2024 - April 16th - Arboga

With the possibility of calling the match off on April 27-28th due to exceptional high river level we decided to view the venue and see for ourselves if this match is to go ahead .

When arriving there i could see straight the way the colour was really good and not chocolate colour as i was worried about . However there was a good pace on the river and i estimated you would need 25gr flat float minimum based on todays viewing . Actually I would think 30/35/50gr would really hold steady but that is just my opinion however with the river level dropping over the next 10 days then i expect a smaller weight flat float would be okay . 

It looks perfect Pole feeder time to be honest and i must try this out today , which i did , so i drove to the other side of the river to set up which was more comfortable with the icy cold wind on my back . 

Plenty of locals boats moored up.

Colour is perfect 

Looking downstream from approx. Peg 3-4 ish 

Not sure how successful they were or have they not gone after them yet ?

On the Boards 

 

The opposite side is really comfortable with wind on my back and certainly enough room for some 5/6 positions 

Decided to set up a couple of pole feeder rigs 

with also a 15gr EXNER Butterfly 

Preferred the pole feeder as it sat well 

Started to get a few bites after an initial bombardment of GB/SOIL/LEAM with corn maggot in the balls.

Roach were the main fish to be caught and they were very chunky and big .

After about 7-8 Roach a Small hybrid/Bjorkna decided to join us 

So i spent 2.5 hours there and and about 1.5 hrs fishing time and i estimate about just under 3 kilos 

According to the long range weather forecast the weather should be cool , little showery rain but no monsoon rains days so its safe to expect the river level will start to lower over the next 10 days (we hope !)  

2024 - April 12th - Trosa - i need a bagging session

Trosa is truly a great place to get some serious weights of fish as the window of opportunity is so small due to weather , boat traffic in the Summer and a ridiculous closure of the season on September 14th . The places to fish are very sparse so for the angler like myself using lots of equipment its hard to get setup knowing i might get moved by a boat wishing to moor in the place i chose .

Today i decided to fish the corner where in the past i have had many large weights of fish . Its an easy peg to fish at just 4-6 m out at 1.5m deep. 

I decided to use 4 whip arrangements , 2 with elastication and 2 direct. Floats were EXNER Lucifer of 1.5 and 2.0 gr . Also a DH Stick of 4x10 and a DH Heavy stick at 3gr - all worked well 

Comfortable or what !

My swords are ready for action

The days Menu 

I decided to try the pole feeder and first cast my top 1 section decided to break - i could not believe it , strange for a no1 to break ???

2 nice Bream on the day 

Nice Ide 

I caught mostly Roach of size which were so deep bellied and fat , staggering amount of them. 

The local Trosa Boys were pleasure to talk with and so helpful and kind - credit to their parents for bringing them up , great to see. 

2024 - April 6th and 7th Nykoping - Feeder Open

First competition of the year , an early one for Nykoping ! In the two weeks prior to this weekend quite a few anglers were taking 15-30 kilos in practice , all is well , or is it not ? 

Day 1 

Not too many words really as the day was a disappointment but nice pictures anyway.

Mr. Fix it ! Mats the Larsson chief organiser of this competition and many more great matches this year.

I predicted the days winner was to be Fredrik

GO TIP GO , TIP GO , PLEASE TIP GO 

 

Saturday evening at my abode - tired young men who had spent a day praying for their tips to go around - soon to eat Meatloaf/potatoes/peas/carrots/gravy washed down with copious amounts of Red wine and finally Apple pie and custard - that lot soon put us all to sleep 😴😴😴😴😴

Getting over the days sad fish returns (none !)

Just to rub salt in our wounds , good friend Stefan Johansson was fishing less than a kilometre away in the main influence of the river in the town catching over 50 Ide and roach 🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣

DAY 2 - Can it get any better ?  With the prospects of warmer weather the day surely has to be better than Saturday , right !? 

Ivan and Borko in high spirits

Fredrik to my left today , yesterday he was to my right

My peg for the day - You have to notice that the level is way down from normal , at least 15-20 cms in fact looks more lower than summer level!?

After pre-bait the 2nd day of the competition commenced and .....................ummmmm ........errrr ......nothing was happening , again ! Surely not , surely fish had moved in over night ???

It was obvious after 30 minutes that there will be no 'action' and the guys started to walk along the match perimeter . It was also noticeable that the early morning facing wind had dropped and calm water appeared ........thats not good and there was no fish topping at all.

I decided to sit on the local chair and watch my motionless tip and read the internet , i needed inspiration , i needed to see at least one fish to be caught, will i , wont i .

TIP GO , PLEASE .............NO TIP GO FOR EVERYONE 😓😓😓😓😓😓

Sad day for all the attendees - better in May when we run the Feeder cup here on 4th and 5th of may