In the run up to this event various anglers had practiced with very good weights however the fluctuation of the Baltic sea level is always an indicator to how well it can fish but in this case DAY 1 weights returns were exceptional in two of the far left sections.
I was really gutted to not fish this and many other coming matches as my accident on my left knee will take time to recover
I wonder if i could make it into a fishing rod rest of pole rest ?😂😂😂
DAY 1 Results
DAY 2 Results and final standing
Prize for overall winner is a 800 sek card to spend at METMASK - Winner is STEFAN HOLST
Massive respectful congratulations to Mats Larsson on a great organised event - I would definately recommend him for a position in the National Feeder team squad . - he is an exceptional feeder angler.
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
Prize for overall winner is a 800 sek card to spend at METMASK - Winner is JESPER DYBERG
Yet another window of opportunity to fish the mighty Trosa the East coast Mecca for Bagging.
How beautiful is that , so picturesque - all the banking fixes with a 100m of new boarding.
Great place and venue of Jenny and Andreas wedding
Hard to believe that at this point thousands of fish are going upstream to breed. Recently its been Trout with Pike and now the Ide are going up by their thousands.
Yesterdays report on numbers .........579 !
CORN with ground bait mixes and 2mm pellets - SONUBAITS , what else
I think i might enjoy this !?
First of the day a decent 1lb+ roach
But then i hit a problem as the water was saturated in Smelt and i foul hooked so many plus some took the corn and my float struggled to settle due to the density of the shoals ....... eventually after feeding heavy the other fish got a look in
Small Ide about 2lb+
MAS - RULE OK !
100 and i decided to stop after 5 hours - 10 Large Ide + 20 ish smaller ide , Smelt (Norsh?) many large Roach and one Rudd.
Always take that window of opportunity for a session at Trosa . Unfortunately i worked the day before preparing some project work so its really worthwhile taking the drive and i did at 05:15am in the morning.
I was first to get there so i took up my favourite position on the corner. Where else !😆
Set up 2 rods with DH 3gr and 4gr floats to size 8 PresTon N20 HOOKS. Also a 6m whip
So idyllic
First 11 casts was 11 fish of large size Roach - staggering , must have been 7lb at least
The corner and the fish and the view to myself
Rutilus rutilus Dogious Roachius
Bjorkna so fat and probably the biggest i have ever caught ! easily 2lb !
Fished from 07:00am till 12:30pm for 303 fish - i decided to stop as i knew it would be difficult to haul up the nets , and it was !
On the way home decided to visit the fish pass
What a great job they have made of renewing the bank with brand new boards
