Japanese Amago

This is an amago I caught yesterday in 高知, Japan. It took me a while to take this photo. And stream is damn cold. But the fish is really pretty.

Incredible Thai

About two weeks ago, me and three friends went into deep jungle of southern Thailand for fishing 5 days. It's a really tough trip, we kept walking about 10km per day. But no pain no gain! I met the most powerful fish I ever caught, mahseer . It's really a lifetime experience.

The River of Life

I watch this video on my phone before I go to sleep. It makes me sleep well, the images of the feeding trout swimming in my thoughts. It's more about living than fishing.

New Generation of Fly Fishing

I like this kid...

Officially homesick...

I miss the Midwest.  A lot. Especially the lakes and pace of it all.

We got some snow in Seoul...

Glad I brought my extended arm snow remover for the car...

The Gambler

Oldie but Goodie.

The Dream Stream

A nice video of the steam and area that we fished together. Also proof that if you want to catch trophy wild fish on tiny flies in the middle of the winter, going with a guide at the top of the food chain is tantamount. Let's all go again someday.

I want one of these...

Google now offering North Korea on maps! Start dreaming of finding hidden trout.


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Favorite fish of the day

A hold over from last year? Found this fish outside of the nets on the reservoir side. Nice rosy cheeks.

Floating fishing shanty

Throughout lakes/ponds in Korea, they have these floating fishing shanties called 수상좌대 (jwha-dae). One can rent one of these shacks for about $70-$100 per day and there are various sizes and levels of facility. They are primarily used for carp fishing (a particular type of carp is target, not the regular carp we commonly see) and they typically have the still water rod set up (without reel). Once you rent one, a boat takes you to your shanty and the shanty does not have a motor attached so you're going to remain where you are. With a phone call, a hot meal or drinks are conveniently delivered to your shanty by boat. I've never actually rented one myself but I am going to as soon as the water breaks from the winter. Unfortunately they are not used for ice fishing (perhaps because of safety issues?) so I'll have to wait till spring. If nothing, it looks like a great place to hang and get drunk.

Streamer Fishing...Continued...

Since my last streamer fishing which was a disaster, I've been occupied with streamer fishing to the point I've dreamed about it a few times.  

 Today was a beautiful sunny day.  The temperature went up to 45 degree. Figured it will be a great day to pick up where I left off.

 This underbite brown was caught with a dry fly.

  Last fish I caught before I switched to a streamer.

 I pulled out about 5 trouts from this pool with a streamer.  I found out that weighted streamer was easier for me to time proper retrieval speed.

 Even a small pool which I will usually ignore produced a hit.

 Rest of the trip was a blast as many more fish was released.  I couldn't believe how effective streamer fishing can be even in small mountain creeks.  I am sure I will have more streamer patterns in my fly box going forward...

New Zealand Rainbows

Dr. Shin and Prof. Huh are down in New Zealand for a week and just sent me some photos on my phone. Nice fat rainbows... I wish I was there.

 

(more photos from rainbowfly site)

streamer (killing tool)

Here are some of the flies I've been tying...