15.FEB.2012

In any conditions, the experts know and find how to catch, while I do not know. I know that's
why they are called experts!

Data
Sea rocks in Miura Kangawa
The 3rd day of neap tide
Moon age: 22.8
Low tide: 16:48, 34cm, High tide: 00:46, 99cm
Sunrise: 06:29, Sunset: 17:23
Moonset: 00:34, Moonrise: 10:52
Weather: Cloudy, Chilly
Wind: NNE 2.0 - NE 4.1 mps
Temperature: 7.2 - 6.3 ℃
Fishing: 21:15 - 23:15
Catch: None
Fly: Silicon tube uniqeuhair candy
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12.FEB.2012

No always but as much as possible I travel with fishing gear. Whenever I go to Kobe call my
friend in Osaka who is an avid and one of the most famous saltwater fly fisher in Japan and
he's always so kind to me to fish with me. As usual, he arranged boat seabass fishing for me.
His friend has an excellent fishing boat moored near Kobe port. The boat is custom build for
fishing like bass pro boat, equipped with square type flat bow deck which is absolutely perfect
to flyfish and strong 150ps engine.



In Kobe area January was very good but since in February it suddenly became so slow. As it
was said, it's very slow and cold nigh. Hit a few moored tanker, fond nothing. We moved to
water outlet where they landed mullet and seabass recently. All, we played with mullet.



Fished here and there, both of them landed a seabass, but I got nothing, hahaha. We finished
just before the midnight.



Fishing was very slow but it's always nice to fish with new friend, thank you so much guys!!

Data
Kobe port
The 4th day of Half tide
Moon age: 19.8
high tide: 19:29, 172cm, Low tide: 01:23, 31cm
Sunrise: 06:49, Sunset: 17:39
Moonrise: 22:18, Moonset: 04:05
Weather: Partially Cloudy, Chilly
Wind: NE 3.7 - E 4.6 - ENE 3.5 mps
Temperature: 4.7 - 3.4 ℃
Fishing: 19:30 - 23:30
Catch: One mullet
Fly: Clouser Minnow, etc
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11.FEB.2012

It was impossible to be home even Saturday night, as tonight seemed like the best day during
this full moon tide. Not always but after a few poor days, sometimes it causes a massive outbreak
of seaworm and fish become mad with feeding. It promises super fishing, like the super hatch
of mayfly in the river or lake.

After dinner, with big expectation, at the high tide, I was alone on the side walk of canal in south
Yokohama where we sometimes fish. Already a couple of spinning guys there, all awaiting for right
moment same as me. No, there's no seaworm at all. Moved to the next spot then next, nothing.
Wandering around without wetting a fly for about two hours, I have not seen any seaworm nor fish.

Hopefully it gets better at next new moon tide.

Data
South Yokohama canals
The 3rd day of Half tide
Moon age: 18.8
high tide: 19:29, 172cm, Low tide: 01:23, 31cm
Sunrise: 06:33, Sunset: 17:19
Moonrise: 21:10, Moonset: 08:04
Weather: Cloudy, Chilly
Wind: SSE 1.2 - ESE 2.3 mps
Temperature: 6.0 - 6.9 ℃
Fishing: 19:30 - 21:30
Catch: None
Fly: Seaworm fly, white
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10.FEB.2012

At the beginning, just like these days, it's very quite day and nothing to do for a while. After
seven, there's the first fish rise and a few more later. Only I could occasionally see a few
seaworm which was swimming and drifting along the canal wall. Yes, the time has come,
first seaworm was on down steam current, then fish sucked it just like trout do, again and
again. The breathtaking moment, I carefully drifted my seaworm fly, but fish would not like
it. After a few trial and failure, finally fish rose and sucked my fly. Stayed there another half
an hour but nothing.

Well, well, well, after six straight skunk days including last new moon tide, I finally could meet
the fist seabass of the year. It was a small fish but I am really happy as it's the way how I like
to and the place where I like to.

Data
Tokyo bay canals
The 2nd day of Half tide
Moon age: 17.8
high tide: 18:33, 192cm, Low tide: 00:57, 9cm
Sunrise: 06:34, Sunset: 17:17
Moonrise: 20:01, Moonset: 07:29
Weather: Cloudy, Chilly
Wind: ENE 1.2 - NE 1.7 mps
Temperature: 6.1 - 4.9 ℃
Fishing: 18:00 - 20:15
Catch: One, 19:45
Fly: Seaworm fly, white
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09.FEB.2012

Saw only one seaworm!! It should be tonight, but... something wrong? Because of earthquakes?

Data
Tokyo bay canals
The 1st day of Half tide
Moon age: 16.8
high tide: 17:52, 196cm, Low tide: 00:23, -3cm
Sunrise: 06:35, Sunset: 17:10
Moonrise: 18:54, Moonset: 06:55
Weather: Cloudy, Chilly
Wind: NNW 0.5 - NE 3.6 mps
Temperature: 4.5 - 5.4 ℃
Fishing: 18:00 - 20:00
Catch: None
Fly: Seaworm fly, white
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08.FEB.2012

Another skunk day. Two hours in snowing cold winter night, I have not seen any seaworm
nor fish at all, only birds. Why not, still too early? Maybe tomorrow.

