The morning sky looked threatening and my previous day's fishing charter had been rained out, but I still had an overwhelming urge to go out and wet a line.
I wanted a place that would not be affected by the weather, that offered a chance to catch a lot of fish, that was reasonably priced and that was easy to get to.
The place I chose was the Katsuragawa Lure and Fly Fishing Area, a 4,000-sq.-meter fishing pond stocked with rainbow trout and Japanese iwana char. I arrived at 9 a.m. and had the place to myself until noon. It didn't rain and I had a day of almost nonstop fishing action.