The Jinx Series 2012
Match 2
Match 2
I’m back to Rolfs Lake today for match 2 of this year’s Jinx Series, just 2 weeks after the first match and having suffered a mare 2 weeks ago when I changed my pre match routine I wasn’t about to let it happen again, so after loading the car this morning and setting off my first stop was my customary one in Battersea for breakfast at the Jimmy’s Griddle café and a ‘Full English’ soon had me set up for the day ahead and feeling that all was right with the world before I climbed back into the car and headed for Rolfs. There was a bit of a hold up on the M40 due to a crash just after Junction 4, but the hold up wasn’t to costly and it was just after 10am when I pulled into the car park.
There were quite a few already in attendance as they had fished a night match the previous evening and after collecting a cup of coffee I was soon catching up with the events of the previous night, including a first hand account from Terry of how he’d been for a moonlit swim on peg 4, luckily he’d survived to see the funny side of it despite not being able to swim.
One of the big questions today was who would be the first wearer of the new Pink Hat, unfortunately Geoff couldn’t be there today, but with 13 victims of the previous match attending Gem would be spoilt for choice, in fact a couple of us tried it for size, Lisa W-P catching me on camera……
There were quite a few already in attendance as they had fished a night match the previous evening and after collecting a cup of coffee I was soon catching up with the events of the previous night, including a first hand account from Terry of how he’d been for a moonlit swim on peg 4, luckily he’d survived to see the funny side of it despite not being able to swim.
One of the big questions today was who would be the first wearer of the new Pink Hat, unfortunately Geoff couldn’t be there today, but with 13 victims of the previous match attending Gem would be spoilt for choice, in fact a couple of us tried it for size, Lisa W-P catching me on camera……
….. but others strangely melted away at the very site of it, it didn’t do Fred any good though as The Minx selected him to be this season’s first wearer……
With Geoff unable to make it today Dave Wall had seized the chance and stepped into fish for him, so of course it was only polite on my part to offer the chance to reclaim the Golden Nugget he’d handed to me on the previous match. Gem and I had our usual side-bet of a Nugget and I also had one with Neil. For once Malc actually called the draw early at 11·50am with a full house of 21 assembled for the draw, everyone moving along one section today from the previous match.
C section for me today and with the wind blowing down toward the Little Lake not the most favourable of sections I felt although it had produced 1st and 2nd in the previous night’s match. Into the bag and it’s peg 26 on the car park bank for me today with Ade on peg 28 to my left for company and Neil to my right on peg 24 along with Dave Wall on peg 22. The Minx had drawn peg 30 so it should be easy to keep an eye on the possible destination of the Nuggets today. It didn’t fill me with confidence though as Simon had won the night match from peg 28 with 175½lbs and with Ade being his partner in the ‘Pairs’ he’d fully briefed him on how he’d fished the peg. Mat had fished Dave Wall’s peg and come second with 121lbs while Malc had fished Neil’s peg and weighed 74¼lbs. Mine had been fished by Nick Williams who’d only managed 17lbs for last place, so it looked like I might have it all to do.
A nice short walk meant that it didn’t take long to settle my gear into the peg despite there being about an inch of water covering the platform. I don’t seem to draw the car park bank that often but decided to keep it relatively simple with just 3 pole lines all on a top 2 + 2, a comfy 5mtrs. One straight out in front where I had around 7 feet of water, one at the base of the slope in front of the bush to my right with around 6 feet of depth and the final one on my left in line with peg 9 in around 4½ ft of water. All the rigs were freshly tied and made up with NG XT Mugger HD’s in sizes 0·3gm, 0·4gm and 0·6gm on 0·21 Ultima power match straight through to size 16 Kamasan B911X’s. Bait for today was a mix of 4 and 6mm fishery pellet for feed along with some 6, 8 and 11mm pellets for banding along with some corn and GOT Baits soft hookers.
The All-In came at 2pm and I fed two small pots of mixed pellet and corn straight out and one on the other 2 lines. Nothing straight away but Neil had started on the feeder cast to the aerator and snared a bream straight away which was soon followed by a carp. It’s times like this that you start questioning your own approach. Should I have set up a feeder? No point worrying about it now though, Neil is a regular at the lake and has had his fair share of results there, so time to file that away for future reference and get on with fishing my own match.
