Great to meet up with the TROSA SFK guys again on another competition and the days venue is the Sodertalje canal opposite ASTRA ZENICA .
Match preparation was 2 x TOP 5's with 2gr and 3gr EXNER Elizsa floats with 0.15/0.12 to 16 and 14's TRABUCCO 121XB hook's. I also included a 7m whip with a 3.0 gr EXNER Juno .
Mix of the day was MIVARDI MATCH with PROFESS Turbo with dead maggots and corn .
My peg 4 (The peg i normally fish from in pleasure sessions )
Jari ready to give the signal to both sections
To my left is Johan , Jimmy and Percy
Bad day for me ...........First of all in the first hour my top two came off and sank ! . Then just after i could see an official van placing parking tickets on our cars behind us so i walked over to the guy and tried to reason with him . He said i was parking on the grass ? I was not and nor was the other three anglers cars and i said where is the sign that tells us not to park here , he did not reply ! All the years we have been parking there off road and this is the first time to be fined , outrageous .............900 SEK !!!
The only good news was when playing a fish the line picked up my line i lost with the top 2 connected so i landed 2 roach and got my top 2 back , small concellation . Worse of all i finished 4/5 and my form (never had any ) is dipping continuously , time to look at those golf clubs me thinks !?
Match organiser Jari , all round great bloke who put me to the sword with 6.5 kilos
Johan with 4.5 kilos
Jimmy winner of the section with 8.5 kilos ...........No pestering Bleak for him all day !
Another Jamie match saw 16 hardy anglers looking for a days fishing and hope the expected bad weather would not upset the proceedings however later in the match the cruel windy wet weather came to spoil the party in the last 2 hours - WHEN IS THE SUMMER STARTING ???
I travelled on the Saturday to stop at Jamies abode and with Russ there we certainly got some business and planning sorted as well as drinking vast amounts of wine , not me , just drank Tea . Morning came quickly and the Kitchen was alive of the smell of bacon and egg cobs , not me , i just had my special juice . Of to the venue to meet up with the hardy souls as Jamie pegged the match length to the best of his ability.
View from peg 6 looking towards the car park
Saturday night draw by the master of ceremonies
Saturday evening sniffing
Peg 6 with my crap SENSAS umbrella ( hate it , must get something better)
To the right of peg 6
Well ! what a day , after the initial ground bait bombardment (within the period of the match) the majority sat there and ............nothing for at least 30 minutes , then i took a small Bjorkna on feeder . As the first hour passed only the end pegs appeared to be enjoying some sport . Wished i had not balled it in at this point and just potted in choppy and dead maggot . Anyway i picked up about 6 fish and poor Mats to my left had nothing until half way thro the match ! . The fish appeared to be in pockets or nothing at all !
The rain came in the last 2 hours to compound a bad fishing day and a few anglers had better luck but most did not .
Marcus Enstrom with his super skill managed to find some better specimens and took 2nd in the match with 5325
Carina with 150gr
Patrik with a decent net 2250
Not easy weighing in and recording and photographing so i apology for not taking so many photos .
Congratulations to Russ to win with 6625 , Marcus 2nd with 5325 and Janne 3rd with 3550 .
My day just got worse as after the weigh in i noticed i has left a skimmer in the net , my largest fish . Later when i put the keep net away i found the Ruffe i caught also ....... it does not get any worse than this !
Onwards to the next match and well done Jamie for a well run match .
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What can i say but , what a marvellous venue , car to the peg with an easy bank to place the gear on , absolute quality choice to fish here .
There are a few layby areas so general public can pass in their cars
Looking to the right of my peg - how good is this place !
I decided to make 4 pole rigs of approx. 1.25 to 1.75 in depth . Three rigs were for a 9-11m line and a close rig to fish at 3-4m also with a whip . Groundbait on the day was from the MIVARDI stable sold at MetMask including the best bait in Sweden now cited by many fine anglers and clubs , great work Russ.
