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Matt Nutt's Charity Match
Rolfs Lake June 3rd 2006
(By: Peter Morton)
Well 20 anglers assembled in the car park at Rolf's Lake to take part in this Charity Match organised by Matt Nutt of G.O.T. Baits to support the fund raising efforts of The Disabled-Angler.Co.Uk .
They are running a series of matches over the course of the year leading up to an All Winners Final to be fished at Holly Farm on Sept 30th, and while this match wasn't a qualifier, the aim was to boost the funds for the chosen charities: Macmillan (Cancer relief) & Francis House (Children’s Hospice).
The warmest day of the year so far, with the sun streaming from a clear blue sky greeted those who had traveled from as far away as Yorkshire and Wales, such is the draw that Rolf's Lake exerts, being the venue where Gary Thorpe broke The World Match Record with a phenomenal weight of 490lb 8oz.
As always Rolf's proved that it's not the easy venue that some would have you believe, and while some anglers caught well, others struggled as the fish in some pegs seemed more intent in lapping up the sunshine than feeding.
The winner on the day was Matt Nutt with an excellent bag of 231lbs from peg 19 caught on G.O.T 6mm hookers fished up in the water over sprayed caster.
Second on the day was a 1st time visitor to Rolf's, Stuart Joy with a very creditable 142lbs from peg 8
While third place was filled by the irrepressible Malc Doyle, better know as The Jinx with a hard earned 114lbs 2ozs.
Spreading the spoils around on the day were the 4 section winners
1st time visitor Wayne Panting (Champion-Baits) putting together a 70lb net off of Peg 1 late on as the fish made him wait.
Jason Grant (Champion-Baits) with 48lbs 14ozs from a jacuzzi of a swim that proved to be hard work on a day.
Dirk Williams (The Dangler himself) just missed out on the main frame and his 1st Rolf's Ton with a fine bag of 95lbs 8ozs.
While the final section place went to Keith Ashby aka Gandhi with a weight of 77lbs.
All in all a smashing day, A Big Thank You to Matt for a very well organised match, and to all the anglers who attended on the day who raised a very creditable £575.50 boosting the overall total so far raised to £1129.
Hopefully we can do it all over again next year.
Next stop
Castle Ashby June 24th 2006
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