Vår klubbs metproffs Kent Adell har skrivit en artikel på engelska om Feeder (bottenmete) Vm på Irland.
Kent Placerade sig som 9 individuellt av 125 tävlande. Grattis. Det svenska laget kom på en 12e plats totalt av 25 lag.
Här under kommer artikeln med Kents egna ord om framgången på Irland.
Mvh Henry
World
Feeder Fishing Championship 2014
A rapport from the World
Feeder Fishing Championship at Ireland 2014 by Kent Adell, Team
Browning Sweden.
It was the biggest World
Feeder Championship so far with 25 participant nations.
The World Feeder Fishing
Championship was to be held at the big reservoir Inniscarra Lake at
Coachford. It was a new area of the lake that was going to be used.
To be able to do that a road had to be made alongside the bank.
A resume of the
practice week.
During
the practice week we tested different groundbait mixes based on
Browning M7, Dutch Danger Wild Black River, Dutch Danger Mad Roach
with and with out leeam.
The mix we agreed on
worked best was 2kg Wild Black River + 2kg Mad Roach + 0,5 kg M7.
The mix was sewed hard to
get the biggest particle out of the groundbait. We boasted the mix
with one bag of CC Power Additive Toffe Karamell to get a strong
smell.
At the end of the week i
started to over wet the groundbait while i was fishing and noticed
that it worked better for the bream. Sens it didn’t explode out of
the feeder and attract the roach.
At the same time we
started to notice that if you had Jokers in your groundbait you
attracted the bream better.
So a tactic was formed for
the competition days.
Day one Saturday:
Was notified by our
captain that i was to sit on peg 22 on C-section. When i arrived to
the peg I saw that it was a bit out from the bay and closer to the
point. Felt pleased with where i ended up sens it was shallower in
the bay.
The weather for the day
was over clouded with rain mid ways the competition.
Started to plumb up and
noticed it was much deeper here than in the bay.
Sens there were a lot of
pegs that you couldn’t fish to far out at we sad that we should
find a spot between 18-25m and 6-10 seconds. I Found a nice smooth
and snag free spot at 8 seconds and 22 meters out.
Tackled up 6 rods 2 11fot
CC Stillwater, 2 12 fot CC Super feeder and 2 13f Black Viper S.
The choice of the day was
the 12f Super feeder with a 28g flat lead plastic feeder. Taped up
the holes on the feeder to avoid groudbait getting out on the way
down. Did this so i wouldn’t attract to much Roach.
The hook choice at the
start was a size 18 thine wire wide gape black nickel tied to a 0,10
Cenex line of 65cm.
The tactic was to target
the bream in the start and go over to roach if the bream didn’t
show.
At the 10 minuet
groundbating we agreed on to take it slow and not over throw with
feeders to avoid to attract Roach.
So i started with a feeder
mixed with Jokers, chopped worm and casters, made shore the feeder
was clean from groundbait on the outside. Let the feeder lay for
around 2 min and then slowly emptied the feeder so the ground bait
laid still on the bottom. Put out 2 more before the start nice and
calm.
Started with a feeder with
the same mix as the groundbaiting and a single maggot on the hook.
Got a roach straight away
and the next 10 fish was roach and hybrids. Noticed that i was
catching bigger Roach and hybrids then my neighbor due to my heavier
groundbait.
After around 30 min i
noticed a different indication on my tip. Pulled up and changed bait
to a small read worm. Put out the feeder again and got a nice pull
around on the tip and hooked my first bream. Put out the feeder again
and got a good pull around on the tip again, got the feeling that the
bream had parked on my peg.
Kept feeding the next
feeders with worms and castes and started to notice the bits getting
very delicate and just small 2-3mm indication. I did strike a couple
of times on these small indication and there were no fish. So I did
leave the worms and casters out of the next feeders I put out and did
only put in Jokers to see how the fish would react.
After 3feeders the fish
started to respond rely well with the best pull arounds on the tip
for the hole day. This would last for around 30min until the rain
started and the fish turned back to being shy biters again. This time
I had to wait out the bits until I got a good indication on the tip.
