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| Water level was a little higher than normal. Two good ones chased my #10 orange stimulator though, they likely knew that it was the fake. |
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| This HIRATA' dun changed my mind. Switched to #14 parachute pattern. |
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| Caught two small ones, both had wonderful color. Next week, I would like to catch the good ones which I missed today. |
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| When I tied Stimulator last week, noticed that I didn't have any orange material. Speaking of Stimulator, its color should be orange basically in my memory. Orange is one of my favorite color also, so please give me a luck soon. |
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| Check the current hatch. It was first time to see the river for her. |
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| Showed her the ladybug. |
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| The providence of the nature. |
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| Made by my wife on July 7. It makes us cool because of KUDZU's semitransparent effect. One of typical WAGASHI, Japanese sweets in summer. |
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| We stayed at the HOTEL in TONAMI city. |
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| We didn't see any other fishermen there today. Hoping that it will be good day. |
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| Can you find my first fish? |
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| It was hard to walk across the river without wet. |
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| My beautiful second fish. It was my last one in the daytime because of two mistakes... |
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| We left this river with much disappointment. Considering our poor skill, other something must be wrong there. |
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| Moved to the river C, and waited until it will stop raining. |
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| First fish by attractor. |
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| Second one, #10 Stimulator was my only hit fly there. |
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| 3rd one by same only pattern. I'd just ignored the hatch after countless try & error. You are loser, Lance... |
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| Maybe I forgot to try spinner pattern. It was too difficult to find the answer though, it is fly fishing itself. I'm thinking of next destination... |
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| I decided to tie the terrestrial pattern first by this young hopper. |
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| There were many other fishermen... |
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| Walking curryman with the supreme guide book in his right hand. |
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| I could catch the first and second fish within several casts. Looked like fantastic start! |
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| Curryman's shooting. |
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| #14 parachute was seemed to be good choice. |
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| Nice catch! |
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| My late third one, and it was the last fish in a daytime. |
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| Evening, moved to another river. |
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| #10 stimulator gave me this 33cm IWANA(my new record)! Though it was not match the hatch, I was so glad to see him. |
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| Left home 5:50 and started fishing 6:00. What a nice location here. |
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| One of today's purposes was to check the functionality of #10 stimulator, which I tied first time this early morning. |
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| Likely it wasn't bad, I think. I was very satisfied with this morning short fishing except one big mistake... |
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| Lance, it is close to 8AM. You have to be back to make breakfast for your honey, sweetie, and sugar. |
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| Let's go walking around our home, sweeties. |
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| AJISAI is good to see just now in the middle of rainy season. |
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| Older daughter like this NEJIBANA. |
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| In our garden, NANTEN's flower is beautiful. We are looking forward to seeing red fruit this fall. |
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| The cherry picking is our annual event now. We visited same farm as last year. |
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| This year, my parents and my younger brother's family joined us. Big party. |
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| There was a swallow's nest on the wall of the restaurant we had late lunch. A parent bird looked like so busy, just like us taking care of two young daughter. Parents must be great for children. |