The match commenced and i placed three balls in at 11m and placed a few closer balls by hand . I immediately went out on a MAS SM1 1.25gr with a EXNER 1.0gr olivetti with droppers and to a 16s 3405 SENSAS . In the first 30 mins or so all of us caught in our 5 man section but they were mostly small fish with nuisance bleak trying to muscle in so i switched to a 14s hook and half a worm and the effect was direct as i landed a bream about a kilo and a good skimmer . Then i lost two so i decided to change to my lighter elastics like solid SENSAS yellow No5 and MATRIX 3-4 . This helped but the Bleak were still a nuisance so i fed more ground bait closer to prepare for some speed fishing but then fed just chopped worm in soil with plenty of corn and dead maggots at 9m . It was good all the way till the last 90 minutes when my peg started to die yet to my right they were catching quite well . I tried to create a new area but that failed so i started to catch small fish closer but not quick enough so i changed back to 9-11m line and fished the corn taking two large roach and two large Rudd but my last 30 minutes was a disaster as only a few small roach and Bjorkna .
I weighed in just 9860 for a 4/5 in section
The comedian Percy to my right showing his best fish
Thats more like it and a 5600 for Percy
Jimmy next with a great haul ob 16 plus kilos
I think he had 13 kilos ?
Johan about 12 kilos ?
There was another section further away and we heard that was won with 17 kilos !
Great venue and i really want to get back there for another match soon
Trosa have a match in 2 weeks at Arboga (to be confirmed)
Next week there is a match with Jamie over at Koping
With Carola travelling to the ' Girls' for the day i took advantage of the situation and decided to make use of the fine weather with four hours fishing . I met a a few people i know and we chatted for sometime but so nice to meet people i knew at Scania Truck .and Bus
I managed to secure my usual peg as nobody fished here anyway so no fear of losing out for that spot . I kitted up with 2 rigs of 1.5gr EXNER Carp 2's and administered 3 balls of ground bait with the usual free offerings . Wind became a nuisance early so i reduced to fishing at 9m for better control . First hour i took just 2 perch and a roach. I decided to set up 4 whips in readiness for the weekend and after an hour i resumed fishing and started to catch a few on small pieces of worm then caught some decent roach and an Ide on corn .
The water was still very cold and with a bright sunshine day i think the fish were not totally having it , In a few weeks it will be Bream bashing time .
Nyköping evokes many great memories of fishing matches i have fished there in the past and the great battles with Bream shoals (with Tench , Roach , Bjorkna , Rudd ) as they prepare for their breeding fest . Trosa SFK are the club that organise this event lead by supremo Johan Kindlundh the organiser of this two day spectacular event. This is one in the calendar you don't want to miss.
Johan greeting with a smile and after 6 years we meet again mate
Saturday early morning view of the venue with the piren in the distance
Great view of the match length
Massive decent bloke is Kent Adell - great to meet the bagging master . In the 6 years since last seeing him he won a SILVER medal in the World Championships for Sweden . He also won a weekend competition at Saffle with 197 kilos , in 2 x 5 hour matches - staggering weights !
The nature in this area proudly displayed
My Office for the day peg A2
The days menu
4 feeder rods at the ready
The bait and mix ready
Peg and the view
I managed to get into the water and set up my box however i must invest in a platform as clearly they're a must for this style of fishing . Unfortunately i had not used these leg waders for sometime and the left leaked and the right boot slipped down allowing a surge of water in so i sat the whole match with cold feet , not the best of situations . Match started and within 10 minutes Fredrik Samuelsson on next peg struck into first fish a decent size Bream .
