August 20, 2011

• Rolfs Lake. Holton. Oxfordshire.

   

  

  Jinx Match 5

  Well an earlyish start for me today as it’s the fifth Jinx Match in this years Series. I’m not having the best of Series myself this year, but as always it’s been a great set of matches to fish . However as an added bonus this weekend I’m stopping over and fishing as a guest on a club match on Sunday . Anyway a look through the curtains revealed a sunny start to the day , so having fed the cats and and demolished a couple of cups of coffee, I soon had the car loaded up with my gear and a few extra bits (sleeping bag, pillows etc) and was on my way. It wouldn’t be a trip to Rolfs with out my customary stop in Battersea for breakfast at the Jimmy’s Griddle café and a ‘Full English’ soon had me set up for the day ahead before I climbed back into the car and headed for Rolfs.
  
  I pulled into the car park just after 10am to find that it was already quite full. A number of the lads had arrived on Friday and had fished the night match which Simon has won with 136¾lbs from peg 16 . Discussion as always focused on how it would fish today, and with it having fished relatively hard last night I wasn’t expecting it to produce any mega weights today.
  
  11·30am and time for the draw. Webbo wasn’t fishing today and young Liam (Jinx Jnr) at just 8 years old would be fishing his first 5 hour match in his place , and it was agreed that Malc (The Jinx) would have the next peg to keep an eye on him. Well Liam drew Peg 31 meaning Malc had Peg 32, Steve drew Peg 13 but seemed more than happy with that, probably because he’d fished it on Wednesday in the open and had a ‘Ton’ off of it . My dip into the bag yielded Peg 10, a swift return to to a peg where I’d had a mare on the Sunday of the MD’s Pairs Weekend . Take a look at the picture below to see where everyone ended up……

  

  So with my kit collected I made my way round to my peg. I had Neil Riddy for company today tucked behind the bush on my right on Peg 9, and club-mate Tony to my left on Peg 11, while across from me I would have the perfect view as The Jinx and Jinx Jnr went head to head . The set up today wouldn’t be to dissimilar to the way I fished it the last time. Two 6mtrs lines (a tad further out than last time) at 10 and 2 o’clock to the platform taken care of by a 0·3 NG XT Power Pencil on 0·20 Ultima Power Match finishing with size 16 Guru MWG. A 0.2 NG Edger on 0·20 Ultima Power Match finished off with size 14 Guru MWG would be used on top of the ledge tight to the bank on my left, while a NG 0·3 XT Sampson margin on 0·20 Ultima Power Match finished off with size 14 Guru MWG would be used to fish by the bush to my right. The bait on the sidetray was 6, 8 and 11mm fishery pellets and a selection of various soft hookers, along with sweetcorn and paste.

  

   

  With a few minutes to kill prior to the off I had a quick stroll round to see how my Pairs partner Fred(Milo) was doing, and as usual he was his laid back self catching up with the news in the paper. However the finishing touch was The Pink Elephant proudly adorning his head as the latest victim of The Minx ……

  

   

  So at 1pm the All-In was called and we were underway. A pot of mixed pellets and corn were shipped out onto both 6mtr lines and a handful of pellets to the bush and margin swims. An 8mm banded pellet followed out to the right hand 6mtr line. Not a lot happened straight away but Malc was into a fish almost straight away as was Steve. My first action saw the float bury, but the fish bolted off, the rig returning with a scale embedded on the hook, surely I wasn’t going another day like the other Sunday .
  
  The wind was blowing down into the Little Lake today, but despite that I heard a YEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!! from down on Peg 40, so that was The Minx up and running ……

  

   

  Forty five minutes in and my float slid away, obviously another carp, but it felt right and after a short but spirited scrap it was safely in the net, I weighed it to be on the safe side, but at just 8½lbs I needn’t have bothered. Liam had seemed to get off to a cracking start with Richard, one of the Rolf’s regulars keeping an eye on him .
  
  Tony had got of the mark with a couple of fish and then lifted into another only to have improbable lengths of elastic stripped from his top kit , obviously a foul hooker but slow steady pressure saw Tony sliding the net under it after a few anxious minutes, a big 15lbs+ fish and he repeated this next put in with another weigher that went about 10lbs.
  
