Fly Fishing Japan: Akan River, Hokkaido, Part 1

It's the last day of my 2021 trip to Hokkaido. I have the opportunity to fish the Akan River on my way back to the airport. Even though the weather forecast is for rain, I decide to give it a go. I've never fished this river before.
This is my longest video yet, so I've added times where I hook into big fish below.
Put captions on for extra commentary and for places where the stream noise makes it difficult to hear what I'm saying.
11:40 Big Fish 1
17:20 Big Fish 2
22:08 Big Fish 3
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[@gadzooks6811]

Great vid. Thanks for taking us there. First fish is definitely a rainbow. Yamame tend to have very dark and prominent grey parr marks with orange spots and orange-yellow fins and definitely no red-pink band or cheeks like a rainbow. All beautiful fish you found. Great trip.

[@ITriedThis]

Thanks for the comment... and thanks for confirming that was a rainbow. I made some identification mistakes on earlier days and I was starting to doubt myself.
I'm putting together a video for the afternoon session of this day at the moment. I actually managed to land some fish in the afternoon, but nothing as big as the ones I lost in the morning.

[@SinkorSig]

I watch your videos very closely because its on my fly bucket list to catch these fish one day. Keep up the killer work, beautiful fish👊🏻

[@ITriedThis]

Thanks for watching! I'm doing a New Zealand trip too, so I hope to find some good locations there.

[@camstarx]

Thanks for posting !! Really nice vid

[@ITriedThis]

No problem. Thanks for watching!
That was an interesting day.

[@m.h.english4773]

I really love the sound of your fly reel. My I ask the make and model? 😇

[@ITriedThis]

@m.h.english4473 My reel is in storage for winter at the moment. I can't actually remember the make but I'll check next time I get it out and reply back here. I'm planning an Australia/New Zealand trip in March, so I'll report back in a few weeks. It's nothing very expensive.