22nd October - Nykoping and a reconnoitre day with fellow angler Mats Larsson

          In our quest to gain fishing arenas for this side of the country we have explored possibilities in other towns. It was only just recently that the Piren match had to be cancelled as it was thought the venue would not hold the fish that we know past history has provided . Therefore we looked at Nykoping and yesterday we did and we were pleasantly surprised ?

          Further to this visit Mats Larsson had organised a Slider match in the Sodertalje canal which is a devastating long distance of 400 metres from my abode . Talking with Mats yesterday that Nykoping could provide a MATCHMAN OF THE YEAR as an alternative to the unfortunate cancellation of the match normally run by Christer and Kent . So , could we fit a match in before it gets too cold , watch this space !

I apologise for my swearing in this video but i get incensed at the lack of discipline in any society that does not take care of its environment - when will you see signs of LITTER 1000 SEK fine ? - You should have CCTV , that would stop them , ooooops just thought that is against peoples human rights .

Then to increasingly get me irate you see fishing line discarded - Education with anglers , non-existent . I do know that the four junior anglers nearby left this and there are bins in close proximity (10 metres) . Golden rule when leaving line is to cut it into pieces that way it cannot tangle around the wildlife - when will we learn ?

Comfortable peg and easy for shipping back the pole 

Mats preparing his initial feed

Nice to see EXNER Butterfly flat floats 

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Mats and i having experimented with pole fishing decided to fish short eventually and we were rewarded with a constant stamp of good quality Roach , Ide , Bjorkna and Perch (on the corn) . Maggots i did not use as clearly the better stamp of fish wanted a bait that the Bleak did not care for . In the end i fished a metres deep in 4 metres of water - that shows you the layers of fish stacked up 

Murder fishing in Sweden when there is no need ! .....230 KILOS APPROX dead !!!!!!

It has been brought to my attention that there was a match in Soderhamn , possibly one of Sweden's best match venues where recently huge weights of fish were caught  up to 84 kilos winner .........sadly a TRADITIONAL fishing match was performed .

To my readers this means NO Keepnets and all fish to be killed !!

Of course there is no catch-shots as pictures would be fish with heads broken back at 90 degrees .........this is so archaic form of fishing which in the majority of Europe is abhorrent . We all appreciate that when ice-fishing the fish have to be killed as impossible for retention nets for caught fish. But to kill fish , and so many on a day is truly ancient , dumb and does nothing for the image of fishing in Sweden . 

To all my Swedish match man friends . i appeal to you all to put pressure on fishing clubs and organisations to stop this butchery on an industrial scale. The image of Swedish fishing is tarnished as clearly this form of angling should have no place in the modern fishing era . (We understand that ice-fishing cannot be the same but i would say that most fish caught on ice competitions had less weight and possibly mostly Perch which are considered a nuisance fish)  

230 kilos of fish approx . were killed !!!

- What happened to them ? 

- Tipped on the garden ? 

- sold as dead bait ? 

THIS IS A NATIONAL DISGRACE - WHERE ARE THE OPINIONS OF THE SWEDISH CONTROLLING BODY ??

15/16th October SODERHAMN Bagging .............and the weights were staggering !!

Massive thanks to Jonas Gustafson , Tommy Hjartstrom , Peter Eriksson and Anders Eriksson for the magnificent effort of organising this prestige event . This on the back of the recent successful SM event organised by the Constellation FK and the previous Spring event organised by Mattias Larsson. What a tremendous venue that brings enrichment to the town with so many stopping there and bringing in good money to the towns finances.

Harbour Peg 18 

Arrival on the Friday 

The weekend started well at McGees opposite the Stads Hotel where we were staying . A few drinks and laughs and listening to music with a Music quiz . Great togetherness and many laughs .

The nutcase .......

 

My Peg 18 and set up ready (Makes a change ! )

To my right is Anders Eriksson - good friend and Captain in Bulgaria, Plovdiv , 2003 .......omg ......almost 20 years ago !!! 

Choice of floats was the EXNER Lucifer 2/3gr on the whip and the EXNER Eliasz 2/4gr on the pole rigs with a lighter 1.5gr SENSAS Luis .

MY REPORT :

Peg 18 looked a decent peg and i approached it like most with a a few whips and a TAP at 11-13m . I started by placing 6 balls of leam/gb , 75/25 laced with joker , a few dead maggots , casters . 3 balls went in at 5-6m whip line of gb/leam 50/50 with dead reds and casters . 

After the preliminary feed the match started and Anders to my right catching directly, then i started to take a few and really started well in first 90 minutes taking Ide , two small bream and skimmers/Bjorkna with large Roach , great start and i thought i was at least top 2 in section however the middle hour slowed the bites down and the pegs to my right started to produce much better and this was frustrating . It got to the final 2 hours of the match and i caught nothing !! .......even when i put in joker/leam it had no effect . It was to my dismay that the bridge out in the water to my right was a wind blocker and i could see a shoal of Bleak , totally black with them and any bait  tried to put in , it was attacked . Even when i put on two large worms anchored to the bottom they just came back with Bleak Blow-Jobs ! I made a mistake of not setting up feeder rod as Hakan to my left caught steady on the feeder all day and was not pestered by the Bleak .......... You live and learn !

