Hi Guys,
Recently, I was looking for Gogi, a subspecies of Char that live only in the Cyugoku region of Japan, in streams I had never been, but my attempts were unsuccessful. Meanwhile, the day before yesterday, a fishing buddy invited me to go fishing for Gogi beyond the cliff (
https://fiberglassflyrodders.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=72336) tomorrow. I have no choice but to go!
It was 5:00 when we arrived at the parking area closest to the stream. In the pre-dawn low light, we headed for the cliffs we had to climb to reach the Gogi paradise.
This is my third time climbing the cliff. The first time I climbed the cliff with wading boots that are not suitable for climbing, I still remember the fear I felt at that time...
Perhaps because it had rained the previous day, there was still some haze on the stream after dawn. There was a forecast that it might rain, but the weather turned out to be unexpectedly good.
The water level was higher than expected, and the current speed was rising, so it seemed difficult to enjoy fly fishing. The fishing buddy recommended me to use his lure rod, so I enjoyed fishing by switching between my fly rod and his lure rod depending on the situation.
The rod he lent me was the TAPER & SHAPE Japan trout X GJTXS-51ULT spinning rod (
https://www.taperandshape.co.jp/glassway/japan-trout-x/). YEESSS! IT IS A FIBERGLASS ROD!!
A Scott powr-ply 5' 8" #3 was also used in this trip (no picture, sorry).
Because of the high water level, fish were scattered and difficult to catch, but big fish were active. The Gogi in the stream are colored strongly orange, some pale, and some in between, witch would be the result of them genetically different populations being transplanted here. There used to be professional fishermen in Japan who provided the fish they caught in mountain streams to people living in mountainous areas. They were called "Shokuryousi" (職漁師 in kanji) and transplanded trouts into streams to increase their fishing grounds. Therefore, information about the original distribution of various species of Japanese trout has been lost. BTW, Tenkara was reportedly developed by 職漁師 (
https://www.mizu.gr.jp/kikanshi/no59/04.html: written in Japanese).
I caught some big fish. These would be the "nyu-kon" (
https://fiberglassflyrodders.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=70452) for my kineya net at last...
We can finally say fishing is over when we get home safely.
Thank you for looking.