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Saturday 31 December 2022

2022 - December 31st , New Years Eve - A visit to the new 'Fish Pass' constructed at the top of the town

I decided to purchase a season ticket like the previous two years so i am able to try and enjoy premier class fishing . The only problem sometimes is the anglers around you who insist in casting in your peg on occasions plus i also have to suffer the sight of some deplorable treatment of fish and grand scale removable of prime fish by the 'Foreigners' 

Oh well , lets see if something can be done about this 'rape' of fish stocks when there is no need . Fishing is about enjoyment , pictures of your fish and treating the species with some form of dignity . 


Home to many species like : Bream , Bjorkna , Ide , Roach , Rudd , Bleak , Perch , Tench , Vimma , Pike , Burbot , Zander , various Herrings on occasions , Eel , Dace and odd Chub .


 


Ummm .......Fishing not allowed from the car park bank yet last summer i saw many fishing it ? 



The Project and the facts ........Vad Kosta ? .....in Millions SEK ?









View from the first bend in the river - Our Eldest daughter , Jenny was married there .



View downstream from the first bend as it enters the main town 





What is this in the water ? Some sort of technical capture 'thing' that might be analysing water quality/life?






Walking back up the steeper bank and great view of the water courses on the far side - looks great to fish from ........ummm Summer project  👍😃











Next to viewing station where Otters and Trout have been spotted 




Very nice construction - will it flow like this in the Summer ?






The Overflow stream providing plenty of water flow but expect to be a lot less in Summer



Overflow pipe feeding a smaller stream









Decided to head into town opposite the Bohmans Hotel .........Needed to go !!!... Open ? .... No !!!!




Toilets not Open .........you need to be a boater only , public toilets dont exist to i will use the local tree 




Lets view the water for potential fishing tomorrow ?




Nearside still iced up but fishable to the right 



This is the place i shall cast a line tomorrow - small feeder and a pole line , if i catch then great but if not then the fresh air will be just as nice .



Wind coming at me a little but mostly behind ........     colder tomorrow but less wind and some sunshine for midday 






The Arena of death ........ this is the area where i have witnessed the most gross indecency towards fish species . I have seen foreign types fill buckets of big bream and Ide with some Perch . We are talking big plastic buckets full as they ignore any form of obeying the rules . This must stop and i will most weekends record this 'murder' as it needs to be exposed plus i strongly doubt most of then do not have a fishing card for this water ...........maybe they start taking the Trout , the precious ones , how will they stop this ? 





The Arena of Death , the Christians (fish) and Lions (shit awful people)



Tuesday 20 December 2022

Diary of a man recognising his age yet wanting to get stronger so able to get through life - DIARY 2 - second 3 MONTHS

October , November and December and my 2nd quarter in the gym is nearly complete . I recently took a week to England enjoying a much needed meeting with the family and friends as well as some nice shopping but kept my control on the diet as i was not training in that period. I had a few beers and wines to be sociable but i paid that price of calories by eating the most meanful calorific content. 

It has become noticeable that under the guidance of the 'LEVELS - TEAM' my strength and balance has increased but my weight loss slowed down a little due to extra muscle i am taking on but the general direction is still losing weight. In this 'quarter ' i increased the training by using Saturday mornings for 2 hours repeating what i completed on my Tuesday and Thursday PT days . 

With the NEW YEAR almost upon us i now challenge myself to take off 17 kilos up to the end of June in 2023 . Its a tough task but it will be achieved as its needed for my future years so i am able to be strong in older age . 

'My journey continues and it has no end'


LEVELS church disciple 






 


Progress happens with hard work 




Warm up 5 sets of 5 x 100k




Only correct positioning and movement gives rewards from the LEVELS trainers





Core exercises are essential in all round body strength exercises 





Ooooo yes i can do this - watch me go in 2023 






Welcome to my church / doctor 









Typical breakfast religiously consumed and health pills taken 






Breakfast whilst working in the early morning 






Typical lunches and evening meals 

2 glasses of water with Turkey , Quinoa , Egg , Salad.





2 glasses of water with Chicken , Asparagus , garnish and salad 





2 glasses of water with Salmon , Boiled potatoes , Peas , Carrots 



2 glasses of water with chicken , Boiled potatoes , Peas and Carrots  



Evening snack is Pears or Apple slices with Kvarg and Greek Yogurt 



Mellan Mal can be Protein drink or Egg with 2 rice cakes 





Preparation is everything - Get organised with your intake 














As i said before i have a goal to get to my optimum weight of 100 kilos and this can be achieved through hard work . The new year will focus my energies into succeeding with my trainers Peter and Chris as i now have the pleasant situation of purchasing a new wardrobe of clothing due to my diminishing weight. In fact it was last Sunday that i bagged up half my clothing into a bag as it was Baggy clothes i do not need anymore , that is the old Phil , he has gone , the New Phil has arrived and is flourishing.

Monday 14 November 2022

12th November - Sodertalje Canal - Slider/Bolo match

Saturday 5 of us turned up to fish a rare slider match.

Mats pegged out in good spacing but the wind proved to be a nuisance and throughout the day !

 


 




Sodertalje canal a great venue for 40 places 






My peg 3 , my nemesis peg where i have done badly from in recent matches 



Car to the peg for most people 













Well , not good for me as with three slider rods with various experimental attachments i continuously got tangles from a strong facing wind 

Tom and Mats sorted out their setups to work better and were justly rewarded with 1st and 2nd place.

Tom peg1 1st place  



Mats peg 3 2nd place



Sunday 6 November 2022

6TH NOVEMBER - NYKOPING - INSANE FISHING

I decided to visit Nykoping again after Mats Larsson had returns of 172 fish last weekend . We both fished it a couple of weeks earlier to great effect. 

