Rolf's Lake. Saturday 17th.

[Pete M]

I know that a few of the lads from this site were at Rolf's yesterday so here's my take on things..........

Another cracking day in good company saw 19 of us assembled in the car park at Rolf's to take part in Matt Nutt's 1st attempt at organising a match.
A lot of us were survivors from [red]The Jinx [/red]Series with a couple of new faces from the site attending their 1st MD's event. Even Webbo had come down from Yorkshire to try some proper fishing.

I drew peg 26 and was joined on the car park bank by Paul, Nick (Slimcatcher) and Webbo to my right and Young Dave & Gemma, Royst and Malc to my left.

Paul, Nick(Slimcatcher) with Webbo behind a bush.

Royst(playing a fish) Malc & Jason(JKG)

Sport was never fast and furious (An understatement in Paul's case) but we all watched a lesson in how it should be done as most of us watched Gary opposite on Peg14 show us how it should be done with a superb display of up in the water fishing, and I think we realised that we needed snookers when he got a 3rd keepnet out!!!

Perhaps it was just having Rolf sitting behind "coaching" him that gave him the edge though. ;D

Spare a thought for Mark C as he was pegged between Gary & Pete Thompson who finished 1st & 2nd. Mark stuck at it though and did manage a few.

During the match I managed to smash a top kit trying to get a lump's head up before it buried itself in the bush to my right much to various peoples amusement , I did manage a few though, one of which Gemma captured on camera.

However a thought should be spared for Paul on the next peg to me, who despite trying everything in his bait bag could only manage a 5½lb Orfe as the carp in his peg went on strike,Having escaped being pegged next to his nemesis Dirk, thought he was safe, He should have known better , naturally we were full of sympathy for his plight ;D

At the end of the match it was those with the experience of fishing the venue that took the spoils, proving that it's not the easy venue that some seem to think, but I think it's safe to say that everyone has plans to return at a later date to try to get to grips with the challenge that the venue presents.

Here's the results of the day............

1st.... Gary Thorpe (Gaza).................. Peg 14........ 227lb 8oz
2nd.... Pete Thompson (Quietman)....... Peg 19........ 179lb 8oz
3rd.... Keith Ashby............................ Peg 9......... 167lb 8oz
4th.... Matt Nutt.............................. Peg 6......... 112lb
5th.... Malc Doyle............................. Peg 30........ 91lb 8oz
6th.... Dirk Williams........................... Peg 34........ 75lb 12oz
7th.... Roy Ravenhill (Royst)............... Peg 29........ 69lb 8oz
8th.... Jason Grant (JKG).................... Peg 32........ 68lb 12oz
9th.... Matt Smith (Matt6900)............. Peg 7......... 61lb 4oz
10th... Geoff Eggison (Lurcher)............ Peg 8......... 52lb
11th... Peter Morton.......................... Peg 26........ 50lb 12oz
12th... Dave Ashby............................ Peg 28........ 48lb 8oz
12th... Dave Webster (Webbo)............. Peg 23........ 48lb 8oz
14th... Mark Causer............................ Peg 17........ 40lb 8oz
15th... Nick Bryan (Slimcatcher)........... Peg 24........ 16lb
16th... Nick Williams (Neo-1)............... Peg 36........ 13lb 8oz
17th... Steve Wilson.......................... Peg 10........ 10lb
18th... Paul Roberts........................... Peg 25........ 5lb 8oz
19th... Dave Collier (dave the fish)....... Peg 13........ D.N.W

[andy222]

Is that a diver pulling Mark C's elastic. ;D ;D ;D.

[polepot]

Thanks for the report pete, some good pics too . Like you said, a strange venue, solid with fish but they can be buggas to catch. Nice to see Paul manage to catch something . I would have thought royst and markc would have been venue experts by now but I see royst didnt manage the ton this time even off peg 7 .

Me thinks T/A should book a match on there, a long way for some of us but it's an experience not to be missed

Peg 14 won it, I'm sure I know someone who drew that peg before, peg 13 DNW

A good 3rd gandhi

A bit different when the fish fight back aint it matt6900

[royst]

I was on peg 29 Niel not 7.

[polepot]

DOH
Sorry Roy

[MarkC]

Nice report Pete & a good bit of photoshop work to remove the "divers" snorkel from my specially posed shot ;D ;D
Has a "venue expert" Neil I was some what disappointed by my own performance, but I was an expert witness to Pete Thompson's weighers ;D ;D ;D
Did you just volunteer to organise a TA event at Rolfs?

[polepot]

I only LOOK stupid mark

[matt6900]

polepot said:

A bit different when the fish fight back aint it matt6900

they fight back at manor if u use a number 4 elastic ;D

i had matt nutt to my right so i thought if i kept up with him i wasnt doing too bad after 5 mins he hooked and landed his first and i struck at a bite 2 mins later and foul hooked a 7lb carp in the tail on black hydro after that fish i switched to the red and landed another couple after loosing 3 foul hookers.. after about 2 hours me and matt was level on fish then a switch for him to his right margin swim and he was away. landing numorous doubles and a few singles..

all i was left with was the dredded fizzing. if i didnt put bait in no activity. if i did loads of fizz. i ended up fishing 13m shallow and just lashed the pellet in and ended up losing 4 foul hooker, landing 3..i lost one fish under my pallet. which still managed to go round the leg of the pallet despite me grabbing the laccy and pulling like stink. and i lost a fish that swam out of the landing net after a early attempt to land it the line caught on the rim of the net and it was night nurse.... and those where the last 2 fish i hooked with 15mins to go and both close to double. ;D

so in the end the fish won 14:8 but still really enjoyed it and already lookign forward to my next visit

[ridgeacre]

Now how you feel mate Matt had the same trouble at Sion Farm Sun just couldnt get them out, to bloody big. Lost at least 11, biggest part of them doubles.Some right lumps came out, I had one 13lb 4 ozs the biggest landed was 16lb 9ozs. Its fishing very good at the moment(Henry,s Pool)

[echoromeo]

I'm looking forward to my next visit to Rolfs, though I'm not sure when that will be , I will keep my eyes peeled for any "invites" over the next few weeks