Reunion

A year or so ago, I met a young Japanese boy at one of our fly fishing club's meeting. He told me that he wanted to learn fly fishing, so I took him out to a river and showed him how to catch fish on flies.

It didn't take long for him to learn skills, and he started to explore his new water on his push bike which, as I remembered, was literally being pushed around because his tires were often being punctured.

Like other boys interested in new toys, he was always talking about his wish to own a top quality rod and reel, but despite of his cheap second hand gear, he caught more and bigger bream than anyone else in the club before leaving to Japan at the end of the school term in that year.

一年程前にフライフィッシングに興味のある日本人の少年に会いました。日本からの留学生で、たまたま地元のフライフィッシングのミーティングに来ていたので、声をかけたところ、フライフィシングを教えて欲しいと言うので、一緒にクロダイやトラウトを釣りに行きました。

釣りのセンスが良く、しばらくすると川へ自転車に乗って行き、クロダイのポイントを新しく開発して行きました。もっと良い竿やリールが欲しいなんて事をよく言っていましたが、その年の暮れに日本に帰るまでの間、安いお下がりのロッドとリールで、他のクラブのメンバーの誰よりも多くそして大きなクロダイを釣っていました。


It looked like his casting got better

Last week he returned to WA to have some time off before him moving to North East of Japan to start his university course. It sounded like the uni is closer to some of Japan' top trout rivers, so I am sure he is going to enjoy his new life over there.

We went out together on the weekend to chase some bream. We caught some fish, and talked about our hope for next year's NZ trip.

It was good to catch up with you, Itaru, and I wish you the best luck.


この度、晴れて大学入試に合格した彼は、四月から東北の大学に通うそうです。渓流王国東北に行けるなんて羨ましい限りです。

この週末は、日本から遊びに来たそんな彼とクロダイ釣りに出かけました。イタル君、久々に会えて良かったです。春からの新生活がんばってください。来年は、NZで会いましょう。








See you again, my friend!


It was a beautiful sky in this evening.

Canon D10 & EF 50mm Macro