Fishing with Tai Rubber
Fishing with Tai Rubber, often called Eye Drop Jig, is one of the very popular lures to catch red seabream or Madai (Pagrus Major.) In this article, I would like to introduce the tackle, history and a bit of tips to select Tai Rubber. What is Tai Rubber? Tai Rubber is a special type of […]
Pleasure of Iso Fukase Fishing
Have you heard about Iso fishing before? Iso stands for rocky coast in Japanese. For Japanese anglers, Iso is the place with rich target fish, which are not commercially available but very tasty. You can say that Iso is an angling paradise, because only anglers are interested in Iso and that it is untouched by […]
Vintage Pattern of Tenkara Fly
This is except from a Japanese book about traditional river fishing. Original name of the book is shown at the end of this article. This book explores the tradition of river fishing (commercial fishing as well as angling.) It shows a lot about the intericate interaction between men and rivers. Among these interesting contents, please […]
Tenya; Japanese Traditional Jig Head?
Imagine you are catching a 60 cm red sea bream with a jig head. It uses a kind of jig head style hook with 5 to 8 cm shrimp as a bait. You use a 0.15mm thick braided line with a rod with a sensitive tip. You can feel the attack of a fish directly […]
Angling for Tuna in Japan
Tuna is a very popular fish in Japan, not only for eating, but also for angling. It is much more accessible than one thinks. Around Japan, one can catch Kuro-maguro (Pacific bluefin tuna) and Binnaga-maguro (Albacore or longfin tuna.) As for its size, Kuro-maguro is the trophy for anglers. Species There are two species of […]
Sea Bass Fisihing in Tokyo Bay
Sea bass is a very popular target fish for anglers in Tokyo. It is accessible and a great game fish to catch. Please let me explain about this fish for you. Photo from this link. The species and distribution What we call sea bass can be seen in many parts of the world. Among them, […]
Fishing for Ayu; “The Queen of the River”
Ayu (Ayu sweetfish, Plecoglossus altivelis) is a special species of fish in Japan. People call it “the queen of the river” in Japan. There are several reasons for it. Firstly, it tastes very well. Secondly, the life cycle of Ayu impresses Japanese people. And most importantly for us, there is a special method to catch […]
Bamboo and Action of Japanese Fishing Rods
Bamboo and Action of Japanese Fishing Rods Why do many traditional styles of Japanese fishing use whip rods? How do they deal with hooked fish without reels? This article answers these questions.One of the simplest answers is that we have had different materials available for fishing rods. This difference of materials has developed completely different […]
Egi, Squid Lure Fishing
One of the most popular targets in SW lure fishing is squids, in Japan. From the shore, Aori ika (Bigfin reef squid or Green eyed squid, Sepioteuthis) is the favorite one for many anglers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sepioteuthis_lessoniana_(Tokyo_Sea_Life_Park,_Kasai_Rinkai_Suizokuen,_Japan)_2.jpg It is considered as one of the new target species in lure fishing. This squid had grasped lure anglers’ attention […]
Can fish see various colors differently?
Introduction Some commercial anglers in Japan say that the fish can identify colors. They seem to have reached this conclusion from their experiences. But what does science tell us about it? Research Some researches concluded that fish can recognize colors. Many of these researches are using the method to measure the elecctric stimulus of fish […]