I joined my wife's parents' home today.
My father-in-law prepared this special Shochu 'MAOU' for our daughter's birthday. It likely took three years since he ordered it. Can you believe it?
She had great time. Happy birthday!
Eventually Lance was back to Japan from Boise! He is still struggling to keep balance between fishing and others though,it is his life itself also. Have a fun for everything in your life,Lance!
3rd one, 21inches/53cm, was also strong.
I decided this one should be the last one today, and left there around 16:30.
Next year's annual season pass must be needed for me.
*annual license; 4,000yen one day license; 1,500 yen
Book-san, my dad's colleague and crazy fisherman, invited me to the TENRYU River Catch and Release section to enjoy fly fishing.
That was the reason why I stayed at my parental home last night.It was my first fly fishing after back to Japan.
As you can see in the right pic, there was a kind of crowded.
It seemed to be the best method to use nymph and indicator there.
Thanks to Book-san's great advise, I got beginner's luck there in the morning.
It was not wild but hatchery fish though, its bigness pleased me a lot(24inches/61cm).
I couldn't catch any additional fish in the afternoon, but had a good time there. Thank you again, Book-san.
I went to bed about 4AM and woke up at 1:30PM. What a nasty single life...
After some housework, I headed for my parental home in the evening for some reason.
It was Winter Solstice(Toji), the shortest daytime in a year, today. So my mom prepared a hot citron bath and the pumpkin boiled with soy sauce and sugar, as Japanese traditional custom,
We Japanese believe these keep us healthy from long ago.
My colleagues gave me a surprise present today. They knew what I liked very well.
I believe these stuff works well not to forget my precious friends.
Her costume this year was 'Little Mouse Chef'' from RATATOUILLE. Since we watched that movie together at the theater in Meridian, she liked it so much.
During dinner preparation, she went to 'trick or treat' with me together.
She looked so happy to get bunch of treats ,except being frightened by scary spider's house.
We called its taste 'Cough Medicine' though, flavor itself was totally good.
Including food,mood and everything, their hospitality was perfect. And their humor made us happy too much.
We thought we would like to be such an entertainer. Anyway that was definitely Wonderful Tonight!
Since my colleague Moto told us how to do that, I've been crazy about MONOPOLY. I liked it!!
So I'm begging them to play often almost everyday... Terrible!
At first hole, there were good Baetis hatches. Baetis dun pattern should work well though, I missed some take...
Presently the number of rise got decreased and unstable.
Many bugs on surface made me confused. Baetis, Mahogany, Midge... too rich! It was first time to see Mahogany for me.Tommy spotted some rises.
Still I was struggling to identify the fly with what fish feeding...
2nd one; 16.5inches/42cm good face.
Now we are back from long trip to the Glacier National Park(Total 1634.8miles). One of our dreams(Moose) didn't come true though, it was definitely wonderful trip for us. So let me upload the detail little by little.
This is the one of today's snaps.
She likes to do window washing especially.
This is not cloud but wood fire around council ID. Scary!