I made the mistake of leaving the first couple of indications to let them develop………. they didn’t, so at the next dip a lift brought some resistance and a decent skimmer was soon in the net to get me off and running. I just kept feeding a pinch or two of mixed 4 and 6mm’s every minute or so and soon had my first carp in the net as well, nothing big at around 7lbs but it really scrapped well, staying deep and reluctant to come to the surface and it set the pattern for my match. I seem to get my fair share of draws next to Neil and it always makes for a good day as he likes a bit of banter and there’s always a few laughs to be had along the way.
Neil had definitely got off to the better start but I had the feeling that I was staying in touch over the first couple of hours with 4 more carp and another skimmer. John Bennett had strolled up to retrieve Ollie who was trying to cadge some luncheon meat from Neil while he was playing what looked like a decent fish that took him a bit of time to get to the net……
The All-In came at 2pm and I fed two small pots of mixed pellet and corn straight out and one on the other 2 lines. Nothing straight away but Neil had started on the feeder cast to the aerator and snared a bream straight away which was soon followed by a carp. It’s times like this that you start questioning your own approach. Should I have set up a feeder? No point worrying about it now though, Neil is a regular at the lake and has had his fair share of results there, so time to file that away for future reference and get on with fishing my own match.
I made the mistake of leaving the first couple of indications to let them develop………. they didn’t, so at the next dip a lift brought some resistance and a decent skimmer was soon in the net to get me off and running. I just kept feeding a pinch or two of mixed 4 and 6mm’s every minute or so and soon had my first carp in the net as well, nothing big at around 7lbs but it really scrapped well, staying deep and reluctant to come to the surface and it set the pattern for my match. I seem to get my fair share of draws next to Neil and it always makes for a good day as he likes a bit of banter and there’s always a few laughs to be had along the way.
Neil had definitely got off to the better start but I had the feeling that I was staying in touch over the first couple of hours with 4 more carp and another skimmer. John Bennett had strolled up to retrieve Ollie who was trying to cadge some luncheon meat from Neil while he was playing what looked like a decent fish that took him a bit of time to get to the net……
A cracking Mirror that looked a good 15lbs but rather disappointingly only showed as 12½lbs on the scales, obviously spawned out. Ade had picked up a few as well and in fact looking around the Big Lake everyone seemed to be getting a few at one time or another and one of those was Mat on peg 8 who seemed to be catching pretty regularly
I soon spotted Dave Moore, to be fair he’s a big lad and hard to miss, even more so in his fluorescent orange bib and brace and a quick chat soon revealed that he was suffering down on peg 40 getting blasted by the wind in his face without as much as a bite to show for his efforts so far.
I opted for a look at my left hand line with a banded 8mm on the hook and first put in the float just kept on going, the fish set off for the middle and put up dogged resistance before succumbing to the pressure, a nice common of 13½lbs, but I couldn’t tempt another bite from that line so opted to take a look down the slope by the bush. That produced a decent skimmer straight away followed by a common that made a bee-line for safety under my platform but I was lucky and managed to grab the line and pull it out from under there before it broke me and soon added it to my net.
Meanwhile Neil had broken his landing net handle returning a weigher, but luckily had a brand new spare in his holdall. The Minx however was struggling on peg 30, it hadn’t been fished on Friday night and it looked like the lack of feed previously was handicapping her as she still had nothing to show for her efforts today……
I opted for a look at my left hand line with a banded 8mm on the hook and first put in the float just kept on going, the fish set off for the middle and put up dogged resistance before succumbing to the pressure, a nice common of 13½lbs, but I couldn’t tempt another bite from that line so opted to take a look down the slope by the bush. That produced a decent skimmer straight away followed by a common that made a bee-line for safety under my platform but I was lucky and managed to grab the line and pull it out from under there before it broke me and soon added it to my net.
Meanwhile Neil had broken his landing net handle returning a weigher, but luckily had a brand new spare in his holdall. The Minx however was struggling on peg 30, it hadn’t been fished on Friday night and it looked like the lack of feed previously was handicapping her as she still had nothing to show for her efforts today……
With nothing more to show from the edge of the bush it was back to straight out in front for me and things started to pick up from there on in as I started to put together a steady run of fish, mostly net fish but still decent weight builders. Meanwhile Neil had lost a big common right at the net that he’d played for ages after foul hooking it in the tail on his feeder rod, and then just to add further insult to injury had the thread fall off his new landing net handle. Luckily he managed to borrow another from Paul Jay who was at the lake.
YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS rang round the lake as Gem finally had a carp to show for her efforts and this was swiftly followed by another, was she going to have a good end to her match? Opposite me on peg 14 Dai was starting to pick up some big weighers fishing tight down his right hand margin ……
YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS rang round the lake as Gem finally had a carp to show for her efforts and this was swiftly followed by another, was she going to have a good end to her match? Opposite me on peg 14 Dai was starting to pick up some big weighers fishing tight down his right hand margin ……
…… but had a disaster when a big double that he was unhooking rolled in the landing net and with a big splash was back in the lake before he could weigh it.
The last hour saw my bites become very iffy and I bumped a few on the strike despite changing the hook although it didn’t seem to have lost it’s point. I did manage to put another 5 in the net though, and Neil reported the same, losing six fish on the trot before the All-Out sounded a 7pm. Neil felt I may have edged it, but I felt that he may have the advantage with more weighers on the board, Whichever way I felt it would be close as I reckoned on having around 120lbs. Dave Wall would be there or there abouts as well as he’d had a good second half tucked away on peg 22 and had a few weighers on the board. Ade would be in contention as well although he felt he’d had to many skimmers among his carp.
With the kit packed away and back in the car I said farewell to Neil, he had to leave early as he had somewhere to go, then it was time for the Weigh-In, all would be revealed.
Simon in A Section was first to weigh with 87lbs followed by Steve who’d finally caught late for 76¼lbs. Paul’s 43½lbs was followed by Dave M’s 51¼lbs so he’d got a few in the end. Nick W-P had 66lbs and Clive 94lbs but it was The Jinx who’d walked the section when his peg came to life late on giving him a weight of 167½lbs. Into the first part of B Section and Budgie’s 69¼lbs was soon eclipsed by Mat with 122lbs while Tony had suffered a day of total frustration for his 44¼lbs. Kevin had 52¼lbs while Fred had managed 71¼lbs from peg 13. Onto C Section and Dai recorded 89¼lbs missing out on a ‘Ton’ due to that big double escaping. Terry had 61lbs followed by Nick with 53lbs. Round to peg 22 and Dave Wall recorded his first Rolf’s ‘Ton’ with 107½lbs. Neil’s weight was 117½lbs and my weight showed how close it was with my 121¼lbs proving good enough to take the section. The final part of B Section saw Ade put another ‘Ton’ on the board with 105lbs, The Minx however was a little despondent with just 3 carp for 28½lbs leaving a lot of people very relieved. Last to weigh was Dave C who’s 69lbs brought matters to an end.
Back to the hut and the winner on the day was The Jinx himself, Mat taking second while I’d taken third overall which meant that the section money was ours as well along with 3 Golden Nuggets for me.
Who’s got The Pink Hat for the next match? Well with no victims today it looks like The Minx will be wearing her own hat next time, but before anyone gets to cocky beware ………… I’m sure she’ll be looking for revenge next time out.
The last hour saw my bites become very iffy and I bumped a few on the strike despite changing the hook although it didn’t seem to have lost it’s point. I did manage to put another 5 in the net though, and Neil reported the same, losing six fish on the trot before the All-Out sounded a 7pm. Neil felt I may have edged it, but I felt that he may have the advantage with more weighers on the board, Whichever way I felt it would be close as I reckoned on having around 120lbs. Dave Wall would be there or there abouts as well as he’d had a good second half tucked away on peg 22 and had a few weighers on the board. Ade would be in contention as well although he felt he’d had to many skimmers among his carp.
With the kit packed away and back in the car I said farewell to Neil, he had to leave early as he had somewhere to go, then it was time for the Weigh-In, all would be revealed.
Simon in A Section was first to weigh with 87lbs followed by Steve who’d finally caught late for 76¼lbs. Paul’s 43½lbs was followed by Dave M’s 51¼lbs so he’d got a few in the end. Nick W-P had 66lbs and Clive 94lbs but it was The Jinx who’d walked the section when his peg came to life late on giving him a weight of 167½lbs. Into the first part of B Section and Budgie’s 69¼lbs was soon eclipsed by Mat with 122lbs while Tony had suffered a day of total frustration for his 44¼lbs. Kevin had 52¼lbs while Fred had managed 71¼lbs from peg 13. Onto C Section and Dai recorded 89¼lbs missing out on a ‘Ton’ due to that big double escaping. Terry had 61lbs followed by Nick with 53lbs. Round to peg 22 and Dave Wall recorded his first Rolf’s ‘Ton’ with 107½lbs. Neil’s weight was 117½lbs and my weight showed how close it was with my 121¼lbs proving good enough to take the section. The final part of B Section saw Ade put another ‘Ton’ on the board with 105lbs, The Minx however was a little despondent with just 3 carp for 28½lbs leaving a lot of people very relieved. Last to weigh was Dave C who’s 69lbs brought matters to an end.
