After a visit in July to the area it was decided to place a competition on this part of the Klarelven river at Deje . The river is made famous in the UK by John Wilson visiting the river in the 80's for one of his well know fishing features which was mostly in Karlstad town centre .
Previous weekend i stopped at Karlstad with my good lady but i made a trip out to this stretch where people like P-O , P-Erik and Mikael made the pegs , some 22 in the end ! Their work was priceless and thanked by all who attended the match weekend .
Arrival time on the first day and parking was plentiful .
View from the car park overlooking the match venue
All signs point to the match
Arrival mean't Bait time from Russ - always the best quality plus much MATRIX and PRESTON products showing in his mobile toy shop
The anglers gathered for the opening ceremony from top organiser Mikael Nyman
The rules were read out and the draw was made
Superb meeting place for this match
The Legend that is P-O , this guy has done everything in match angling for the last 50 years and had travelled much with International attendance . Please note he and his wife are over in the UK next weekend to watch the RIVER FEST FINAL .
Russ still selling
Well Day 1 ! ...........what can you say but my 575 gr was not going to worry the leaders . But it was a low scoring section with P-O taking 2600 with a classy display on the feeder .
Per-Erik with a few nice samples from A section
The days winner in Section A was Per Nilson with 13275 and blasted the opposition .
Metmask top man Mikael Nyman with a fine unit of a Bream
First time match angler Rasmus enjoying a nice catch with a fine sample
Tomas with 5925 and 3rd in section
Lennart with a sizeable fish , part of his 900 grams 😀
After the first days fishing we all sat down for a well earned meal
DAY 2 - will it improve ? , improve in B section please as i have drawn the same peg !!
Mikael in the B
The day was poor with Russ taking 9 kilos (5 Bream on the bounce) to win the day.
Section B winner was Per amassing 2250 and taking at least a kilo in last 20 minutes as he found 5 good Russ just of his keepnet !!! to pip me .
Well done Per , great and funny guy who won the DEJE competition with two first places .
Although disappointing weights it still showed its potential with many good catches of Bream but only in certain pegs .
Next year will run the match a couple of weeks earlier and hopefully get better results plus we will look to extend the length of the match with more sections nearby .
Well done to the Podium finishers and good to see my Norwegian mate get third on the day , He lost an Ide on first day estimated to be 5lb plus.
