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Sunday 29 January 2012

2012 - UK TOUR - PLANNING DAY - PART 1


2012 UK TOUR IS ONLY NOW 8 WEEKS AWAY !! ...PLANNING HAS STARTED IN EARNEST AND TODAY IS THE FIRST MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FULL MONTAGE OF EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR WHEN WE ENTER THE UK .IT WAS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR JOHAN TO BRING HIS POLE AND GET HIS TOPS ELASTICATED FOR THE EXPECTED FISHING STYLE AT WHITEACRES AND OTHER COMMERCIAL WATERS IN APRIL.



JOHAN ....WHAT ARE YOU DOING ? .....LOOKS LIKE HE'S EXTRACTING NOSE DEBRIS !





PRESTON STORA BUNG ! WE HAD TO CUT THESE DOWN TO FIT INTO HIS RECEPTACLE ?






HOME MADE POLE FEEDER CUPS


TODAYS ELASTICATION WAS HELPED BY FOX AND PRESTON

WEIGHT IS CRITICAL ON THE PLANE AS WE DONT WANT TO EXCEED 20 KILOS FOR SPECIAL LUGGAGE . ONLY JOHAN WILL TAKE A ROD BAG OVER AS I HAVE MY ENGLISH GEAR BACK IN LEICESTER.

JOHAN HAD THE TOUR SHIRTS MADE

PLUS A HOODIE !

Friday 27 January 2012

METMASK AB - 2012 LAUNCH OF NEW SITE

METMASK LAUCH THEIR BRAND NEW SITE  - Inside you will find a fine array of fishing gear to suit all tastes . Our other tackle partners like Metebutiken and Lasses Sports fiske make our combination the ultimate in one place shopping


Fresh bait and assortments of plugs ,spinners,clothing and fishing accessories


Always delivering at Swedens top matches


 Rogers Metebutiken shares many common transactions with us


Lasses Sports fiske is a great friend in the trade and much business is shared.


Metmask AB bait consultant and DINO Floats-Sweden consultant Johan 'Pickering-Nudd' Tikkanen


MAU angler Mats Larsson and also bait consultant for Metmask AB and DINO floats


Website designer Tim Heighes, also consultant for Metmask AB and DINO floats




Metmask AB bait consultant and DINO advisor to Scandanavian and English markets Phil Ackerley






























Saturday 7 January 2012

2012 - January 7th Trosa canal and harbour area

2012 and January 7th and this is new territory for me ! never before have i fished this late into a season yet i find myself fishing Trosa in 2012 ! when normally all me gear is put away ready for March /April time.
Johan and i had speculated about fishing Trosa as the ice formations had not really started on the rivers and canals plus December was the warmest for 250 years after the warmest November for 180 years !!
We arranged to meet our great friends , the Trosa club and met Percy the organiser of our fishing session down at the harbour area with some of his club colleagues.










A beautiful town on Sweden's east coast is Trosa .




The sun will be needed today as the temperature is already -5



Cars to your pegs  - the way i like it


Percy did a sterling job in cracking the thin ice in our fishing area









This was not a match just a pleasure session and Johan and i were here to learn of these guys who know this water like the back of their hands.


My dead maggots and worms were now lollipops and my corn were ice cubes and the only time they were not was from the groundbait bucket where they remained 'softer'. I placed pole grease on the rings as early indications meant the rings were freezing up.

Johan un-freezing his rings

Even a little hot air action was needed .

Trosa Boys were first to show with a fish each in the first minute!















Winter , -6 , and bites all the while ........warms the heart on a freezing cold day

Stefan with 10 kilos



Hasse with a nice bag of about 10 kilos



Percy with a mixed bag of roach ,skimmer ,Björkna and ide for about 9-10 kilos







Brrrr! loved every minute of the fishing using feeder and stick float.






Johan also alot and mostly on the Bolo




End of the day and we are left with Viagra keep nets !





Massive thanks to Percy and the Trosa SFK for a great day out- a day i will never forget for the fact i have never seen a water so alive in the winter !! Sjuk-vatten jag jatte gillar !!