Winner: Dave Hawkins (Here's one I caught Earlier - Last Summer!)
Dave
Christens New Pole with a Ton!
Winner
Dave Hawkins - Dorchester
Personally,
I made the rare trip up from Bath and finished 4th with
55lb from Peg 16, but on the day I had blown a good peg
with overdoing the Pellet in the initial feed - Still, it
only took 4hrs to work that out!
A strong last half hour produce about 40lb of the weight
and again I went away thinking about what might have been.
On reflection, and talking to the regulars after the match,
I had fished too long, too early and feed far too much during
the first 3.5 hours. If I could could wide the clock back
and do it again, I would only pot in Sweetcorn and flick
or drip a few (5-10) pellets in each or every other cast
over the top for the full 5 hours. Still next time I am
sure I'll under feed a good peg and go away just as frustrated
- The biggest error I continue to make is not visiting the
lake enough to stay in touch!
Dave
Hawkins (Dorchester)
A
first outing for Dave with his new Trabucco Gold Medallist
16m pole resulted in the only Ton up bag at Rolfslake in the
Saturday Open. Drawn on Peg 17, Dave adopted a cautious approach
to feeding from the off and benefited in a steady 4hrs fishing
which produced Carp to 12lb on Single and Double Corn over
potted Corn and a few Micro Pellets. A regular at the lake,
Dave returned a respectable 108lb 12oz on a day when a strong
NW Wind froze the angler and bent any poles into shapes expensive
carbon fibre shouldn't be bent into!.
Russell
Alexander (Rolfslake)
Like
most of the others on the Car Park bank, the NW Wind made
presentation a nightmare and the wind froze the fingers to
the bone. However, Russell did manage to get a run of fish
together in the 3rd, 4th and last Hours to bring 80lb 8oz
to the scales - more than the rest of the combined weight
of that side of the lake. Russell fished at 16m and fed a
few pellets and grains of corn via a small Fox type pole pot
in the difficult conditions.
Elsewhere
Gary
Acock - (Banbury Gunsmith) had drawn fancied peg
14 to take 75lb for 3rd with around 15 Carp. Although Gary
had a fish on before I had finished cupping in I still didn't
twig on that feeding as a non starter!
"Good friend of Gary's
and Lake expert Gary Thorpe jokingly suggested that Mr Acock
had been spending too much time at Oakfield's and had lost
touch and consequently blown a good peg! - Who need enemies
hey? Gary Thorpe incidentally drew the peg next day and Won!!!"
I
spent most of the last half hour like this!
A
10lb Carp - That'll do nicely!
Dave
Hawkins - Spend most of the first 4hrs like this!
Top
3 - (Left to Right) Russell, Dave and Gary (2nd, 1st and 3rd)
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