I actually went to Osaka & Kanto region in Japan this time around to go on a fishing training expedition. On my very first fishing lesson, I had gone to Aono dam in Hougo prefecture with Mr. Fukuda from Fivecore. And I got to use their original rods from Fivecore as well. I used the same rod Lucky Craft pro staff Mr. Suzuki Mitsuo uses as one of his favorite – the Finesse Flip Rod (He won the TBC Classic tournament with this rod). I decided to use a smaller type lures such as the Clutch DR, Bevy Crank MR and some testing with the new BS 65FC.Since it rained the previous day, the water temperature decreased quite a bit and so instead of doing the shad pattern, using a small scale crankbait was more effective and got more bites. I used both silent and rattle depending on the condition: towards the beginning I used the silent lure and got a few bites, but as the time passed I noticed the Bass would show more interest in the rattle. I personally caught 1 on the silent Clutch DR and that was my very first Bass caught in Japan!

Also, as someone who goes power fishing in America a lot, there was an extremely surprising fact on this amazing rod Japanese people created using their high technical strength. You can cast this Finesse Flip Rod using only one arm!! Believe it or not, my arm doesn’t even get tired and I could use this rod all day long! If anyone is interested, please go to the link below for further information.

I’m definitely getting one for myself!

This fishing day was filmed and will be posted very soon! So please stay tuned!

Fivecore
http://www.fivecore.biz/index.html

Finesse Fillip
http://www.justace.co.jp/justace/contents/products/gaptools.html

Sandy
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