Fishing Report 9/8/2014 Part 2

Had another fishing contest yesterday afternoon. We each caught 8 (best to leave the official count at a tie), but the interesting thing was the diversity of the species we caught. Noe caught a yearling Black Drum. Marlon caught a young snapper. And we each caught a bunch of the resident rock blennies. Noe asked to fish where I was and took it one step further. She would drop her rig in to this small area and proceeded to pull up fish after fish - including the baby drum. This small fish trip we are on right now is paying off with the different species we are finding.

Going Home with a Gyotaku!!!

My parents have been up visiting from Florida. I'm sending them home with a gyotaku of a red snapper (or tai if you're Nihongo, or mya mya if you're pinoy). I rummaged around the room in the basement where I keep all my fishing stuff and I found all the unfinished gyotaku I had made before I came back home from my unaccompanied tour of duty overseas. I have caught the bug again to finish these out. So now I'll be preoccupied as winter sets in and the local fish slip further and further into their cold induced slummer - between fly tying and coloring in gyotaku, hopefully the sun will rotate back to this hemisphere faster...

Tai Gyotaku (and Dinner)

This is my first gyotaku since getting back to Virginia. I worked some with the kids which made the whole experience even better. After printing, I filleted the snapper and served it "blackened" (La approved). I have a few more of these to finish, but this is the first completed print.