Day 5.
Morning session - just one bite.
Three feisty rainbows in 35-45cm ranges.
A good day. And a good trip all in all.
Had a few free hours before our flight out. We paid one last visit to Akan
river.
We visited the eastern shore, where the foot of Mt. Akan plummets directly
into the deep water. Dr. K, an adept fisherman, was quick to nail one down.
On the window shield of our car we found a courtesy warning of Grizzlies
nearby.
Good that we did not have to meet up with one!
- Back
One last greeting to Mr. O the licence inspector. As a custodian of the Akan fishery he patrols
all around the lake as well as the rivers every day. A big respect and
thanks!!
The last hour of the session was spent on the main bowl of the lake. As
in the previous evening, we encountered patches of nervous waters here
and there. This time we could slide the boat right next to it and, finally,
managed to nail them down.
There were no noticeable hatching activities but the northerly breeze must
be dropping insects down. It was obvious Amemasu was holding tight to the
shoreline rising to the drifting meals. Sayuri too got one on. With a boat,
fishing is easy!
An evening session - we were joined by Dr. K, a fishing friend from Tokyo.
Together we chartered a boat to spend the last evening.
'11 Akanko in Summer - 3They were indeed school of Amemasu, rounding up the newborn fries of whitebaits
(Wakasagi). The fries are so small and needle like - hard to imitate.
Not quite ''a fish a cast'' but, with a small streamer stripped fast, we boated enough chunky Amemasu to satisfy our urge.
Our guide, Mochizukisan took the boat into the ''watergate'' bay. There
we were entertained by occasional rises induced by Monkage hatches.
