Rolfslake Wednesday open 21st October 2009.

Rolfslake's Paul Jay on peg 14 again !

After yesterdays Angling times feature down on the lake featuring Jon Walker ,the anglers were very hopefull of a bumper days fishing with plenty of big fish included. The weather was cold with a firm breeze blowing from the south into the small lake. The pleasure angler were today on the car park bank and on the road side bank of the small lake. For the second week running the motorway bank was mainly the chosen area for todays open and most of the anglers wanted peg 8 as it was fished yesterday and plenty of bait went in so the fish should still be there. As the draw was called you could sense the tension as each angler put their hand in the bag hoping for magic peg 8 but i could not see any smiling faces, and as i drew last i stuck my hand in and there it was much to the other anglers disgust and all of a sudden the pressure was on.
I raced round to peg 8 with all these ideas of big fish ,big weights and Pb's ,but then thought you idiot Jon EMPTIED the peg yesterday and tipped all his spare bait in at the end so the fish had already had a good feed. As the whistle sounded to start the match as last week the only people i could see were the ones on the car park bank and the closest one to me was John Bennett who today was going to refuse to talk to me and let his fishing do the talking for him. Fishing was slow except for Mick Lane on peg 13 and Paul Jay on 14 who were catching well in the first hour but for the rest of us it was a struggle and during the second half of the match the fish decided to feed as it got later and the wind died down. From where i was i could see Mike Stimson on 9 starting to catch and also Phil on 10 as he kept on asking me to confirm his weighers but in the distance i could see Chris Telling sneaking a few fish from peg 28 but there were plenty of lost fish for John Bennett on 32. On one occasion John hooked a fish from in front of peg 33 and it managed to jump 3 or 4 times out of the water before it broke him, and then two minutes later he managed to hook a monster carp that John estimates was at least 25lb before it snapped his elastic and took his rig to the depths { what a shame}.

Vespe's sponsored Chris Telling

In first place today was Vespe's sponsored Chris Telling who was on peg 28 and today he ignored everone who said to him paste was finished as the weather had turned cold, and he proceeded to catch at long range {13 metres} fished on the deck to catch his fish. Fishing was slow to start with but in the last hour Chris was flying helped by big fish which helped him to his final weight of 240-00 {well done Chris}. Chris fed cautiously today using a pole cup and by fishing long had most of the fish to himself as all the anglers around were fishing no further than 5 metres. He also used Vespe red and orange elastic which gave him an easier time playing fish as they did not bolt away as usual .

In second place and on a good run was Rolfslake's Paul Jay who for the second week running was on peg 14. Paul learnt from last week that bites on paste were few and far so today alternated between soft and 8mm banded pellet fished on the deck , fished on a lift and drop which induced bites for him. Paul also caught big fish that helping him pull away from the chasing pack and after 5 hours had caught a hard earned 177-12. Completing the frame was the Swindon bandit Mick lane on peg 13 and after a good start found the fish difficult to catch later on in the match. Mick caught on pellet and meat fished on the deck and he also had fish to double figures which in the end put him only one fish off second with his weight of 166-12.

Cartel member John Bennett 1
Eddie T-Green 11

The big question -was John asleep on peg 32 during the 5 hour match today ?

Eddie T-Green wasted another good peg today.

As for me i was dreaming of a victory even before the match had started and that was my first mistake. The second was not listening to Jon Walker who said to fish small baits and come off the paste and dont feed heavy, as the fish were backing off. I started at 7 metres on the paste and had too many foul hooked fish so tried the corn and managed a few fish, but a change to the 10 metre line fished towards peg 35 and using a combination of heavy feeding and another try with the X4 paste brought an immediate response. In the last hour i had about 90lb of fish and lost a few big fish and the lesson learnt was to have your float dotted as low down as you could in the wind to get the best bites. After 5 hours i had caught 112-08 and was so frustrated with my fishing that i nearly did not weigh in but the though of beating John Bennett kept my nets in the water.

Results.

1st Chris Telling peg 28 240-00

2nd Paul Jay peg 14 177-12

3rd Mick Lane peg 13 166-12

4th Phil Powell peg 10 148-12

5th Andy Camden peg 16 146-08

6th Eddie T-Green peg 8 112-08

7th Mick Jones peg 30 100-00
8th John Bennett peg 32 90-00

9th Mike Stimson peg 9 85-00

Until the next report tight lines Eddie T-Green