Guide for travelling anglers in the Land of a Thousand Lakes 
  English
 
Home Destinations Waters Species Fishing methods Services Fishing facts  
FishinginFinland.fi > Fishing facts > News 
Fishing in Finland
News
Licences
Events
History & traditions
Organisations
Fish dishes
Safety
Videos
Travel information
   
   
Cottages for anglers
Cottages for anglers

   
Fishing guides
Fishing guides

   
Fishing tackle shops
Fishing tackle shops
<< All news

Seppo Pönni – the new world champion of coarse angling 2019

 
Finnish angler Seppo Pönni brought home the historical first gold medal from South Africa. Seppo won the Masters Coarse Angling Championship 2019 in River Vaal, Vereeniging. This kind of success if something unique and exceptional for Finland. In addition to this victory, Finnish angling team has reached podium only once before. That happened in France in 2017, when Team Colmic from Lempäälä took the silver medal. Seppo Pönni was part of that team, too.

Results of the Championship (Fédération Internationale de Pêche Sportive)

Story of the winner by Ismo Malin (in Finnish) + photos and videos from South Africa.

Photo on the top: Seppo Pönni teaching techniques of coarse angling to fishing guides on Lake Iidesjärvi (Tampere) in 2011. (Photo: Ismo Kolari)

(13.03.2019)

 
 
© FishinginFinland.fi 2013–2024