wild rainbow in Japanese rural stream

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feeds@yuku.com (wefishcane) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:45:52 GMT

Norimasa,
I spent several years in Japan in the 1960's. I remember traveling through Northern Honshu and following beautiful freestone streams in the mountainous areas south of Hirosaki and Aomori. I kept telling myself I must go back and this time cast a cane rod and drink in the spirit of that beautiful land.
Jim

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feeds@yuku.com (freestoner) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:27:16 GMT

Gorgeous fish, parr marks and everything.

Another vote for the Goddard Caddis, one of the best searcher patterns out there. Looks like just about every bug with a similar size and color. Plus, it fishes dry or wet. You can even start out tossing it upstream and fishing it dry, and finishing up downstream with a sunken drift.

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feeds@yuku.com (Norimasa) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:51:33 GMT

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feeds@yuku.com (tim simbari) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:07:06 GMT

Very nice, If you have a chance, post one or two photos of the stream. I would love to see what type of water.

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feeds@yuku.com (steeldog94) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:54:17 GMT

Great story and photo thanks for sharing!

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feeds@yuku.com (nativebrownie) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:57:39 GMT

Norimasa,

Beautiful story and I enjoyed your portrayal, a quality of spirit ... I, too, enjoy a 6'8" Thomas- Edwards Light Special - intermediates, NS reel seat, soldered pocket and all... I agree , the special cane rods are to be held close to us...

NB

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feeds@yuku.com (creakycane) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:34:39 GMT

It is fun to explore a small freestone and see who is home, looking for an opportunity to feed. On some of the tailwaters I frequent, if there is no hatch, I believe you could fish most of the day with barely a rise. The small freestones are aother matter. I like to fish a #14 Conover or Light Cahill at these times; the last time was with a 6'6" Pickard Quad and 4 wt silk with a Baby Hermann - no waders; wet wading and a small shoulder bag........and a few wild rainbows about...

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feeds@yuku.com (Joe Arguello) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:41:11 GMT

Norimasa,
Great story, thanks for posting. I had never heard the term "pounding-it-up"! I assume that means fishing dries when there are no risers? I think many fly fishers miss the opportunity to catch fish on dries by thinking that you need to see fish rising to fish dries. I have always felt that you can get fish to take a dry even though they are not rising. Anyway, the other day I was fishing one of my favorite streams here in Colorado and even though I only had a couple...

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feeds@yuku.com (Norimasa) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:03:07 GMT

Dear all

Thank you for all the comments.

I caught this rainbow by pounded-it-up style fishing which is common in Japanese freestone stream. In my case, Goddard Caddis is the special fly for this purpose, kinzua.

Precisely speaking, boxes filled with ten thousand fertilized eggs of rainbow were shipped from California and arrived at Tokyo for the first time in 1877. We haven't yet invented refrigerator at that time, of course. Even though, the...

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feeds@yuku.com (WatercolorMan) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:45:45 GMT

norimasa

Greetings from California, what a wonderful photo you took.

What a great story. I had now idea that rainbows from California ended up in your wonderful country.
Now I have one more thing to add to my Bucket List. Catching wild trout from a strain of rainbows originally from my home state in Japan.

Alan

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feeds@yuku.com (NorthBranch) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:08:22 GMT

That is great to see!! Nice rod and nice fish.

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feeds@yuku.com (kinzua) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:37:25 GMT

Norimasa,
Nice rig. Wild trout are very special. Did you pound it up or did you see the trout rising?

John

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feeds@yuku.com (seattlesetters) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:43:04 GMT

I can see the photo now! If you ever want to part with that FE Thomas Fairy, you know who to contact.....

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feeds@yuku.com (bobbeegee) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:22:35 GMT

A really great photo norimasa!

Thanks for posting it!

Bob

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feeds@yuku.com (seattlesetters) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:06:55 GMT

I can't see your photo, Norimasa. However, it is especially poignant you're able to share a little bit of California in your part of the world. Rainbows from the beautiful McCloud River have been introduced world-wide, but in my humble opinion, nowhere are they more appreciated than in Japan.

The connections between Japan and California run deep. It is good to see the trout lving and reproducing naturally in your beautiful country.

wild rainbow in Japanese rural stream

feeds@yuku.com (Norimasa) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:39:26 GMT

The descendants of rainbow trout, which had been introduced from California US in 19th century, are keeping naturally reproducing and will live on here in a humble stream within the reach of 1.5 hour drive from central Tokyo.
This not so big, but real jewel was caught by old F.E. Thomas Special (6'08''), Hardy Flyweight, Thebault #3, and #12 Goddard Caddis.

norimasa