Data
Tokyo bay canals
The 4th day of Spring tide
Moon age: 15.8
high tide: 17:11, 195cm, Low tide: 23:48, -9cm
Sunrise: 06:36, Sunset: 17:15
Moonrise: 17:47, Moonset: 06:20
Weather: Cloudy, light snow, Chilly
Wind: NW 2.6 - NNW 5.8 mps
Temperature: 6.5 - 5.4 ℃
Fishing: 18:00 - 20:00
Catch: None
Fly: Seaworm fly, white
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07.FEB.2012

No wandering on Monday as it's rain. Still heavy rain and wind in the morning and afternoon
caused muddy water. I saw a couple of rise just after arrival, while rigging up, nothing any
more. No seaworm came. Another skunk day!! Maybe tomorrow.

Data
Tokyo bay canals
The 3rd day of Spring tide
Moon age: 14.8
high tide: 16:32, 189cm, Low tide: 23:12, -8cm
Sunrise: 06:45, Sunset: 17:02
Moonrise: 16:41, Moonset: 05:42
Weather: Cloudy, Cold
Wind: N 2.6 - 2.3 mps
Temperature: 8.8 ℃
Fishing: 18:00 - 19:45
Catch: None
Fly: Seaworm fly, white
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05.FEB.2012

Quite a bit, I have not fished here since last year January. Colder than yesterday but warm
enough to fish, as today was the first day of spring in the traditional lunar calendar, meaning
spring shoujld has come. Anyway daｙlight is getting longer day by day and the spring is coming
soon. As I heard so many mullet around water gate in the river, however it's not easy to fool
them. Too much foul hook if you pull your line. Over two hours, only I got a mullet and a carp.

Data
River Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
The 1st day of Spring tide
Moon age: 12.8
Low tide: 09:42, 102cm, High tide: 15:13, 158cm
Sunrise: 06:38, Sunset: 17:12
Moonrise: 14:35, Moonset: 04:17
Fishing: 13:00 - 15:15
Catch: One Mullet and Carp
Fly: White and chartreuse egg fly
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02.FEB.2012

Heavy seas scared me to fish at around the tip of rocks. Inlet was quite and calm but pretty
slow, same as these previous days. Only a lucky bite and that's all. Too cold?

Data
Sea rocks in Miura Kangawa
Transitional tide between spring and neap tides
Moon age: 9.8
Low tide: 19:08, 40cm, High tide: 03:57, 104cm
Sunrise: 06:40, Sunset: 17:10
Moonrise: 11:57, Moonset: 01:44
Weather: Clear, Chilly
Wind: N 3.2 mps
Temperature: 0.0 - -0.4℃
Fishing: 21:15 - 23:10
Catch: One Mebaru
Fly: Silicon tube uniqeuhair candy
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27.JAN.2012

After three straight blank days, wondering where to fish. Checked weather forecast and
decided to fish in rocks for rockfish, as low pressure would come and it seemed like to no
chance to fish in weekends. A little bit heavy seas than I imagined. First two bites were
quite early, right next to underwater rocks where I could feel the touch of seaweeds, while
stripping. Looked easy day, but no more bite.

Data
Sea rocks in Miura Kanagawa
The 3rd day of Half tide
Moon age: 3.8
High tide: 18:49, 133cm, Low tide: 01:09, 35cm
Sunrise: 06:44, Sunset: 17:04
Moonrise: 08:34, Moonset: 21:06
Weather: Mostly clear, Chilly
Wind: NE 1.7 - N 1.3 mps
Temperature: 2.9 - 1.3℃
Fishing: 21:00 - 23:15
Catch: Two Mebaru
Fly: Silicon tube white zonker.
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26.JAN.2012

The third night, I finally could see the first seaworm of the season and a few more later on
which was weakly swimming and drifting down just underneath of water surface from canal
to the Tokyo bay. More than two hours, watching the canal, only I saw a few fish rises and
that's all.

Anyway, seaworm has come and fishing will be better soon. see what's going on next full
moon tide.

Data
Tokyo bay canals
The 2nd day of Half tide
Moon age: 2.8
high tide: 18:33, 187cm, Low tide: 01:02, 20cm
Sunrise: 06:45, Sunset: 17:02
Moonrise: 08:04, Moonset: 20:08
Weather: Passing clouds, Chilly
Wind: N 1.6 - NE 1.5 mps
Temperature: 3.7 - 1.4 ℃
Fishing: 18:00 - 20:30
Catch: None
Fly: Seaworm fly, white
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25.JAN.2012

Still some snow left, yesterday night was a little bit warmer than yesterday. Just after my
arrival, I saw two rises in the dark canal, but that was all. No seaworm, no bite, nothing.
Maybe tomorrow.

