Camping in Sep.

By her strong request, we two went camping in IZU NATURE VILLAGE CAMP FIELD. It was about one hour drive from our house.





A Lizard was creeping around my canned beer.





After building a tent, we headed for a small mountain stream.




Caught many SAWAGANI, Japanese freshwater crab there, and released them.




It was maybe HACHIKUMA, Oriental Honey Buzzard. I'm doing double check now.




She gathered many acorns like squirrel.





Cooked steamed corn on the cob as a snack with dutch oven. Super yummy!





It was just the fast-sinking autumn sun.






To be continued tomorrow.

On the plea of her fishing practice,

we went to KFS after more than three months interval from the last one.

She got many fishes by her own skill today.




Especially at least two of them were much bigger than mine.

This is her first 40 over one. Still can't believe that she caught it by herself without any my help.

Let's go to the real nature field together, soon. You made wonderful progress today!

New shelf and current garden

I've done for assembling and installation of new shelf. We need more storage space for coming new family this fall.

And in our daughter's garden space, the offspring of OZIKO is growing up so much!

And the fruit of KOMURASAKI is turning purple color gradually. We are still having fierce heat in a daytime though, it is likely getting autumn little by little.

She was the chief cook

tonight with her new weapon. It was not just a toy, worked well as cooker.

Looked nice and tasted also wonderful. Good job, small chef!

Deer hair material of

BLUE RIBBON FLIES, fly shop of west yellowstone was superb!

It is totally different. Each fiber's quality is far better than the one I bought in Japan. Thank you ICHIGO_san.

#20 parachute

I tried the smallest parachute fly,#20 size tonight, which I've ever tied. Because small baetis parachute fly worked well at last fishing trip, which kawkoi-san gave me at 1st trip to OSHINO this year.

I used hen hackle for this one. I don't know if its floating ability is enough...

For its body, stripped peacock was used.

Anytime I strip its fur, feel a kind of frustration. Because it takes much time. But I like its striped color much, beautiful contrast.

OSHINO again, KOKAGE & KUSHIGE

Can't stop going fishing anymore. Yesterday I visited my parents' house for annual baseball game of my junior high school day's club. And today I stopped at OSHINO on the way to home. I mean 'just on the way'.

As the advise from Lance two days ago, I said good-bye to huge fly and looked for the fish near the water surface.

And found three good fish at FUJIKYU hole, good rainbow, nice brown and huge YAMAME.



I could catch only a good rainbow of them, but it was not easy and so exciting game. Final hit fly was midge adult.





Could catch three more bows by sparkling dun and crippled dun pattern.




Moved to USUKUBO_Bridge hole. I found nice YAMAME, rising frequently just close to the left side bank.





Got it! So nice one, and good game!



Likely good timing to set a hook. 7X tippet and midge adult pattern.





Baetis's nymph(floating) was fed selectively. So I did sight nymphing just for a change.




Got five more bows by BH pheasant tail in a short time. It was fun, but big boy was clever...




KAWARAHIWA was singing beautifully.






Moved to S-Bend hole. BWO baetis dun was seen there.






Gorgeous AMAGO trout by BWO dun.







Its length was only 2cm short to SHAKU though, nice golden colored one. Lucky day! Added one more bow there.








Evening at the FUJIKYU_hole again.






#20 baetis parachute worked well with 6X tippet. Got three bows.





17:35, midge pupa and baetis emerger.












This IWANA was a kind of surprise.






KUSHIGE was much fatter than Baetis. I need to tie small fat pattern for the next time.

The evening time of fall was just like TSURUBE_OTOSHI, fast sinking sun.

As a whole, it was good day for me. But I'm also feeling that KUSHIGE's evening is still mysterious.

OSHINO was tough

for me today. Got there before 11AM, lazy Lance...
I thought "terrestrial close the bank" was enough daytime, but it was not so easy today. I could set a hook several times though, couldn't catch any by terrestrial pattern because of shot bite.


My second strategy, FUTASUJI's pattern was not good also. Could catch some, but reaction for it was slower than usual year. Watanabe-san told me later that its hatch peak was two weeks ago... So I couldn't know new fly pattern's effect today.




KAWARAHIWA, Oriental Greenfinch was just taking off after a water bath.





Nice brown ignored my dry fly completely at OSHINO_ENTEI(lowest section). It was my first visit to this hole.




14:13 my late first fish there by FUTASUJI's pattern.
Since it was just reaction bite, I checked its inside of stomach.





YUSURIKA(midge)'s pupa was dominant and some scud. What a poor hatch there is! I didn't want to do midge game today.



15:30
Moved to S-Bend hole. Small white KOKAGE(SAHO?) was seen there. And AKAMADARA mayfly was seen also.



#18 PMD last chance crippled dun worked well there. Got three tiny bows.
This is one of their stomach, nymphs(maybe floating?) of KOKAGE and MADARA were there.



17:50 moved to KINDAICHI hole and got two by same crippled one.
Late evening, I was struggling with KUSHGE_MADARA. There were so many rises in the dark, but I couldn't do anything...
Lance, you should be there again soon, shouldn't you?