the closing of my fishing for the year

I went fly-fishing at a lake in Tochigi pref. yesterday. It taked about 3 hours by car from Tokyo.

The day was so cold and it was snow and windy. So I guessed the lake was clear, however I saw many angler there.

I caught some trout. Maybe the picture is Yamame-trout. Also I caught smoll rainbow trout. And I caught no trout but in bad condition. You know these was cultured trouts.

I wanted to try my new rod and real. the rod is Powell and that half price. The rod is $99 and then real is JPY5,000. Line is more expensive than the real. that's a laugh.

Oshino

I went Fly-Fishing to Oshino Yesterday. Oshino is located close to Mt. Fuji. Oshino is the village of the spring water. It has a spring creek that is a originated from the natural spring of the beautiful Mt. Fuji.

Oshino is a one of the famous river in Fly-Fisher in Japan. Former U.S. president Carter has been there to cast for a trout a long time ago.

There ara so many anglers in the limited area. So I'm sure that trouts definitely feel high pressure.

I could catch some trouts that aren't very good condition. It was dark evening after sun set when I caught Iwana-trout in second picture.

I caught the good rainbow trout in third picture in previous time. She isn't big trout but beautiful.

Natsui-River

I went to Natsui-River in Fukushima Pref. with my coworker yesterday.

I caught nine trouts. They are Seema. Seema is called Yamame in Japanese. Unlike Amago-trout, Yamame-trout don't has some red spot on the side of thier body. So Amago is called Red spotted masu trout in English.

Takahara-river

I went fishing to Takahara-river on last Saturday.

Takahara-river runs in Gifu Prefecture. Gifu Prefecture is in central Japan.

Takahara-river area has hot springs everywhere. So the river water temperature stay high in winter.

It was raining hard last Friday ,so the river was very cloudy and cold. It was very difficult condition.

Finally I caught two small trouts. This is Yamame-trout.