It's Tokyo Style: 2016

December 23, 2016

Greeting

MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wish your health, lack and big fish. Tight line!

December 19, 2016

Pale chub on fly

Went to fly fishing for Pale chub and it was last fly fishing in this year, maybe.

I went to lure fishing to Tamagawa river in Tokyo on Saturday. Tamagawa river is the most popular river in Tokyo and we can fishing for Carp, Catfish, Smallmouth bass and Sea bass. Usually I'm fishing for smallie at daytime and for catfish at night.

Sea bass fishing in Tamagawa river

We often go to kayak fishing for Japanese Sea bass to Tokyo bay. But we can Sea bass fishing from river bank if you want to go quick fishing at evening.

Oikawa / Pale chub fishing on fly

Hideyuki and I went to fly fishing for "Oikawa", Japanese pale chub. This is Hideyuki's first trial of fly fishing.

Gotcha!

Coarse angling for dark chub

Autumn and winter, these are my coarse angling season.

Fly fishing at evening and morning in Iriomote Island

My family and I went to Iriomote island where is almost southwest end of Japan and mangrove jungle island. There is subtropical island.

Last fishing at Oshino in 2016 season

It was last weekend in September and it mean also last weekend before off season of trout fishing of many stream.
And Yoshi and I went to "Oshino" in hard rain.

Colorado style meets Japanese trout! Day 2

Kevin and I went to "Oshino", the spring creek on 2nd day. Oshino is the mecca of fly fishing in Japan and many fly fishermen gathering at popular point every time.

Colorado style meets Japanese trout! Day 1

My friend Kevin came to Tokyo from Colorado and went to fly fishing two days.

First day, we went to "Yozawa fly fishing stream" that is a private mountain river in Tokyo. And it takes two hours from Shinjuku, one of biggest terminal in Tokyo by train and bus.

It seem like a picture of "A River Runs Through It", right?!

Yamame, Brown and Rainbow

I went to fly fishing to "Yozawa fly fishing stream", one of private trout river in Tokyo and it takes two hours by train and bus from Shinjuku major station.

Casual fly fishing for small chub in Tokyo

The big typhoons came three times in a month and the stream is high rise too much in mountain river. So it's difficult for fly fishing in there.

And I went to casual fly fishing to Tamagawa, urban river in Tokyo.

Rainbow in hard rain

Ed and I went to fly fishing to the private river in Saitama prefecture.

Nice smile, Ed!

Wataka fish

Went to fly fishing to local pond in rice field and I caught some Wataka fish!

Trip again for Salvelinus on fly fishing

Went to Fukui prefecture again for Salvelinus fishing. There is a rain forest that something fairy lives. It's true!

Salvelinus trip for the first time in almost a year

Our three Salvelinus lovers were gathering at Fukui prefecture in Japan. There is pretty fantastic place!

Original lanyard

I made original lanyard too.

Original wooden fly box

I made some original wooden fly box for "Sulvelinus expedition" in July 8 - 10.
(* Expedition 2015)

At local mountain stream

Went to quick fishing just two ours with my friend. It was too much fine day and slow however finally he got a small Yamame on lure.

Smallies on fly in lake Hibara

Our team and I went to annual fishing trip to lake Hibara, Fukusshima pref. for Smallmouth bass.

Mt Bandai on the lake.

We had been camping and go to fishing on kayak.

Joined to Swagger Fishing team

Last Tuesday, Swagger Fishing team and I went to lake Kawaguchi for bass fishing.

Handmade lures

I like go to fishing with lure that I made.

Cicada!

It's summer. Don't forget some cicada, fishing in Japan!!!

Which is the real cicada? ;)

Third times Oshino in May.

Yoji and I went to "Oshino" on Sunday.

He said "I have ten more career of fly fishing but I'm bigener yet because I went to just one or two times fishing every year".

Yoji, no problem. Certainly fly fishing is Not easy. But the Nature will teach us how to catch a fish.

Let's go!

Second times Oshino in May

Snuf and I went to fly fishing to Oshino, May 22. It was second times in Oshino for me.

Snuf was my Bass fishing friend from over 10 years ago, and it is third season of his fly fishing this year. He is still beginner yet but got two nice trout in the day!

About May and June

Recently I received some Email that inquiry about fishing in May and June in Japan.

A day of baby trout

When we went to fishing to a local river two weeks ago, we found super hatch of mayfly. And I went to the river for evening rise yesterday!

Fly fishing in fresh green in Oshino

Yoshi and I went to Oshino district in Katsuragawa river, Yamanashi and there is one of our favorite place.

Yoshi got nice rainbow on humpy dryfly at evening time.

One on lure, one on fly

My friend WH who is lure angler and I went to our local river.

A season first trout at local river

I went to local river and got a season first rainbow in the river. It was peaceful Spring day.

Hanami and quick-fishing at Oshino

I went to Hanami and sightseeing to our usual fishing place "Oshino". There is the river in famous spring water place "Oshino-Hakkai" area that is close to Mt. Fuji and also a part of World heritage.