Shimoyama & Friends in Korea.

Shimoyama from Dolly Varden Japan (http://www.dorllyvarden.com/) & friends visited the creeks in Korea, guided by EnNu. We also need to get back to Hokkaido soon, it is so beautiful there.

Rainbow Fly Shop

Recent photos from our friends at Rainbow Fly Shop in Seoul, Korea. Summer is also an awesome time for bass & Kurri fishing, which I look forward to doing in about weeks time. This summer I are planning to spend a lot of time on the larger rivers and reservoirs with Jonathan on float tubes. Hopefully Soboro will join, although he has stated that he won’t get on a float tube. Life is better with fishing.

From Portland John.

It was nice to receive Portland John’s email & photos of his recent trip to Metolius and Deschutes. Hope all is well John, have a great summer.

Recent Achievements

I know I shouldn't be out there wading through flowing waters with my aching back but I just can't sit around while all you bastards are catching fish. So here are my some of my recent catches from good old NJ rivers catskill and adirondack creeks.

Something big, something small, & something different

With my time running out with our stay in Hawaii and being tied up with work plus family activity, I went out on a “midnight shark hunt” on one of the party boat charters. It was exactly what I’ve come to expect on the charter boats, an odd ball group of people, all pretty horny to catch some big game sharks. We were fishing with 400pound line, with hooks that are bigger than the forceps that we use to release fish in fly fishing. Using steak sized bait (tuna & barracuda) I did manage to hook up with couple of nice sized sharks (although second one foul hooked). I reeled, then the ship mate handled & released the fish (cutting the hook right in the middle - the hook will corrode and fall out eventually). It was fun, but something I don't need to do for a while. Sitting out on the boat, I thought about Charles & his boat...and how I wanted to be on that boat. The other day, while chasing Oio (bone fish) without much success, I did hook a small fish which looked like a mullet of some sort. Whatever the catch, I am thankful for being out on the waters, a sure medicine for the soul.

Good spot for fishing

I was walking through the creek the other day and saw a great spot for fishing with tree branches covering. Next thing I found out was there was already someone next to tree with a bamboo rod using live warm bate. It was suprprise for me to see someone there since I didn't see anyone almost all day in the creek.

Every chance I get:

My In-law’s family wanted to go to eastern part of Korea for family outing for a few days. This was my first outing with them since I got married, and I decided to pick a good spot for a day picnic. On the day that we were supposed to do picnic, I volunteered to look for spot and I went out near creek at early in the morning. I only had one hour to fly fishing, but it was luckily enough to see my favorite cherry trout and lenok.

Gorgeous summer days in lush rural Wisconsin.

Trumpet but no Bone.

Today is the day I am to leave on my business trip to Seoul & Beijing, back into the hustle and bustle of city. I’ve been busy with work and with family for the past few days and haven’t been able to make it out to fish, which is a little insane considering that there are many fish to be caught in Hawaii. I broke away from the regular cycle of things to get in a little fishing time this morning. I fished the reef that I know, and upon arrival was greeted by the awesome Hawaiian skies and even a big rainbow. I fished for an hour without any bites or sighting of bone fish, but I felt a tug and the line started to strip out and turn around me. It felt too light to be a bone fish so I didn’t know what to expect, still it pulled out some line from the drag set reel. A trumpet fish, the first I have ever caught. I was a little bit freaked out because it was bigger than I imagine of a trumpet fish. I strolled the waters a little more then I saw another angler at distance. It was Ed! E.T. from Nervous Waters, on his day off- fishing for his own pleasure. We shared a smoke, talked a bit and he started to point out the bone fish all around us. It’s funny, just being with Ed, I was able to spot groups of bone fish that I wasn’t able to spot before. They were big, 5-7 pounders swimming in groups of 2-5, cruising at fast speeds. It was time for me to leave to go pick up the kids from school, but the fact that I saw so many fish around me was very promising. Ed and I will go out to fish many times in the month of July, as soon as I return back here end of this month. As I said good bye and walked off, I heard Ed yell to me … he had a fish on and his rod was jerking back and forth with the fish jetting away from Ed. Ed had a big smile and he yelled – see you back soon. Although I did not hook up with a bone fish, it was good day to be out.