I arrived about 07:45am and was ready prepared with 3 whips at 4-5-6m and a top 5 pole with no 6 extension. It started very slowly and my first drop in i had a bite but missed it . Some 20 minutes later i caught an ide about 500-600 gr size then quiet for another 15 minutes then i started to catch as the gb/leam small balls with dead maggots and corn started to do the trick . Whilst fishing , good friend Stefan Johansson turned up and watched me bagging as is started to get at least 2 fish a minute as i finished on a 4m whip at 1 metre depth in 3.5 meters of water !!! 

After he departed i got my head down for the next few hours and caught an insane amount of Large roach . ide , Bjorkna , Rudd and some Perch (on corn) . 

When it came to draw the net up , i really struggled to haul it up (and i work out in the gym) Eventually i sat the net down and my 6 metre LOPPIS keepnet was full on bottom three rings . There was no way i could tip the fish in the two buckets i had with me as i really needed 4 or 5 buckets . But i thought best and quickly filmed and tipped back as i take care of the fish .........they all went back and EVERY ONE WAS A 'SWIMMER' ! 











 









Not sure what species this is ? Some form of Herring





A great day of catching and un-hooking and the hand suffers , but i can put up with that ✋👍😀




I estimate i had between 45-55 kilos as last weekend i had 45.2 kilos at Soderhamn and it felt a similar weight and possibly a bit more .


Tuesday 1 November 2022

29/30th October an xtra Soderhamn match

Soderhamn - The Theatre of Breams (and Ide, Big Roach, Perch, Bjorkna, skimmers - forgetting the Bleak). Jesper , Fredrik and Marcus organised this Extra match after the recent high weight competition a few weeks back . 

Metmask again supplied the best bait and delivered for the Swedens Best matchmen with a great standard of 'cared for bait ' . Also supplying the best equipment from the producers listed below 


















Friday night and best restaurant in town entertained us with their culinary delights . (and wines )





This time in Soderhamn we didn't have to call for an ambulance for Russ !!!!




The laughs and camaraderie flowed just like the beer and wine  - super good night. 



Back at the hotel basement car park and ever dependable Metmask delivered the bait , yet again




Worms a plenty






Jamie telling everyone he caught a fish that ...........big



Metmask moto ..........never let the customer down 







The 'Chief' (Per ) .....struggling physically to do anything after receiving two broken ribs in a recent car accident 





Bloodworm of the best quality to those who require




The Joker also of the 'best looked after quality'




Always a generous helping from Russ




Freddy has turned religious - now praying for a victory tomorrow



Bait distribution over and time for a few more beers in McGee's 



Tomorrows species but half do not count 




Saturday morning and Jesper organises the draw 



I got peg 4 - view to my left



View to my right 








Leam filtered - joker powdered 






Spot the gear with so many leaves camouflaging



Jamie to me left and i am on the scrounge to use his wisk as forgot mine .








3 whips and 3 top 4's for me 






All ready ...... hope so !?









Match started with the usual pre-bait and i placed 5 balls leam/joker on 11m line . Then 3 ground bait balls at 5-7m . I didn't want to put too much in as wanted to build the peg up gradually as it was a 5 hour match .

Within a minute of the start most were catching Perch of size but eventually skimmer , roach and ide showed up . I had after one hour one good bream about 1.5 and two about 800-1000 size then the Ide started to plunder the free offerings of maggot i managed to throw in at 5m in a horrendous wind . I started to take the ide and roach with Perch at 5m hauling them in to hand on 0.18 straight through to a size 10 SENSAS 3065 hook using a three gram float . Most Ide i netted as they are crazy shaking their heads so much even the large roach (up to 1.75lb) were nutters ! . 

I had a poor middle hour as the flow changed repeatedly but i finished strong catching another six Big Bream on 5m whip and and pole top 5 . The days wind got really strong close to the end of the match and ironically as the match finished then so di the wind .

Now for the weigh in ..................

Freddy (last years winner ?) with a colossal weight of 53300





Jesper the days winner with 64500








Marcus with 41125



Myself with 45200


Jamie 27750







Per with 46750





Tom with 48475




Jonas with 25850






Anders with 28550




Bengt with 30100




Russ with 39950







After a shower and clean up we met in the Hotel reception for the draw for Sundays pegs 




Master of ceremonies Jesper organised




Hotel receptionist helped us draw the numbers as Marcus videoed the LIVE draw



Draw complete we perambulated across the road from the hotel to McGees  hostelry for food and drink in copious amounts.



Food was excellent and the laughs and fun started with plenty of drinking 





SUNDAY - DAY 2 

No wind but very cold morning greeted all the competitors 



Queen Hege on her throne ........brave lady sitting there in the cold 






EXNER 3gr and 4gr ILIASZ 



EXNER 1.5gr and 3gr LUCIFER













Sun is getting up and soon to get a little warmer







Another great match however i lost it badly in the 3rd and 4th hour as Bleak moved in and i could not get past them so tried corn but so few fish on it. I persisted fishing at 11m on my Joker/Leam line and caught a nice stamp of 6 Bream backed up with some great skimmers . I could not get enough Ide in my peg to get more back up weights to compliment the Bream catch . But that is fishing but still enjoyed another Big weight day .


Per Nilsson with the best weight on peg 1 56450

Brilliant performance considering he has two broken ribs after a car accident . Get well mate .




Jonas 24225





Marcus 35225




Freddy 44675







Jesper 43500






Me with 31000






Dan with 17625 (HEGE 5925)



Jamie with 19375 and a very sore shoulder having struggled to net fish t a steep angle - get it sorted brother !






Russ with 43500




Tom with 42400