Fishing Japanese Secret

What shops I'm using to buy Japanese lures in the U.S.   Hello! This is Angler Waki. I'm a Japanese based in the U.S. I love fishing. I love fishing tackles. Many anglers would be just like me. Loving not just catching fish, but also collecting cool fishing tackles!    Since I'm a Japanese angler, I love fishing tackles from Japan. When I was a kid, just seeing the fishing tackle catalogs was all I could do. So many cool fishing rods, reels, and lures were on the paper catalogs from Daiwa, Shimano, and other big fishing retail stores. But they were too pricy for kids.  But now, I’m a grown-up. I can afford to buy such fishing tackles. Although, high-end tackles are still too much. I have kids who cost money :p  Anyway, here, I have one problem that the young Angler Waki had never expected. Yes. for some reason, when Angler Waki became a grown-up, he moved to the U.S.  To be honest, till I came to North America, I had not known the fact that it's such hard t...

Keitech Crazy Flapper Chinning colors.  Keitech Crazy Flapper is a really good creature-type bait that perfectly fits for Texas rig, Jika rig, and Rubber jig trailer. Calico on the Texas rig with Crazy Flapper 2.8".  In Japan, this soft plastic is getting to be very popular as a secret weapon for Chinning. Chinning is a lure fishing genre for Chinu (Japanese Sea Bream). Chinu is one of the popular game fish targets. Traditionally, we use crabs, shrimps, mussels, and live worms to catch them. But recently, Chinu has become a popular lure-fishing target.  This month, Keitech is launching a new size of Crazy Flapper. 2.4 inches model. I believe this one mainly targets Chinning anglers.  This new size would be launched with 14 colors. Keitech says 5 out of 14 will be a Chinning Special Color.  #519: EBI MISO RED COPPER  This looks like brown, but you can use this for a situation where black works. Effective for night fishing and muddy waters. #520: GREEN PUMPKI...

Daiwa Line keeper looks cool.  After you fish with your spinning reels, what items you're using to hold the lines on a spool? Simply hook the line on a line keeper on a spool?   I use a rubber band I got at a dollar shop.  A standard cheap rubber band just works okay. I don't have a big problem but this is *just okay*. To tightly hold the leader line on a spool, a bit of practice would be needed. I wonder are there any *perfect* products for this purpose?  Then recently, I saw this product on my Instagram.  Oh yeah.. this looks cool. But can be expensive for an alternative of a cheap rubber band, I guess...  I wanna try this, though.   View this post on Instagram A post shared by DAIWA JAPAN Products (@daiwa_japan_products) Facebook Angler.Waki   Instagram Angler.Waki  Thank you!  Angler Waki.

 When I first time moved to North America, I was surprised that I could not find any telescopic landing pole.  In Japan, Tamo-ami タモ網 is very popular and we can find it at any fishing store. It has a telescopic pole and net. The telescopic could be from 2m to 6m. When we fish from the rock, cliff, jetty, pier, etc.. we need a landing net with a very long pole. The telescopic landing pole makes it.  I introduce a Japanese-style landing net/pole. Tamo Ami.  In the U.S. (and Canada), I could not find it. So I bought some in Japan and brought it back. When I was into Bass Fishing, it was not always necessary. Since in many cases, I was fish at the water edge and could easily hand-landing the fish. But when I used Jerkbait with 3 triple hooks, the landing net was very useful. Multi triple hooks can be very dangerous for hand landing.  Then I started saltwater fishing a couple of years ago here in Southern California. The landing net got to be very important for me. I...

 I have some fishing tools I always bring for fishing. They're very important and essential to me. Without them, I'll be super nervous and would not be able to focus on fishing.  BogaGrip is one of them.   When I fished 20 years ago, Fish Grip was not that popular. When I caught Japanese Seabass and Japanese Rockfish, I simply lipped them as I'm doing for a Bass. When I caught a toothy fish like cutlassfish, I removed a hook by using a plier.  But now, I believe almost all avid anglers in Japan bring a fish grip. I don't remember when it started getting popular, but it's now a common fishing tool.  I tried several types of fish grip. And I came to the conclusion. BogaGrip is great. BogaGrip could be the best.   It surprisingly holds tightly the big fish. Super stable. And looks cool! Checking out Japanese internet articles, many anglers also says so.    There are many fishing grips way cheaper than  BogaGrip , but how often do ...