Oishii Oshino

Oshino river, flowing through Oshino village, is a spring creek approximately 2 kilometres in length. The water comes from springs around Mt Fuji and is considered a natural monument of Japan. Oshino is touted as the Mecca for Japanese fly-fishers and only 2 hours from central Tokyo. As the river is a spring creek the water is perfectly suited to salmonoids with Yamane, Iwana and rainbow trout but also a number of different fish species (Koi and char). One problem with the large number of fisher people and gin clear water is that the fish are very spooky and fly’s need to be very small and “match the hatch”. The highlight of the day was breaking the Yamane and Iwana duck and landing several of these beautiful fish (along with a nice rainbow).

On the day I visited, during the week, there were still a number of people and by mid afternoon it got a little busy to find a spot where you could fish uninterrupted (or not disturb others).