Weigh in time Lauras caught well all day for 24680 from A1
Slow start but in last 2 hours i put some better fish in the net for 17640 on A2
Fredrik to my right on A3 with a nice Tench and 17560
Marcus on A4 with 18860
Håkan with 12360 on A5
Stefan Holst absolute smashing bloke and another bagging master with 11140 on A6
Mats my personal fishing medic with 16360 of A7
Wilhelm with 9780 and a big bream on A8
Krzysztof with 9860 on A9
Jimmy my other fishing medic and alround great bloke with 15460 on A10
Has been known to kiss fish
Jaroslav with 5980 on B1
The man , the myth , the legend Kent (Esses) Adell with 18620 on B2 - with a nice Ide
Mikael with 14800 on B3
Jesper with days TOP weight of 24520 on peg B4
ESA on B5 had 9600
MAGNUS on B6 had 19020
On B7 with 18400 was Trosa's finest , Johan
On B8 was Patrik with 14500
Tadas on B9 with 21160
Crazy bloke called Jamie with 22980 on B10
First days results
Second day arrived with a promise of horrible foul weather and driving rain - deep joy !
This time i brought my full waders however i could not get out in the water like Jesper did the day before so i decided to fish in the water close to the bank . Great mate Mats Larsson got into the water and cleared a channel out for me and i was most grateful as my old body does suffer from the cold so i was able to keep my feet out of the water .
The day got worse weather wise after about 2 hours of the match when the wind swung around and came into your face and it rained . Soon you started to feel cold and without decent weatherproof clothing you are well and truly fucked . Jamie to my left waded fully out to his waist however the cold got to him and he had to retire after catching at least 10 kilos in first 2 hours . I think we both said we must gear up for these conditions and start investing in decent platforms etc ....
Anyway my choice of sitting further back cost me several decent fish as they snagged up in the weed but that was my choice so next year i shall plan better with better clothing and decent equipment and larger hooks (Thanks Kent )
So it was end and the second day and even though the weather was awful and dam cold the fishing was incredible as the catch returns doubled on the Sunday .
First to weigh in section A was Fredrik with 31440 .....A1
Jimmy my personal medic was on A2 with 34980 (sorry no picture due to frozen fingers and steaming up camera lens from the incessant rain - forgive me mate
On A3 Tadas with 14660
You can see the picture is getting blurred from the rain on lens
On A4 is the 'BAGGING MACHINE ' who took no prisoners with his tactics (thanks for the tips mate ) on A4 with a staggering weight of 52360 - almost 4 weigh ins !!
Johan THE top rod from Trosa with a great weight of 32860 of A5
Mikael with 19000 from A6
Håkan with 23180 from A7
Wilhelm with 29820
Wilhelm on A8
Krzysztof with 22700 on A9
Magnus with 27660 on A10
Patrik on B1 with 9860
Jaraslov on B2 with 26180
B3 was Jamie and the cold got the better of him which was a shame as he gained 2nd place the day before
Me on B4 with 14540 , cold , wet but still enjoyed it and will be back next year , certainly equipped better
Esa with a great catch of 3160 from B5
Mats my medical assistant on B6 with 29300
Top man of the weekend was Jesper with 31700 for competition winner
Marcus on B8 with 34580
On B9 was Laurus with 19240
On B10 was the other bagging machine Stefan with 44120
THE RESULTS - How good ?
Since returning from UK last year after 6 years away i realised after this weekend just how short i am of gear for Swedish fishing . This has shown me i need to get sorted out for a platform , maybe a new box but most of all is changing my gear over to this form of fishing as certainly with Arboga which certainly was a feeder match along with the Nykoping match a change is required and i must get better warmer clothing for when the situation allows .
My next order i think will be a MK platform
I need to o look in the Toy catalogue
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I also learned my lesson in how to strip the dead reed stick from last year - DONT BREAK THEM WITH YOUR HANDS !!!!
Foolishly i put a large gash in a finger that did not stop bleeding - thanks to my medical assistants Mats and Jimmy they saved the day with tissues and plasters .So the weekend was a learning curve on what to do and what not to do , next year wiser , i hope .
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Cheers Russ
Big thank you and massive well done to Johan Kindlundh for organising the weekend - HUGE WELL DONE TO YOU MATE !