  My next fish wasn’t quite of the same stamp, a Bream of around 3½lbs but welcome none the less, which was soon followed by a roach. Liam however was having a rare old tussle over on Peg 31. He played it really patiently though and with it safely in the net it was obvious that it was something special. Onto the scales with it and it weighed an even 20lbs!!!!!!!! A PB for Liam and thankfully caught on camera ……

  

   

  Jean had arrived with a welcome cup of coffee , and while I took a few moments for a much needed caffeine hit I could see that Neil was having a bit of a mare with foul hookers and lost fish, and Steve was suffering too ……

  

   

  Rumour had it that Simon, fresh from his win in the night match was really struggling to avoid a Minxing from his better half as well . As the match wore on I was falling further back, I did manage another couple of Carp and another couple of Bream, but Tony was steadily pulling away, as were Liam and Malc, but a glance up toward Pegs 19 and 20 revealed that I was probably having a better day than Jon and Dave on what have become 2 pegs that nobody wants to draw in this Jinx Series ……

  

   

  Malc as per usual was doing his best to provide a bit of entertainment , one fish storming off into the distance before diving under the platform on Peg 33 before snapping him up ……

  

   

  The next one did the best job however diving under his platform and making drop his landing net into the lake before Malc was on his knees and threading his top kit under the platform and retrieving his landing net in the process ……

  

   

  …… Somehow though through all this Malc somehow managed to stay connected with the fish and finally got it into the net .
  
  With around an hour to go Paul had taken over from Richard keeping an eye on Liam who was steadily putting a good bag together …….

  

   

  ……. but it was Neil on Peg 9 who seemed to have finally sorted things out and was steadily putting a string of weigher’s together in a late run . I did manage to add another 2 Carp to my tally in the last hour, but it was to little to late as the All-Out was called at 6pm.
  
  As I was stopping over it didn’t take to long for me to get packed away and get my kit back to the car park and as I walked round it was obvious that C section in particular had fished hard today. Soon the Weigh-In was under way with Clive on Peg 34 kicking off with 110¾lbs, which would prove to be enough for the section and 2nd overall today . Dave had 78¾lbs while Gem set The Minx Mark at a level 65lbs. Nick W had 51¼lbs to be her first victim but Budgie scraped though after matching her 65lbs. Paul followed with 70¼lbs and Geoff had 102lbs 10ozs for his first ever Jinx Ton and 3rd overall . Kev could only muster 20¼lbs though. Neil had indeed sorted it out weighing 113½lbs for the section and the win on the day . My 57¾lbs ensured another Minxing for me while Tony had 102¼lbs for 2nd in section. Steve weighed 51½lbs while Simon’s 24lbs ensured Gem took the bragging rights today . Terry had 38¼lbs while Fred with 62½lbs and Mitch with 44¾lbs took 1st and 2nd in section. Jon weighed 21½lbs and Dave M 32¼lbs Ady had a level 30lbs, Mat 21¼lbs but Dai had suffered a real mare on Peg 25 with just 7¼lbs to show for his efforts . Simon W had 48lbs and Pete T a fine 95lbs and Nick W-P 30¼lbs. Which brought us to young Liam who weighed in a magnificent 100lbs in his first ever match beating 21 of us on the day . Finally Malc weighed 84½lbs and was delighted to be beaten by his son off the next peg .
  
  So back to the hut where Malc sorted the results and monies. With todays results Clive has won The Jinx Series for a second year in a row , this time with a match to go. Well Done Fella . The Star of the day however was young Liam (Jinx Jnr), and there’s no doubt that he’ll take plenty more scalps in the years ahead .
  
  So with the days events over some departed, while some of us stopped on to fish tomorrow. Dave Moore and I grabbed a Chinese takeaway, and spent the rest of the evening chatting by the hut to Kayley, Matt and Malc and I have to say it made for an educational and hilarious evening before I climbed into the car around 11·30pm for a few hour kip ahead of tomorrow .

