{"id":553,"date":"2010-03-04T13:23:06","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T13:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/si-lad.com\/?p=553"},"modified":"2010-03-04T14:15:53","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T14:15:53","slug":"rolfs-lake-spring-league-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplematchfishing.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/rolfs-lake-spring-league-round-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolfs Lake Spring League. Round 2."},"content":{"rendered":"

28th February<\/strong><\/p>\n

With Clive and Steve not putting in a team for the spring league I thought I was in for a break before I was next there in May for the Jinx series. However I had a message from Herbie (Ian) asking if I could fish for his team the Pikeys as he was away at Stafford Moor. I accepted, after getting the OK from Gem \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

The morning of the match started bad for me. I got up and went to load my gear in the car and it started raining heavily as soon as I stepped outside. Next problem was the boot lock on Gem’s car refused to open so I had to load everything through the tiny doors but managed to get everything in ok.<\/p>\n

I set off at 8am and go and putting some diesel in. Heading down the M5 I think “hmmm its a bit quiet, I will put the radio on” Another problem, I have forgotten then face to Gem’s radio \ud83d\ude41 So my drive down was a mixture of listening to the rain on the windscreen and the blowing exhaust \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

I got to Rolfs about 9.20am to find most people already there. It was still spitting with rain and there was a slight wind blowing across the lake. I went and made a coffee and stood by the lake wondering how it would fish, thinking of how I had struggled in the winter league.<\/p>\n

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Dull morning at the Lake<\/p><\/div>\n

I was fishing for the Pikeys team (MFS) As everyone in the team was fishing for someone else we had to draw for a our sections. Team mates Gary drew A section and Big Ron (sleepy) drew B section leaving me with C section. I could be on either 16, 18, 22 or 24 today. I didnt fancy 16 as I dry netted off that peg last time I fished it. Everyone was saying that 22 was the peg to draw as Derek Hammond had won the previous round of that peg. So I duly drew peg 22 as my home for the day \ud83d\ude00 Gary had drawn peg 10 and Big Ron had drawn peg 26.<\/p>\n

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Peg 22<\/p><\/div>\n

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On the way to my peg Mick Lane and Phil Powell both told me to fish 16m to the bush. They are the venue experts so I took their advice and set up accordingly. John Bennett had put a brand new platform in, a big improvement to the massive step that was there before. Poor Clive needed step ladders to get up and down \ud83d\ude00 I angled my box to face peg 21 in the corner.<\/p>\n

I only set up two rigs because when I plumbed up next to the bush it was the same depth 16m directly in front of me too. The other rig was my boilie shallow rig as I was planning on giving it a go directly in front of me. My plan was to set up margin rig after if I was having no luck on the bush line.<\/p>\n

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My rigs for Today<\/p><\/div>\n

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My deck rig comprised of a John Walker .4g diamond, Prestons new Xceed line 0.20 diameter and Fox series 2 carp hooks sized 18. I would be fishing corn and maggot on this rig. The boilie rig is the same as the one in “Rigs I use” (above) but I changed the hair rig to a Carp method sized 14 as they are a shorter hook length. I had also made the rig a bit longer than normal to allow me to fish a bit deeper if required. Elastics wise I was using purple Hydro for the deck rig and Middy battle machine for the shallow rig. Baits for today I had corn, 4mm and 6mm expanders and 10mm white boilies.<\/p>\n

With everything set up I went to make another coffee and had a chat with John Bennett on peg 32, he told me not to feed anything at all. Everyone is so helpful even though its a team match they are still willing to share info with you. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Went back to my peg and waited for the all in. With a few minutes to go the phone rings, I had my bluetooth on today as Malc had said he was going to ring to try and JINX me \ud83d\ude00 Gems on the other end to see how I was going “not started yet” Just then Phil blows the whistle and were off.<\/p>\n

With Gem still on the phone I shipped out (I love bluetooth) with my deck rig and plopped it about a foot away from the bush at 16m. The float settled and then sailed away, Fish on already. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. After sitting watching a motionless float during the Winter League I was not expecting a bite to be honest. First fish in the net and Gems cheering me on on the other end of the phone. I went straight back out and same again, fish on within 30 seconds of the float settling.<\/p>\n

