During the weekend of 17-18 May, we organized a lure fishing clinic, as one of the series of fishing events from <Mazegawa Fishing Academy>. This time we invited 3 instructors from Bassday, Japan’s top lure facricant for 13 participants from nearby regions.
Bassday URL(in Japanese)
On the 1st day, in the morning, the instructors gave a classroom […]

On Saturday 24 May 2008, we organize a fly fishing contest, <Mazegawa Fishing Academy Fly Fishing Contest 2008>. This is part of series of fishing tuitions which are directed by NPO Mazegawa Produce (not a vegetable dealer)

Date
Sat 24 May

9h
Meeting at the Fishing Center <Mizube no Yakata>, which is 30 minutes
  drive from the Gero-spa (central […]

As I explained in the previous post, baitcast is the most popular fishing method in this part of Japan - fishing trout in narrow and rapid streams. I will present this time <TENKARA>, a Japanese version of fly fishing practiced by professional anglers from old times.
The biggest difference between TENKARA and fly fishing is non-use […]