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Thursday, 30 April 2026

2026 - ARBOGA - April 25th + 26th

 Well ! What a weekend for me ! Saturdays fishing i was battered both sides by Mats Larsson and Niklas Strengulsend so i had hope for a better Sunday , how wrong could i be ?

I drew Peg 2 and took a look and i thought i might need the platform but i could position my box only so i chose the former . So i emptied the rear of the car and took hold of the platform and started to make my way close to the water when i tripped and fell on my side and back after hitting my left knee into the fallen platform . I had tripped over a hidden metal stake that the locals use to moor their boats to. 

Within seconds great friends Janne Stange , Per Nilsson and Klum family arrived to help me . Russ came down thinking i had an heart attack !! I asked them all to get me standing but straight the way things were not well around my left knee as after viewing i realised teh swelling was huge so only thought was to drive home quickly (i should have not done that ) ,

Anyway , i managed to drive home with great difficulty with my left foot permanently hovering over my clutch pedal and difficult to engage sometimes . Home it was and i called for ambulance as hospital is only 500m away . So i was inspected with X-RAY and CT scan and it was realised my knee bone had chipped off displacing my thigh muscle so it was required to be fused back with the tendon . That night at 09:45pm i was taken to surgery . Out of Operation room at 12:00pm and post-op room till 13:30pm then to my room for something to eat and drink and much needed sleep. 

Now home with long healing process of up to 6-8 weeks. Unfortunately all my competitions are cancelled till August , this is sad for me as its my enjoyment with super angling friends. But i shall return.

Arrived on a chilly morning and the wind was still , a few hours later it was horrendous 







Klum family arrived and great to see our sponsored youth Elias starting to compete with the seniors 




Nobody asked them , they just got on with clearing the old grasses , these guys are priceless , total committed good club anglers with a heart of gold.




Mats with ready made scythe 







Janne with his own cutter set up



Interview of Niklas and Finn 



Dedicated to match angling are the Norwegian (International) boys as they travel to Sweden as their own authorities have differing views about keeping fish in keep nets instead they want them to kill every fish . 



Kjell and Janne discussing before the peg draw - dam weather was cold 



Chief organiser Mats Larsson




Back of METMASK van




Angela with SONU dog 'Spike'





Klum family - Elias our top sponsored youth 



DAY 1

Jesper



Esa


Thomas



Per


Thomas U


Mats


Niklas


Patrik


Finn-Erik


Janne


Russ

DAY 2 

 ......... MY DAY WAS A DISASTER 


RESULTS




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