Tough condition but rewarding:

Past month, there have been more days raining than not raining in Korea, had to put the rod away for some time. Even if I knew that there was too much water in the creek, I decided to make a visit to one spot near Seoul for a short fishing. Even if ant worked last time, it didn’t work this time. About the time I had to fold my rod to return home, I finally decided to use the stimulator as last fly. It worked! I saw one good size cherry trout approaching to my fly. It was a beautiful cherry trout.

Green Lake, Friends, Good Time.

We headed up to Green Lake, WI with our friends for some fishing and a healthy portion of drinking. Captain B brought up his boat and that made the trip that much better. Fishing could have been better, but we did okay with a good sized pike & some bass. Something we need to do more often.

a fishing shop in Stockholm…

One of my best friends was travelling through Stockholm in Sweden, and stopped to take some photos of a fishing tackle shop there. My friend does not fish, but knows that I love fishing. It’s nice of my friend to stop there, take photos, think of me, and send them to me. It’s like leaving little pieces of friendship here and there around the world. Thanks for the photos.

The Bells

One of the most famous sights in Colorado are the Maroon Bells. The peaks are photographed by people from all over the world. So many come to see them that you cannot drive up to the lake below anymore and you have to take a shuttle bus. I hadn't visited since I was a kid but I remembered the lake. If I went up without a rod and there were fish in the lake I would regret it. I only brought a handful of flies, forceps, and a small rod just in case....

Luckily there were plenty of feisty cutt-throat ready for a fly

We fished below the outlet, then made our way up to the lee side of the lake where we saw fish cruising the shallows looking for food.

Behind us the banks were lined with wild raspberries. We sat on a rock and caught fish and picked berries all afternoon. My wife commented that the cheeks of the fish must be red because they love raspberries too.

the BIG orange!

Raphael Biagini caught this monster Koi fish at a lake near Montpelier, France. The fish is 0ver 30lbs! I've never seen anything like it...wow.

Morning walk with family:

I live near river and one morning I decided to go for walk with my family, of course I took my rod with me. When we found a spot to sit and relax, we ate morning sandwich and coffee we picked up on the way. I saw some fish in the water, but I had no luck. It was nice morning time with family.

weekend update from ksanchun.

He won’t tell me where he caught the fish, but he says it’s very very close to Seoul. He says he might take me if I am really nice, like with gifts and bribes. bastard.

sometimes luck sometimes not

I wanted to take my wife up to see the beauty of Aspen and get in a little fishing of course. When single I would go there for the sole purpose of targeting some of the largest and smartest fish in Colorado on the Frying Pan River. But this time it was more about touring around and seeing the sites. I was given a suggestion of a good brook trout stream flowing off Mount Sopris where I thought the action would be plentiful and the scenery nice.

There had been a lot of rain the week before and although the water of Avalanche creek was running clear it was fast and hard to wade. Nevertheless we were able to get into some of the usual suspects...

I was worried about my wife falling and the forest on the side of the stream was almost impassable with wild rose and deadfall. Banging through the brush I lost my tippet dispenser. Wading in the stream I slipped and cracked the wood on my reel seat. I wrapped my expensive furled leader around a logjam and broke it off. I was starting to get pissy in only the way a grown man could when he is alone with his wife. "I'm done." I proclaimed with a pout kicking the water, "I'm too unlucky today."

I told her she could fish for a while then we would have to make the hard trek back downstream. She took the rod from me and began flogging the water with the large stimulator I had put on the way to short leader....

"If you can hit that rock," I said only half paying attention, "there will be a decent fish in the current break behind." She made it on the third cast and a true monster of the stream came up to attack the fly. The next few seconds were tense with me yelling instructions and trying to land the fish. A beautiful cutt-bow hybrid on a size 12 stimulator.....

After we released the gorgeous fish we knew it was time to quit and headed back to the car. It was easier going than I thought with the high of the fish still with us. We stopped at a hot springs where the little stream meets the main river. Moving the river rock, so that the hot and cold mixed to a perfect temperature, I realized that even if we had caught no fish we were luckier than most just to be out in the mountains enjoying the day....

fishing ponds near Mount Fuji.

Mr. Bae, Prof. Huh, & Dr. Shin just returned from a trip to Japan where they were visiting Mr. Takahara at his summer cabin near mount Fuji. They had a chance to visit 3 local fishing ponds near there. Two of the ponds are public ponds (but with fees that run up to $100 per person!) and one of them is a private club where it’s invitation access only. Looks like a great time.