Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
ANGLING IN JAPAN
BAMBOO RODS AND HoRsEHAIR
LINES USED.
Lively Sport With Big Fish-Poachers
Both Active and successful-skill
Of the Japanese Tiers Of Flies.

Lachne. Canada. Letter in New York Sun.
Some interesting facts about angling In
Japan ara given by a Canadian who was
engaged In business there.
The common trout of Japan, the iwana,
IS probably our brown trout The fish
range in Give from, one IN tbree Mounds Int
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thouGh hatcheries nave peeh producing
large patches of the young fry for nearly
forty years the difficulty In finding faith
full eamekeeners has given poachers the
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"a ne.pns Wv" '-0
OF the nsh' so that hshins u ny ho ineaiis
profitable near the chief cities
Poachers seem to depend mainly upon
nets of STRANGE corstruct,on made Of wick.
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anu siu"s upoa po'o''
In tine numerous lashon OF tne oip OF
scoop nets so wei known on TINS conti-
nent.
In conjunction with these nets spy pox
Is usen, generally ruue Woooeh anaH
with one side gone. ana peep hoie IN the
opposite side through which, when the box
is submerged, the bottom or the river may
be clearly seem
So expert do the poachers become that
they boast OF being able 10 take every nsh
they sight through their boxes. This they
do by an adroit use of their nets. and with
a spear to make all sure at the emo
Fisbino with ouicklime.
Another favorfte plan when, as some
times happens, a great number of trout
have been sighted in a hole. is to drop a
49,, 90 e,,,o,,,,,,,a 20 ,ha hotto,, Of night
oas VI ~ -
time, when as the lime STACKS the hsh are
driven gasping to the surface, where they
are speared or Melted, or even picked out
by the men who stand or float at the outlet
of the hole
At the present moment the poacher is
the bane of the Japanese community from
an anglers point of view.
Strangely enough the common method
of fishing in Japan is one sometimes found
among the ieiSn ~ Ga rn,,on 4
long line with ground halt attached ia fast
ened to a pole which is set leaning in a
crotched stick either on the bank or In a
boat, and peii is SO hung 10 tne roo '.ae
;ntir, n,intIy vanIad ont nv main
strength Running tackle and reels are al
most comnleteIy unknown in that country,
even for trolling or fly fishing
II will surprise no one who has heard
of their marvellous dexterty and their pow
ers of Imitation to lean that in tying
artificial flies the Japanese workmen cam
NOT he exceIled Their flies never come
tern and name.
IT is true that the workman is an adept
with his brush and pigments, and that the
flies may fade after use but this Is not al
WAYS a serious fault in that country OF
changeable skies and water colorings.
There is a pretty little fiy very popular To-
cally. and very tempting to the trout on
bright DAVIS which could hardly be made
at reasonable prices anywhere but in that
Mace of cheap carefulness
IT ia built upon the black dose. tied to a
minnow hook and contains few hairs OF
a local SQUIRREL, a tip from a rarely seen
eeret's plume a tiny blue plume one strand
of mauye silk and suspicion of a pea
cocks hackle at the shank This wonder
full little combination is perhaps the finest
smecimen of the fiymaker's skill ever put
Ture for front
1t may be bought In japan anywhere
where fly fishing is done at what might cor
resnond tn a cent and a third. or three for
80 . T. onrosants . ,,ar,, small
houi 'e"s' 49,
gnat, and is the pest possipie lure iot uou'
upon doubtful days.
In fly fishing bamboo rods of a kind IA
mliar on this continent during the past
few wears are used the line generally COM
leader, DelnS ABOUT hdiI as loHg AGAIN 40