This carried on for the next 50 minutes, I was lifting and dropping and the fish would take the bait after it hit the bottom. I had 7 fish in the net after the first 50 minutes. I know this because that How long I was on the phone to Gem for. She said her goodbyes and left me to it, she was more excited than I was I think \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

The last 2 fish I had caught were foul hooked, one in the tail and one in the pec. I was also getting a lot of liners so I decided to drop the boilie rig down and fish mid water. I set the rig exactly half depth of my deck rig and shipped out and plopped it in. The result was immediate, as soon as the boilie reached the 3 foot mark the float disappeared. With 2 hours gone I was still catching. I was amazed. \ud83d\ude2f<\/p>\n

I was fishing with my back towards everyone else so I could not see if anyone else was catching but when I got up to get another keepnet Mick told me that I had won the match already. \ud83d\ude2e<\/p>\n

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Mick Lane<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hour 3 was much the same, I was still catching shallow. Nearing the end of the 4th hour the bites were slowing down and in the last hour I only had 2 more fish. I had been switching back and forth bewteen the shallow and the deck rig with corn to try and keep the fish coming. With the final whistle I had 27 fish up to 17lb in the nets, I thought I had a good 160lb as the shallow line had produced some smaller fish even though Phil didn’t agree lol \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

NOTE.. We were not weighing and releasing because the banks were too slippy and dangerous to keep getting up weighing fish. I had 4 keepnets, so the fish were spread out.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Not many pictures today sorry. Most of my pictures have already been posted on Eddies blog HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

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Where I caught all my fish, circled<\/p><\/div>\n

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The only picture of my fish \ud83d\ude00<\/p><\/div>\n

The rest had the lake had not fished as well but the Silvers were finally showing in large numbers. Derek on peg 9 had managed some cracking skimmer bream. Team Mate Gary on peg 10 had a great bag of roach and John on peg 30 had also managed a good bag of roach. With me not facing everyone else I did not know what had happened but the weigh in told the story. 24lb was the top weight before getting to my peg.<\/p>\n

With my fish weighed in I had managed 211lb 12oz (i think it was 12oz, couldn’t tell what Paul had written :D) Everyone shook my hand after and I was well chuffed, thank you. Our team had also managed a Win on the day with Gary third in his section and Big Ron getting a second. Well done lads.<\/p>\n

Definitely one to remember for me.<\/p>\n

Results.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SPRING \t\t\t\tLEAGUE, ROUND 2. 28th February.<\/p>\n

A SECTION<\/p>\n\n\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/td>\nName<\/td>\nPeg<\/td>\nWeight<\/td>\nTeam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nDerek Hammond<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n24-0<\/td>\nWood Tops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nJohn Cowling<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n18-0<\/td>\nDNW’s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nGary Haisman<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n15-12<\/td>\nPikeys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nJohn Bennett<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n8-4<\/td>\nMafia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

B SECTION<\/p>\n\n\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/td>\nName<\/td>\nPeg<\/td>\nWeight<\/td>\nTeam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nFred Parker<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n19-8<\/td>\nWood Tops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nBig Ron<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n16-12<\/td>\nPikeys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nPhil Powell<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n13-0<\/td>\nMafia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSteve Williams<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n2-4<\/td>\nDNW’s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

C SECTION<\/p>\n\n\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/td>\nName<\/td>\nPeg<\/td>\nWeight<\/td>\nTeam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nSimon Mound<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n211-15<\/td>\nPikeys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nMick Lane<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n21-12<\/td>\nMafia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nMauice Woodley<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n21-4<\/td>\nDNW’s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nPaul Jay<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n17-8<\/td>\nWood Tops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

DAY POINTS<\/p>\n\n\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pikeys<\/td>\n9 pts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wooden Tops<\/td>\n9 pts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swindon Mafia<\/td>\n6 pts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DNW’s<\/td>\n6 pts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

OVERALL LEADERBOARD<\/p>\n\n\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Wooden Tops<\/td>\n17 pts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swindon Mafia<\/td>\n16 pts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pikeys<\/td>\n16 pts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DNW’s<\/td>\n11 pts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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