For the remainder of the
competition I had to sit on my hands so I didn’t strike to soon,
some times I could see indications for several minutes until a good
bite came along. Did try different hook lengths and baits to see if I
could get a better indication but didn’t find the best way of the
day.
Still I manage to catch a
total of 49 fish and of those I had 26-30 breams.
During the competition I
felt that I was putting fish regularly in the net compared to my
neighbors and that I would be in the top. I did know that peg 24 was
netting fish regularly.
I was told by some
spectators that I had done well on my section and when I herd that
the top wight so fare was a bit over 12kg, I got the feeling that I
could have more.
At the weigh in the scale
stooped at 13.058g and top wight so far.
I knew that peg 24 had
been catching good. Was informed that he had weighed in 11.777g.
YES!!! it was now clear to
me that I had won the section.
After day one I felt that
the tactic worked very well and that I had a chance for a medal.
I Was drawn to sit on peg
11 on D-section. It was not in an area that would have been my first
choice. It was just after the point that was on D-section.
The weather for the day
was over clouded at the start and sun midways in to the competition.
Started to plumb up and
noticed that it was deeper closer in then the day before. I had 8
seconds at 19 meters out and the bottom felt ok. Decided to fish the
same depth as the day before.
Today I only tackled up my
12fot rods and the 11fot rods.
Used the same
groundbaitmix as the day before and did the same groundbaiting in
the start as well.
As similar as day one the
roach and hybrids was first to show and I was catching well compared
to my neighbors. After 35-45 min I noticed a change in the bites. The
next feeder I put out was with a small red worm. It didn’t take
long until I hooked my first bream. It was a nice fish around 700g.
Move out further and take
a chance that the bream are there or go for the roach and put fish in
the net. After a debate with my self i decided to go for the roach
and get as low points as possibel for the team. It was know around 3
hours left of the match.
To get a good speed on the
roach fishing I started to fish 5 turns on the reel further in.
I also changed feeder to a
plastic with open holes so the ground bait would disperse quicker.
I went down to a size 20
black nickel thin wire wide gape hook as well.
Starting to catch roach
straight away on the new spot but unfortunate the roach was very
smal, ranging in the size 30-60g. After a good start the bites were
starting to fade so I went back out to my first spot to see if there
were any fish there. It was roach here as well and I did catch some
quick ones.
So from know on I shifted
spots as soon as I noticed the bits starting to fade, in this way I
had quicker bites and did put more fish in the net. I noticed that it
was very important to put on the maggot the right way. I had to
thread the maggot on to the hook but not on to the hole hook. It
needed to be thread on like a rubber jig with the hook coming out in
the midle of the maggot so the maggot was straight. When I didn’t
get the maggot pointing straight I didn’t get quick bits.
During my roach fishing I
didn’t put down my feeder rod on the feeder support because the
bits came very quick and if I didn’t have a bite with in 30 sec I
moved the feeder 10-15cm to get a movement on the bait. And when I
got a bite I only did a shot strike with my wrist that moved the
feeder 30-50cm so that I could keep fishing if I didn’t hook the
fish.
In this way I didn’t
have to recast with out had put a fish in my net every time. My
neighbors had to recast every time they didn’t hook a fish.
After the finish signal I
had manage to catch 129 fish and I wasn’t very pleased with it. My
felling were that I would end up around 12-13:Th place on the
section.
When the wigh in arrived
to me I asked what the highest wight was so far and I was told it was
a bit over 7kg. Was surprised that it wasn’t more.
When they put my fish on
to the scale it stooped at 5979g and I was 2:end so far on my
section. I knew that the French guy 2 pegs on my right had a very
good weight so where would I end up.
Our captain arrived at the
end of the weight in and he got the final results from one of the
other captains and I finished on 5:Th place on my section after all.
Was very pleased to hear
that I ended up on a 5:Th place on my section.
So I had a total of 6
points over the to days, how far up the result would it take me?
I was notified by our
captain that I had manage a 9:Th place over all and our team finished
on a 12:Th place.
Was very happy to manage
to get a place with in the top 10 at a World Feeder Championship.
Would like to thank my Team members for a fantastic week with all that comes with it.
A big thanks to Zebco for
helping Me and my Team members.
Kent Adell, Team Browning Sweden.
