bank were struggling but on the motorway bank all the anglers were catching as the sun was still on the lake and keeping it warmer.

The winner today was Jon Walker {who was keeping up his incredible run of form on the lake} who was fishing form peg 9 and after being given bum advice by John B to fish down the edge which resulted in no fish after two hours, but was given an amazing piece of good fortune by John Camden on peg 8. John C was fishing across towards the far bank grasses using his sons pole when it suddenly just broke and he could not fish across and then had to fish with the bomb rod so Jon Walker being the sporting chap just added 4 sections of pole and fished in the gap and drew all of John's C fish away {nice move}. Jon fished a combination of soft and banded pellet fished on the deck and two feet off the deck just on top of the bar and just on the down slope and was rewarded with big fish {Jon had fish to 18lb in his board weight of 241-00} that boosted his weight to 283-00 and another match win.

Only four fish behind was Andy Morrison on peg 10 and Andy fished at short range 5 metres out in front using banded pellet fished on the lift and drop method on the deck and again was rewarded with big fish to 17-00 in his board weight of 130-00 which helped him amass his final weight of 246-00. Jon told me at one point Andy was catching that fast that he caught 60lb of fish in 10 minutes just to show that you can still put a big weight on the scales in little time.
Completing the frame was Ernie Malyon on little lake peg 38 and Ernie caught on two lines both at a range of 7 metres and both fished on the deck. Line one was straight out in front using pellet hookbait and the second was down the edge to his left towards the clump of grass again using pellet hookbait feeding positively which also brought Ernie big fish in his final weight of 182-04.

Rolfslake the only place to TRY and get Jon Walker floats

Me Eddie T-Green with another frame in todays match 10/11

As for my match after that 1st fish and not having another for the next two hours i decided to abandon the 5 metre line and go and add some sections to my pole to fish at 11 metres {i have not used my pole sections from 5 to 11 metres for about ten months and they looked like brand new compared to the fist 5 metres} in line with peg 29 on the car park bank. As the rig settled on my first put in a mass of bubbles errupted from the bottom and then my float just popped up and layed flat on the surface, thinking that my paste had come off i lifted my pole to find myself connected to a beast of a fish of about 20lb that i had on the surface about three times before it smashed my rig in the bush to my right.

After putting on another Jon Walker rig on and a ball of paste on i shipped out to the same spot dropped my rig in and exactly the same thing happened except i was ready this time and a beautiful 16-12 common was landed much to Phil and Johns disgust.In the next hour and a half i had a run of 9 fish for 131lb and lost another 9 or 10 as they were happy to run me around then get to the bush to my right and come off. While i was losing fish Phil and John started catching me up but a few small fish towards the end kept me in front of John who weighed 121-00 and god did he get some stick from me. All in all i had an enjoyable day catching fish beating the cartel and keeping my framing run going, then spending some on some new Jon Walker floats.

Cartel member John Bennett v Eddie Taylor -Green

Winner Eddie {again}

Cartel member Phil Powell v Eddie Taylor-Green

Winner Eddie

Results

1st Jon Walker peg 9 283-00

2nd Andy Morrison peg 10 246-00

3rd Ernie Malyon peg 38 182-04

4th Eddie Taylor-Green peg 14 158-12

5th Jason Astle peg 6 145-00

6th Tim Guise peg 13 139-05

7th Ada Walker peg 4 131-04

8th Steve Wilson peg 34 126-08

9th John Bennett peg 15 121-00

10th Steve Palmer peg 32 101-12

A piece of news that has just got to me is the engagement of Phil Powell to his girl friend Aldonna and all the guys down on the lake would like to send their congratulations to you both.

Until the next report tight lines Eddie.