Bob
Johnson (Rolfslake)
Despite
the heavy hail storm at the start of the match, the Sunday
Open Match at Rolfslake produced one of the years best sets
of weights, and with the frame being spit between the 3 key
areas of the complex - (Small/Shallow Lake, Car park and Motorway
Bank)
Drawn
on Corner Peg 4 in shallow lake, Bob Johnson (Rolfslake) took
a number of big fish to bolster his 'weighers' (fish over
8lb) to a creditable 91lb. Fishing sweetcorn hook baits he
also took a number of smaller samples to boost his total to
a winning 138lb.
Colin
Storey (TUB)
Also
boosting his weight with a number of bonus doubles was Ton
Up Baits backed Colin Storey on Peg 15. Colin kept his feeding
to a minimum to chip away at a big weight. Although an increase
in the feed rate produced a good run of fish in the 4th and
5th hours.
Elsewhere
Pete
Coxhead (Rolfslake) One of the most frustrated anglers
on the bank today was Rolfslake backed Pete Coxhead. Drawn
on one of the lake top pegs, Pete landed 16 fish for 108lb
- However, this was literally only half of the story. In the
first hour Pete landed 5 of the 13 Carp he hooked and continued
to foul & lightly hook shy or finicky fish for the remaining
hours. In total Pete lost 13 fish at an estimated 80lb - more
than enough to have walked the match. Dan Jones put in a steady
performance from a peg that had benefited from Gary Thorpe's
heavy feeding on Saturday - incidentally Gary took 100lb today
in 2hrs after a slow start and claimed to have fed Hemp and
Maggot to ignite his peg at the half way point.
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