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Rolfs Winter League. Match 4.

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Sunday 3rd January 2010

My first match of 2010 is at Rolfslake fishing match 4 of the winter league series. There are 6 matches in total. I got to the lake and found it to be frozen again with the exception of peg 34. The pegs on the car park bank had been fished the day before but had frozen up again with a thinner layer of ice. I could see carp swimming under the ice.

Carp teasing us all.

Soon a healthy body of cold looking people gathered for the draw.

Everyone was wrapped up warm

I was in B section again so I had a chance of drawing a peg that had been fished yesterday and sure enough I pulled peg 32 out. I have fished peg 32 only once before and I didn’t have a good day but that was a different day. I got to my peg and since has it was fished the day before I only had to break a thin layer of ice. After 5 mins I was done, other people were still getting to their pegs and I was all ready to start plumbing up hehe.

Wrapping up the ice breaker.

My Peg for today. Peg 32

Ice Breaking on the Car Park Bank

I had a line at 10m and a shorter line at 6m just fishing slightly to my left towards peg 9. I did not bother with bush to my left as I had a bad experience with it last time I was on the peg, things are hard enough in the winter without getting snagged up round a bloody bush.

I was set up in plenty of time so me and Gem took a walk round to see Steve Wilson on peg 7.

Steve Wilson aka Jolly green giant lol

On the whistle I shipped out to 10m with a small tosspot full of maggots and disco pinkie with a red maggot and disco pinkie on the hook. The float settled and then disappeared. My reward for one minute of fishing was a perch weighing about a pound and a half. I thought I was going to be in for a good match but I was wrong. I spent the next 3 hours without a single bite from either of my 2 lines.

Nice perch to help boost my final weight

Gem who was sitting behind me had got bored and decided to take a drive to ASDA to warm up

Fields at ASDA were flooded

Gem almost frozen solid

Steve Palmer on peg 30 catching a few

Steve Wilson on peg 7 willing the fish to bite

Ian McCullock on peg 34

In the last hour the Roach turned up and I was getting regular bite but having to feed a lot more than I had been. I dont know if they were responding to the feed or had just turned up on the peg. I was having one a chuck, just a shame they didnt turn up sooner.

I finished up second in my section again. I was second in my section last time I fished B section. Neal Riddy over on peg 9 had managed a single carp to win our section. That was the only bite he had all match too. Jammy Bugger 🙂

Team Assassins are now 4th overall.

Team Assassins

Results…

A Section
1st Ian McCullock peg 34 11-10 RD
2nd Ron Allam peg 38 1-8 MFS
3rd John Bennett peg 40 0-2 RG
4th Steve Wilson peg 7 0-1 A
5th Paul Jay peg 4 DNW RP
6th Earnie Mason peg 2 DNW TS
B Section
1st Neal Riddy peg 9 11-6 RP
2nd Simon Mound peg 32 2-10 A
3rd Steve Palmer peg 30 1-10 TS
4th Mick Lane peg 13 1-8 RG
5th Dan Blackwell peg 10 0-13 MFS
6th Mike Stimpson peg 28 0-6 RD
C Section
1st Derek Hammond peg 24 17-4 RD
2nd Jon Walker peg 26 15-4 RD
3rd Phil Powell peg 22 1-12 RG
4th Ricky peg 16 0-6 MFS
5th Clive Pritchard peg 18 DNW A
6th Lloyd Moss peg 14 DNW TS
DAY TEAM POINTS POINTS
1st Rolfs Diamond 12 RD
2nd Rolfs Platinum 12 RP
3rd Rolfs Gold 11 RG
4th Match Fishing Scene 10 MFS
5th Assassins 8 A
6th Team Spro 4 TS

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

TOTAL  TEAM POINTS POINTS
1st Rolfs Gold 54 RG
2nd Rolfs Diamond 51 RD
3rd Rolfs Platinum 40 RP
4th Assassins 32 A
5th Match Fishing Scene 28 MFS
6th Team Spro 24 TS

The penultimate match is on the 17th January.

Rolfs Winter League. Match 3.

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20th December 2009

Today was the 3rd Winter league match. This time I was to be fishing in C section, the little lake. There was a layer of ice over the lake also today so ice breaking was going to be needed for everyone. John wanted to get the draw done as quickly as possible to allow time for this. I have not had much ice breaking experience so this was going to be a learning curve for me.

At the draw since I was last in my section on match 2 meant I had what was left in the bag after everyone else from C Section had drawn, that was to be peg 4. I have fished peg before but that was in the summer. I had brought my trolley today with the possibility of a long walk.

First job when getting to my peg was to break the ice and make a nice area to fish in. I have to say even though it was freezing cold breaking ice soon warms you up.

My Icebreaker, the only thing I could find. Seem to do the job ok but needed a bit of chain on it which I did not have.

Pictures are click-able for larger version

Simps Ice Breaker

Peg 4

Ice broke out in front

Left Margin Swim

Right Margin swim which froze up again

It was a lovely sunny day. Shame peg 4 had a great big bush blocking the sun from me.

Sunny Day

Some of the ice, pushed the rest under the ice and platform.

I knew this was going to be a hard match and I was not wrong, at the all in I shipped out right in front of me with a single red maggot and waited for a bite and waited and waited. 15 mins later still not even a touch. I had thrown 2 maggots and 2 casters in my left margin swim and thought I would drop in there and see if it was any better. It was not but after an hour the float moved and then sank, the result was a 3oz perch. The smile on my face was massive.

I fed again and only had to wait another half an hour for another perch. By this time my feet were so cold I could not feel them so I decided to have a walk round the lake in a bid to warm up a bit. Walking round and talking to the other anglers it was clear to see just how hard it was fishing. A lot of people were blanking. So my 2 perch didn’t seem that bad after all.

After my walk I had warmed up and was ready to try again, without feeding I had another perch right away and slowly caught another 11 perch, 1 of which was nearly a lb. I was hoping for a carp to come along but they all seemed to be in hiding.

At the all out I felt like I had about 4lb but the scales revealed I had 3lb 4oz. I was not last in my section again and had managed to catch some fish so I was quite happy with that considering I have never broke ice before.

A few more pictures from the day and then the results…

Ian McCullock. C Section Winner.

Sunrise on the frozen lake.

John Bennett ice breaking.

The frozen Little lake.

Just before the results. John and Pauline had laid on some hot tomato soup and hotdogs for after the match. Many thanks for that, it was much needed.

Pauline handing out the Hotdogs.

Full Results can be found here… http://si-lad.com/rolfslake/rolfspegs.htm

The next match is on the 3rd January 2010. I am hoping for no ice hehe.

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