3:53 Left home. Took the fastest route via OTSUKI junction though, it also took the highest highway fee, approximately double of FUJI route... You should have thought of it carefully, Lance.
Today was also the day of the
new bike shoes. Got started climbing around 7:20.
Feeling good in the morning sunshine.
8:19 parked my bike at the hole A which curryman had good fishing last month. But I was surprised at the high flow. I fished very limited small hole near the bank here and there. There were no reaction from the fish. After about 30 min, I gave up fishing there and decided to go upper to check the water and the activeness of fish. If I get nothing at the next hole, I'm going to be back to OSHINO and enjoy the evening fishing as Plan B, in other word 'Worst Plan'...
9:30 arrived at Hole B. Water color looked like better than the lower section though, still very high flow...
Saw several attacks to my fly, could catch the first fish today(9:55).
Hole was very limited, only shallow close to the bank.
10:34 hello, the second one. I tried to take a pic of all fish I caught today to know the condition of this river. Would like to know more about this river.
Good deep hole in the past was no use today.
The proof of the yesterday's heavy rain.
11:02 had the early lunch. Weather was getting bad as the weather forecast said. Judging from the fish's reaction, it was not easy but the situation which I was able to keep fishing. I made up my mind to stay this river until the last today.
11:04 got the third fish before going downstream of the hole B.
I haven't tied your pattern yet.
Completely fall's color here.
11:35 4th one at the Y shaped current at the hole B lower section. He stayed at not the deep hole but the shallow one.
11:40 5th one was caught at the same hole as 4th one. Very nice colored male.
On the way to the bike, added 6th one 11:56,
and 7th one 12:02. Total 7 fishes were caught at the hole B around noon. Took a ride on my bike and headed for the upper Hole C.
13:00 arrived at the hole C(28). Saw two bike in front of the 2nd gate and 3 bikes around the 28. I thought it didn't affect my fishing because they must have fished in the morning.
13:27 had to take a rest because of the rain. From this time it rained off and on till the evening. Maybe less than 1 mm/h, not so hard one.
Could see many deer's footprints.
I didn't want to see the bear's one...
13:57 8th but 1st one at hole C.
Water color got better than hole B,
but it showed still high water.
14:19 9th one. I mainly used #16 peacock parachute and #14 EHC today. Some clever good fishes refused them.
Please don't rain so much.
14:27 2nd rest waiting for the rain weaken.
My conclusion was this rod was the best for the this river on the standpoint of the length and the stiffness.
16:05 10th one. Countdown for the time when I had to stop fishing got started...
16:18 11th nice one. The reaction from the fish got better than the noon. My original time limit was 16:30 though...
As a result, could stop fishing at 17:15. Couldn't catch bigger fish than the 11th one, but could catch five more fishes in the evening. Total 16 fishes today.
Sunset time was around 17:40. I could be back to the bike place at 17:45, which meant...
This new LED head lamp worked nicely. Had fun and hard biking in the dark and arrived at the parking 18:40. Totally muddy my bike and I were!
19:47 supplied the energy.
23:10 The treat from the younger daughter welcomed me, after I cleared up all fishing and biking stuffs. Biking and Fishing gave me just relaxed and fun my own time always. I would like to keep doing it next season also.
<Memo>
- I felt a little cold with wet wading sometime in a day, but it was almost comfortable through a day, even in September. Must be one of must-item for the biking and fishing style.
- I forgot to bring the waterproof back for wading shoes in knapsack, so I bought the 45 littered plastic garbage bag at 7-11.
- Since I got used this river, it may be one of options that I fish until dark and go back riding MTB under the night sky wearing the strong head light.
