Soderhamn on the east coast of Sweden is the weekends venue and we were expecting big weights but unfortunately we had earlier frosts than usual and that meant breaking ice ! Undetered, resolutely most of the competitors started to create holes in the ice for all the pegs. Johan and myself completed over 20 pegs and by the end of it Johans hands was a mess of blisters ! My hands were dropping off as i used a 10 metre boat hook to help clear the ice to the sides.
Johan interviewed Anssi of team Splash and head of Sportsfiskarna.
Some of the brave fellows returning after ice hole breaking
over 30 competitors waiting patiently for the open draw
Folke ......the main man and organiser gives the anglers an intro
Draw time and who's got what ?
Crazy fuckas !
My peg for the day (peg 16)
Tommy to my right
Anssi in my section setting up
Weigh time and Tommy took just under 11 kilos
12 ish kilos
11 ish kilos
My 8.5 kilos ......had 2 fish after 3 hours then it went mad in the last hour. Fished hard all day , i never gave up and tried different line strengths and hook sizes and different depths. I tried take apart pole and whip and cupped in food all day and sometimes sprayed maggot . Frustrating day yet i really enjoyed the first day of competition. ....................All day i tried maggot but only caught on worm !!
1 comment:
Hi Phil,
Great pictures, but there is one mistake, my name is not Lennart, it´s Tommy :-), and the weight was just above 10kilo
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