Well , here are the results an they are quite staggering reading for these 5 hour competitions as yet again this tremendous venue has set new records (for 5 hours )

Day 1

Section A - 

1 - Jesper Dyberg 27860

2 - Esa Harala 22300

3 - Bjorn Wideberg 18940

Section B

1 - Niklas Strengelstund 26560 

2 - Mattias Larsson 23560

3 - Finn-Erik Lerdalen 18240

(4 - Jamie Cooley 18300 )

Section C

1 - Bengt Forsling 18280

2 - Anssi Lehteva 14020

3 - Tommy Strengelsrud 9760

Section D

1 - Fredrick Samuelsson 48780

2 - Thomas Soderlund 47320

3 - Andrzej Szubarczyk 38520

DAY 2 

Section A 

1 - Finn-Erik Lerdalen 26620

2 - Andrzej Szubarczyk 20860

3 - Esa Harala 20360

Section B 

1 - Tom Ostlund 36920

2 - Fredrick Samuelsson 28960

3 - Marcus Claesson 23480

Section C 

1 - Jesper Dyberg 82960 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 - Thomas Soderlund 74700 !!!!!!!!

3 - Niklas Strengelrud 52820 !!!!!!!

4 - Jonas Gustafsson 48780 !!!!

5 - Tommy Strengelrud 48360 !!!

6 - Peter Eriksson 48160 !!

Wow , wow , and wow !!!!

Section D 

1 - Marcus Enstrom  82240 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 - Per Nilsson 31600 

3 - Thomas Larsson 16880

Fredrick Samuelsson won the Saturday match and the overall winner went to Thomas Soderlund who is the Master on this water with many wins to his credit . His total weight over both days was 122020 , incredible fishing.

Unfortunately Russel Hopkins was taken ill on the Saturday night in the Chinese restaurant and we all became concerned and quick thinking by Marcus Claesson was for him to call for an ambulance as quite clearly Russ was not looking the best as his face was very Greyish / white so he was comfortably layed down with Dan Käck . He was taken to Hudiksvall Hospital for further tests after the two Lady Paramedics had performed diagnostics on him for some 30 minutes . 

Russ returned home the next day after a good nights sleep and it looks like he had dehydrated and exhausted himself  due to working silly hours - The rest of the Metmask team will monitor him and make sure he attains a better lifestyle .

Diary of a man recognising his age yet wanting to get stronger so able to get through life - DIARY 1 - FIRST 3 MONTHS

 Back in 2008/2009 period i started to train a little having given up playing squash and any other energetic sports so that period i was in my early to middle 50's . It was later in 2012 i joined WORLD CLASS Gym in Sodertalje and because of the weight i was putting on then i entered the BIG WEIGHT LOSS competition . I entered at 127 kilos !!! ........i finished on 106 kilos 

Then we departed for UK in early 2014 to maybe continue the rest of our lives there however due to illness , Brexit and the Pandemic we were left 'under the Bus' by the ruling government and we escaped back to Sweden in October 2020 .

In June 2022 i contacted Peter Carlsson my previous PT who had an excellent Fitness house called LEVELS .......the rest is history , i joined , i started to get fit , i started to eat strictly and i had discipline in my life .

I intend to keep a diary of each quarter of the year to watch my progress . So far the progress is outstanding as i started on 127.7 kilos ..........i am now 120 kilos after 8 weeks of Diet/training. Already my strength is active and i have more confidence the way i look but there is a long way to go , in fact there is no end result , it is just a continuation to stay fit as long as i can afford to go fitness training and earn money as a Design engineer for SCANIA. 

LEVELS HEALTH CLUB 

https://levelshc.com

Let me introduce you to the man who makes it happen : 

PETER CARLSSON

Peter's 'Club' ............

 

The environment of LEVELS :

The Hall of Inspiration

With PT training your whole body is analysed and your fitness levels monitored 

Peter in America !!! ........he only mixed with the Best 😍

So the restart Journey begins :

The Restart began in June 2022  and the essentials were purchased for this journey , that never ends :

Every session it is a warm up ...........Walk of the Bands and Body twists 

 

Bands and pole - Essential start

More warm up apparatus

Great way to get the heart beat up 

Ready for Front Rows at 60kg , 8 x 5 sets .

Peter with another client and she has massively improved in strength inside 6 months hard work 

Another client getting the best benefit from the correct training of Peter

In the relax area Peter discusses with clients about their fitness and dietary levels 

Dead lift time ........gone from 80-90-95-100-105-110 kilos ..........next ?

The Master tactician of Fitness loading up 

I also am trained by top assistant trainer ; Chris , who is a former ice hockey league goal keeper .

 

Barbel work is just one element of the fitness training , the most is on peripheral equipment with pulley weights , hand weights and kettle bells 

Your body is strengthened with multitudes of pulley weight sets 

Finishing with a full-montage of food is have eaten over the past few months 

 

TIPS 

Follow the fitness instruction

Follow the diet 

The clothes in your wardrobe that have not fitted ........... start to fit !

Remember ! .........this way is the best Doctor in your life .

Target for end of the year is 112-115 ish