Saturday 12th March 2005 - Open Match

Gary Thorpe
(GOT Baits)
Peg 24 - 150lb 8oz

  "With the Easter Festival only a few weeks away the lake has started to improve - slowly "

A whole week without a snow flake in sight resulted in drastically better weights in the Rolfslake Saturday Open match. Gary Thorpe (GOT Baits) stormed to 150lb 8oz from Peg 24 as both Gary and Peg 24 continue their respectively good form. Fishing a standard 15m line for Peg 24, Gary fished on the bottom of the bar to draw most of his fish on Maggot.

Rolfs Lake Mal Talbot

Gary Thorpe
(GOT Baits)

Gary still can't draw well?

I guess he'll not complain about poor draws for a while..

Maybe the biggest surprise was for Dave Wightman, drawn on unfancied Peg 10, the Simons 2000 angler took 104lb 8oz for runners up spot. Dave also took most of his fish on Sweetcorn over Pellet. With the wind pushing on to his bank, Dave fished just down the inside shelf back towards Peg 11.

 
 

Name

Team Peg Bait Weight
1 Gary Thorpe GOT Baits 24 Maggot/GOT Bait Pellet 150lb 8oz
2 Dave Wightman Simons 2000 10 Maggot 104lb 8oz
3 Mike Stimson Didcot AC 17 Maggot 71lb
4 Russell Alexander Rolfslake 14 Maggot 58lb 12oz
5 Bernie Fraser Ton Up Baits 26 Maggot 36lb 8oz
6 Matt Nudd GOT Baits 23 Maggot 28lb
Silver Fish
1 Robin Flowers Ton Up Baits 4 Maggot 24lb
2 Dan Jones Rolfslake 32 Maggot 7lb
PICTURE REVIEW

Dave Wightman
Simons 2000

Took advantage of a favorable wind with great affect. Fishing tight to the inside shelf, Dave enjoyed a good day's match fishing.

Robin Flowers
Ton Up Baits

A 3lb Perch for Robin today. One of many 3lb + Perch in the lake to show this winter.

Weigh-In
The Rabble

'All hands on Deck!' Gary ensures his return makes it back to the lake in top condition. (Above)

Russell Alexander takes a net to the dipping station prior to returning his catch. (Bottom)

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