The fish finally showed their faces.
It is just after 2:00 p.m. and the sun has already started to tilt to the west. I reel in the reel, stop, and move it again, repeating the process, forgetting about the time and silently immersing myself in fishing.
Ishii:I was standing in knee-deep water, but I found myself waist-deep in the water with the sole intention of catching fish. When you are standing alone in the water, you concentrate on fishing.
The nerves of the whole body are sharpened so as not to fall on the ragged stones at one's feet and to detect the minute movements of the rod. Your senses are sharpened to a degree not experienced in everyday life. Then, I hear a cheer from the shore!
It's a sea urchin! The staff member of Daiwa, who accompanied me, caught the fish, which had grown to about 30 centimeters in length, and I was excited and suddenly motivated.
After a while, the staff of "Daiwa" got another hit. Next was a rainbow trout! They chased it to the shallows and bit it. The fish became more active! Ishii and Komatsu's rods were also responding to the fishing mood.
Ishii:I got a bite once, but I couldn't get it right. I guess I was too early. I always feel like I'm trying to catch black bass, but it's so different from the way I usually catch black bass that it's hard to feel. It was frustrating.
Komatsu:I felt an obvious bio-reaction from my rod, but I couldn't catch it. ...... I couldn't catch it, but I was kind of happy with that reaction alone. The lure was falling at the right time, so it might have been an American trout.
In the midst of all this, the guide caught his long-sought-after American trout!
Also called Ezo char, it has a beautiful spotted pattern. The sun was setting and time was up when the ame trout showed their faces. A boat came to pick us up. Unfortunately, HOUYHNHNM FISHING CLUB could not catch any fish. We caught nothing, but we were glad to have experienced the wilderness of Hokkaido firsthand.