Data
Tokyo bay canals
The 1st day of Half tide
Moon age: 1.8
high tide: 17:55, 195cm, Low tide: 00:32, 7cm
Sunrise: 06:46, Sunset: 17:01
Moonrise: 07:32, Moonset: 19:08
Weather: Passing clouds and light rain, Chilly
Wind: NNE 2.7 - N 3.6 mps
Temperature: 6.4 - 4.6℃
Fishing: 18:00 - 20:00
Catch: None
Fly: Seaworm fly, white, Brown
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24.JAN.2012

Happy Lunar New Year!! I was thinking about to start from Lunar new year but due to snow
and frozen temperature, I have started wandering about canals in Tokyo bay area today for
seabass, as the time, seaworm season has come. In my area up to sometime in mid of June
we can enjoy fly on seabass from jetty, pier and river mouth where freshwater and saltwater
meet, the brackish water. The key of outbreak of seaworm is related to moon phases same
as all creatures on the earth and the trigger of its out break is new and full moon which
cause highest and lowest tide. The easiest food for seabass.



Chilly cold, still there's some snow on the foot pass, after day's work I was wandering about
canals over an hour and found nothing, no seaworm, no fish. All I could do was waiting and
expecting something happen. One and half an hour later, when I was about to back home, yes,
the first rise. Here they came, but would not take my fly. Then second, third and fourth rise
in about thirty minutes, however I tried various fly, none worked well tonight.

Anyway, the season just has started and will be better soon.

Data
Tokyo bay canals
The 4th day of Spring tide
Moon age: 0.8
high tide: 17:16, 198cm, Low tide: 00:00, -1cm
Sunrise: 06:47, Sunset: 17:00
Moonrise: 06:58, Moonset: 18:06
Weather: Passing clouds, Chilly
Wind: ESE 2.5 - SE 3.5 mps
Temperature: 3.6 - 4.2℃
Fishing: 18:00 - 20:00
Catch: None
Fly: Seaworm fly, white, Brown
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22.JAN.2012

It is always nice to fish with a new friend after chatting over email and phone more than
months. Sometimes readers of this weblog or people googled, email to me, some are just
for fishing info during their short stay in Japan business or family travel, same as I do when
I travel to new place, and some are residents have been trying to flyfish in Japan. It's my
pleasure to share fishing information, fish together with those who like to fish in Japan.
Unfortunately some are too busy or live too far from me to fish together, but I would be glad
just for giving fishing information or chatting over a few beers.



Today I was going to meet Carlos an avid fly fisher from Brazil who lives in Hamamatsu a bit
far from me, at Susono fishing park, pay pond as all rivers and lakes around Kanto for trout
are still closed and as it's almost same distance for us. With English gentleman, Andy lives
in Yokohama and already fished with me a few times, we headed to Susono, Shizuoka about
100km drive from Yokohama. The weather was much better than Saturday and luckily no snow.
At our arrival he was already there and about to land a fish.



Chatted a while and grabbed 4 hours ticket which should be enough as there's tons of stocked
fish in the pond. We fished next each other and I enjoyed midge dry fly fishing both CDC caddis
pupa and adult, size #20 and #22 worked very well. Actually fish never hesitate to take any fly
here, hahaha.



Great to fish with you guys, Keep in touch!!

Data
Susono Fishing Park, Shizuoka
http://www.susono-f-park.com/
Tel: 055-993-5514
Email: susono-f-park@mvd.biglobe.ne.jp
Day ticket: JPY4500, 4 hours ticket: JPY3100
Season: Year round
Open: Apr - Nov 08:00 - 21:00, Dec - Mar 08:00 - 19:00
Fish: Rainbow, Brown, Char, etc
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18.JAN.2012

Got an email from expert who sometimes write articles in fly fishing magazine and we headed
to sea rocks in Miura as usual. Tonight we tried different spot where I merely fish because it's
a kind of heard work for me to get there from car parking. Walking on soft sandy beach wearing
neoprene waders and heavy winter clothing is not easy, also up and down on the rocks at night,
but we heard some good news recently. Many small bait fish and good grown seaweeds here
and there, as we heard. It took me about an hour to get first contact and was regular size. Then
lost second fish in the seaweeds. The third strike was really good, but again stuck in the weeds.
The last one was pretty big for me and was my best fish in this season.

Data
Sea rocks in Miura, Kanagawa
The 1st day of between neap and half tide
Moon age: 24.3
Low tide: 18:54, 34cm, high tide: 02:47, 112cm
Sunrise: 06:49, Sunset: 16:55
Moonrise: 01:34, Moonset: 12:03
Weather: Passing clouds, Chilly
Wind: NNE 1.9 - 2.7 mps
Temperature: 4.8 - 4.7℃
Fishing: 21:15 - 23:15
Catch: Two
Fly: Silicon tube uniqeuhair candy, white saddle hackle candy
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