   

  Position	Peg	Angler		Weight
  1st	Peg 9	Neil Riddy		113lbs 08ozs
  2nd	Peg 34	Clive Pritchard		110lbs 12ozs
  3rd	Peg 7	Geoff Palmer		102lbs 10ozs
  4th	Peg 11	Tony Roberts		102lbs 04ozs
  5th	Peg 31	Liam(Jinx Jnr)Doyle	Guest	100lbs 00ozs
  6th	Peg 28	Pete Tapp	Guest	95lbs 00ozs
  7th	Peg 32	Malc(The Jinx)Doyle		84lbs 08ozs
  8th	Peg 38	Dave Collier		78lbs 12ozs
  9th	Peg 5	Paul Roberts		70lbs 04ozs
  10th=	Peg 4	Marcus Burgess		65lbs 00ozs
  10th=	Peg 40	Gem(The Minx)Doyle		65lbs 00ozs
  12th	Peg 17	Fred Parker		62lbs 08ozs
  13th	Peg 10	Peter Morton		57lbs 12ozs
  14th	Peg 13	Steve Wilson		51lbs 08ozs
  15th	Peg 2	Nick Williams		51lbs 04ozs
  16th	Peg 26	Simon Watkins	Guest	48lbs 00ozs
  17nd	Peg 18	Mitch Auger		44lbs 12ozs
  18rd	Peg 15	Terry Goff		38lbs 12ozs
  19th	Peg 20	Dave Moore		32lbs 04ozs
  20th	Peg 29	Nick Watkins-Price		30lbs 04ozs
  21st	Peg 22	Ady Williams		30lbs 00ozs
  22nd	Peg 14	Simon Mound		24lbs 00ozs
  23rd	Peg 19	Jon Hatch		21lbs 08ozs
  24th	Peg23	Mat Edwards		21lbs 04ozs
  25th	Peg 8	Kevin Loveland		20lbs 04ozs
  26th	Peg 25	Dai Thomas		7lbs 04ozs

  Names in Pink are those that were “MINXED”

  Section A
  Position	Peg	Angler		Weight	Points
  1st	Peg 34	Clive Pritchard		110lbs 12ozs	1
  2nd	Peg 7	Geoff Palmer		102lbs 10ozs	2
  3rd	Peg 38	Dave Collier		78lbs 12ozs	3
  4th	Peg 5	Paul Roberts		70lbs 04ozs	4
  5th=	Peg 4	Marcus Burgess		65lbs 00ozs	5
  5th=	Peg 40	Gem(The Minx)Doyle		65lbs 00ozs	5
  7th	Peg 2	Nick Williams		51lbs 04ozs	7
  8th	Peg 8	Kevin Loveland		20lbs 04ozs	8
  Section B
  Position	Peg	Angler		Weight	Points
  1st	Peg 9	Neil Riddy		113lbs 08ozs	1
  2nd	Peg 11	Tony Roberts		102lbs 04ozs	2
  3rd	Peg 31	Liam(Jinx Jnr)Doyle	Guest	100lbs 00ozs	0
  4th	Peg 28	Pete Tapp	Guest	95lbs 00ozs	0
  5th	Peg 32	Malc(The Jinx)Doyle		84lbs 08ozs	3
  6th	Peg 10	Peter Morton		57lbs 12ozs	4
  7th	Peg 13	Steve Wilson		51lbs 08ozs	5
  8th	Peg 26	Simon Watkins	Guest	48lbs 00ozs	0
  9th	Peg 29	Nick Watkins-Price		30lbs 04ozs	6
  Section C
  Position	Peg	Angler		Weight	Points
  1st	Peg 17	Fred Parker		62lbs 08ozs	1
  2nd	Peg 18	Mitch Auger		44lbs 12ozs	2
  3rd	Peg 15	Terry Goff		38lbs 12ozs	3
  4th	Peg 20	Dave Moore		32lbs 04ozs	4
  5st	Peg 22	Ady Williams		30lbs 00ozs	5
  6th	Peg 14	Simon Mound		24lbs 00ozs	6
  7th	Peg 19	Jon Hatch		21lbs 08ozs	7
  8th	Peg 23	Mat Edwards		21lbs 04ozs	8
  9th	Peg 25	Dai Thomas		7lbs 04ozs	9

   

  

  

   

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