Back to the hut and the winner on the day was The Jinx himself, Mat taking second while I’d taken third overall which meant that the section money was ours as well along with 3 Golden Nuggets for me.
Who’s got The Pink Hat for the next match? Well with no victims today it looks like The Minx will be wearing her own hat next time, but before anyone gets to cocky beware ………… I’m sure she’ll be looking for revenge next time out.
Overall Result
| Position |
Peg
|
Angler
|
Weight
|
| 1st | Peg 6 | Malc (The Jinx) Doyle | 167lbs 08ozs |
| 2nd | Peg 8 | Mat Edwards | 122lbs 00ozs |
| 3rd | Peg 26 | Peter Morton | 121lbs 04ozs |
| 4th | Peg 24 | Neil Riddy | 117lbs 08ozs |
| 5th | Peg 22 | Dave Wall(Guest) | 107lbs 08ozs |
| 6th | Peg 28 | Ade Williams | 105lbs 00ozs |
| 7th | Peg 4 | Clive Pritchard | 94lbs 00ozs |
| 8th | Peg 14 | Dai Thomas | 89lbs 12ozs |
| 9th | Peg 34 | Simon Mound | 87lbs 00ozs |
| 10th | Peg 36 | Steve Wilson | 76lbs 12ozs |
| 11th | Peg 13 | Fred Parker | 71lbs 04ozs |
| 12th | Peg 7 | Marcus Burgess | 69lbs 04ozs |
| 13th | Peg 32 | Dave Collier | 69lbs 00ozs |
| 14th | Peg 2 | Nick Watkins-Price | 66lbs 00ozs |
| 15th | Peg 16 | Terry Goff | 61lbs 00ozs |
| 16th | Peg 18 | Nick Williams | 53lbs 00ozs |
| 17th | Peg 10 | Kevin Loveland | 52lbs 04ozs |
| 18th | Peg 40 | Dave Moore | 51lbs 04ozs |
| 19th | Peg 9 | Tony Roberts | 44lbs 04ozs |
| 20th | Peg 38 | Paul Roberts | 43lbs 08ozs |
| 21st | Peg 30 | Gem (The Minx) Doyle | 28lbs 08ozs |
No names in Pink as nobody was “MINXED”
A Section
| Position |
Peg
|
Angler
|
Weight
|
Points
|
| 1st | Peg 6 | Malc (The Jinx) Doyle | 167lbs 08ozs |
1
|
| 2nd | Peg 4 | Clive Pritchard | 94lbs 00ozs |
2
|
| 3rd | Peg 34 | Simon Mound | 87lbs 00ozs |
3
|
| 4th | Peg 36 | Steve Wilson | 76lbs 12ozs |
4
|
| 5th | Peg 2 | Nick Watkins-Price | 66lbs 00ozs |
5
|
| 6th | Peg 40 | Dave Moore | 51lbs 04ozs |
6
|
| 7th | Peg 38 | Paul Roberts | 43lbs 08ozs |
7
|
B Section
| Position |
Peg
|
Angler
|
Weight
|
Points
|
| 1st | Peg 8 | Mat Edwards | 122lbs 00ozs |
1
|
| 2nd | Peg 13 | Fred Parker | 71lbs 04ozs |
2
|
| 3rd | Peg 7 | Marcus Burgess | 69lbs 04ozs |
3
|
| 4th | Peg 32 | Dave Collier | 69lbs 00ozs |
4
|
| 5th | Peg 10 | Kevin Loveland | 52lbs 04ozs |
5
|
| 6th | Peg 9 | Tony Roberts | 44lbs 04ozs |
6
|
| 7th | Peg 30 | Gem (The Minx) Doyle | 28lbs 08ozs |
7
|
C Section
| Position |
Peg
|
Angler
|
Weight
|
Points
|
| 1st | Peg 26 | Peter Morton | 121lbs 04ozs |
1
|
| 2nd | Peg 24 | Neil Riddy | 117lbs 08ozs |
2
|
| 3rd | Peg 22 | Dave Wall | 107lbs 08ozs |
Guest
|
| 4th | Peg 28 | Ade Williams | 105lbs 00ozs |
3
|
| 5th | Peg 14 | Dai Thomas | 89lbs 12ozs |
4
|
| 6th | Peg 16 | Terry Goff | 61lbs 00ozs |
5
|
| 7th | Peg 18 | Nick Williams | 53lbs 00ozs |
6
|
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