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Majestic ritual Shogawa fall sweetfish fishing

The appearance of the fallen sweetfish heading for the journey to leave offspring is sad

My fishing partner Watanabe who is aiming for sweetfish falling in Shogawa, the back is me Sawatari

This Yomoyama story is about the real thrill of autumn ayu fishing, and the story of falling sweetfish fishing in Shogawa, Toyama prefecture.Falling sweetfish is a sweetfish in the later years when young sweetfish that climbed the river grow in the spring and descend to the sea again for spawning.

Falling sweetfish fishing is a majestic ritual that ends the season for hair burr fishing fans.The appearance of the fallen sweetfish heading for the journey to leave offspring is sad.A plump and hungry female sweetfish.On the other hand, a black and rusty male sweetfish.Although they are a contrasting couple, their appetite is very strong, and they boldly jump to the hair burr just after the Last Supper.

I heard that the Ayu of Shogawa is large, so I decided to go to Shogawa for the final ceremony of this year.I entered Toyama on the night of October 10th and headed for Shogawa from the early morning of the following 14th.First of all, I entered the Fuchi under the Daimon Ohashi, which is the fishing point for sweetfish. When the tension was poured downstream of the Fuchi with the No. 15 weight, a 6-centimeter-class white sweetfish came to the hair burr "Akadama Port Wine". "Shimizu No. 19 Sakura" The hair burr hit the 2 cm class, and for 25 to 3 minutes I wrestled with the male sweetfish and managed to put it in the ball net.Tosa's hair Bali "Yusho" and Kaga Bali's "Akaboshi Gin" had constant hits, and I caught 4 tails by the time I put in the rod at 2:20 pm.As expected, land fans were catching twice as many as we were.

The next 16th is the re-opening day of the Jinzu River.However, there are no anglers under the Arisawa Bridge, which is crowded every year.If you look closely, there is a bulldozer in the river, and you are taking a jari and doing repair work.I was worried that sweetfish couldn't lay eggs.On the other hand, this year's Shogawa was not expected to be released on the Soviet Union, but it seems that it had the effect of releasing 130 million fish.The water temperature was higher than usual, and a fisherman said, "The fish grew up."

When I got home, I immediately took it to a small restaurant in Nishiogi, where I enjoyed drinking sweetfish with my drinking friends.I had a good time, saying "the taste is sweet" to the same sound.The clear water flowing from the deep mountain stream of the Northern Alps is so transparent that you can see Ayu chasing hair burrs with the naked eye.It is no wonder that local fans say, "Shogawa sweetfish has the best taste in Hokuriku."

On October 10st and 21nd, I stayed in the town of Takaoka near the fishing spot, and from early morning I put out a rod at the beach just below the iron bridge.Hari was constantly hung with sweetfish on "Kuro Yatsuhashi Hidden Silver" and "Bamboo No. 22", and 1 to 20 cm became 26 tails in 2 days.

With the help of the locals, I was able to finish this year's fall sweetfish ritual.

At the sweetfish fishing point on the upper side of Otabashi, Shogawa, Toyama Prefecture

Ayu Hair Bali "Akadama Port Wine"

Ayu hair Bali "Black Yatsuhashi hidden silver"

Magna March 2015 "Ayu Hair Bali Encyclopedia"