A friend of mine took me out to headwater fishing for char in the middle of June. I am not familiar to that kind of fishing and have little experience in the mountainous area.
We went down to the river and there are lots of huge rocks. I felt embarrassed being in that situation and took me a while to start feeling comfortable. Humm….., anyhow, I started with Shimazaki's Marshmallow flies.
It looks like there are no fishermen before us today, and I caught a nice char soon. They didn't care what flies I casted for; Elk Hair Caddis, Beetles, whatever.
I used 7ft short leader and added just 80cm 5X tippet.
My friend and I were going upstream and fished in turn. Fish comes out from almost every spot. The bigger spot had a bigger fish.
We fished the section and l looked back the stream. I felt safe that time. Clear water, big rocks, fresh greenery leaves….That was a memorable fishing trip day for me.
Masa Kondo
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