deep depression

I went to language school after work today.
I couldn't talk about what I wanted to speak in English freely once again.
I thought that I tried to study with English paperback book a while ago. However I couldn't understand it and I quitted in just a few days every time.

Salmon

I went to Hokkaido again with my old friends in this mid September.

My dream to catch Salmons finally came true when I took 4 days off in the half-year ending September.

We can catch salmons at not so many river in Japan.

One of these is Churui River.

I could catch some pink salmon however I couldn't see many fresh-run and that I caught only one chum salmon. But she run away before I took a picture.

I bought a new rod and reel. these are L.L.Bean. I can take advantage of direct importing because of the strong JPY.

I've had a good season this year.

Best wishs for a excellent next season.

I went on a business trip to Hokkaido yesterday.

I love Hokkaido having a great beautiful natural scenery.

And then, I went fishing by rent-a-car after work. I drove for four hours to a river. I took a short nap befor the sun rises.

First picture is cherry salmon.

I don't have heavy rods, so I used 4 wt. travel rod with 4X tippett.

Second picture is sea-run whitespotted char.

Large trouts exit in Japan!

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.

My Golden Week, 2009

Golden Week is a collection of four national holidays within seven days. It is one of Japan's busiest holiday season.

I went to The Shikoku district with my family at the begining of May. I went fishing at four rivers for two days. My wife's home town is in The Shikoku. So, I could go fishing alone.

This is an Amago-trout about 22cm in size.

It's a very 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.

RIKUGI-EN

I went to RIKUGI-EN to view the weeping cherry tree at the end of last month. RIKUGI-EN is historical garden with artificial hills and a large pond.

It was a very beautiful.

And then, It came to me that there were a lot of couples around me. I was jealouse!!