雨のテンカラ

Tackle:  alpha tackle PS テンカラ 超飛 330

Line:  (下野)しもつけ 極選テンカラ 舞らいん 3.6m+ VARIVAS Trout Shock leader 6lb

月初在工藝品店買了包色澤相似的毛，綁了幾根後覺得滿順眼的，遂決定在毛鉤屋購入整片的Hungarian Partridge Skin

This is my very first try tying Kebari with this Skin.

這毛量夠綁到手殘了。

比起手工藝品店的毛料無從挑選部位。

這種整片的山鶉羽，挑其頸毛觸感極柔、羽支極小，很適合小毛鉤的綁製。

逆毛鉤 Kebari；並不是太花俏的毛鉤

The stream in Taiwan are much like the ones in Japan, so I supposed these should do just fine here as well.

原文出處

“When you consider that most tenkara fishing in Japan is done in high-gradient mountain streams - not unlike many of our wild brookie streams - simple patterns make sense. In small mountain streams, fish do not have the luxury of closely examining their food. It goes by too fast. Fish in those conditions must eat quickly or not at all. If the pattern looks like it even might be food, and if the presentation is good, that's probably enough.”

“考量日本多數的天唐釣場屬於河床坡陡的源流，與我們慣於作釣的寬闊溪幅並不相同，這樣簡單的款式設計就情有可原了。畢竟在這樣的高山源流，溪魚沒有太多時間能詳加檢視他們的食物；因為一個錯放就恐面臨挨餓的命運。所以只要毛鉤的款式有幾分神似，加以適當的表現手法，概已足矣。”

大貓特仕版

It is now rainy season in Taiwan, the streams these days are bit flooded for fishing.
But one simply can't wait to try out these pretty little kebari.
 雖然好一陣子都是梅雨連連，有了新利器免不去想冒雨往外。

I first caught some formosan stripe dace (Candidia barbata) in this stream.

初征在這樣的山溪，第一竿就順利開胡。

可惜多是指頭粗的小馬

好不容易來了尾像樣的

就這樣一路下溯，到了與主流的匯流；

連日梅雨，水流湍急相當不利天唐做釣。

And some thickhead chub(Opsariichthys pachycephalus) off the main stream.

標點銳減，運氣不差才能順利起魚

中間我一度更換毛鉤；但並沒有感到咬度上的明顯差異。

台灣溪哥雌魚？

But as the rain got heavier and heavier, I decided to change to another stream.

無奈雨過大，換點.....

And this is how it turned out.....

oh my......

.......嗯（小朋友不要學）

Luckily enough, I was able to entice some bites out from these red-circled area.

偶遇大水，紅色圈圈都是魚有咬餌的區域。

Too bad the fish were mostly small.
(In Taiwan, there is only one native trout, which is endangered species so can not be fish. Here is the link.)

美中不足的，大概是中大魚的機會沒那樣多；這些標點多半是小魚居多。

釣了好一陣子，就這幾尾夠格上鏡。

Pale Chub (Zacco platypus) is originally from Japan.

Gorgeous mating coloration isn't it?

婚色濃厚的青貓追河

A few catches later, the weather was too critical for fishing anymore.

後來雨勢真的不行了，收一收回家吧。

吃苦要吃補；淋了一天雨，來點好料的也是應該的。

It was fun enough trying these kebari anyway.

至此，自綁的Kebari算是相當成功

Hopefully soon, I can do more Tenkara fishing in some reopening water northern Taiwan.

And try catching some 20cm over male thickhead chub, which in Chinease we call it "紅貓"（Red Cat）

期待雨勢轉小，再往那解禁的山區裡去。