Anglers can quickly become familiar with each other, no matter how strange they are, as soon as they talk about fishing and fishing tackle. The elder angler, who was originally very mastery, also put down his shelf in the process of explaining the fishing of sweetfish to Hong Tao by the captain of the first team of the village, and went back to add a few words from time to time, for fear that the captain of the first team of the village would not explain Hong Tao in detail enough. After the last, he simply turned around in the chair, took out his fishing rig and fishing rod, and taught Hong Tao how to tie the fishing rig and how to observe the floating action, without the slightest estrangement when they first met.

Everyone chatted and discussed all the way, and the time passed quickly, and after 2 hours, the fishing ground of this ayu fishing competition arrived. It is a large and wide river, known as the Kinugawa River in Japan, and the water in the area where the fishing ground is located is very shallow, but the water is very wide, about 50 meters, and the water is full of large and small stones, which is said to be a river, but it is actually more like a stream.

A total of 16 teams participated in this competition, and they were all master ayu fishers from all over Japan, and they were selected through various competitions. When Hong Tao and his car arrived at the fishing grounds, it was already crowded, not only the vehicles of the anglers, but also the vehicles of many fishing tackle companies, and the most of them were the Japanese media, among which several well-known big TV stations had set up OB trucks, and the reporters carried cameras and seemed to be broadcasting live.

Seeing this formation, Hong Tao was really a little confused, from the shore, along the north bank of this stream is almost all people and cars, all kinds of cameras, video cameras, microphones are even more than fishing rods, many participating anglers are in the interview with TV stations and reporters, Hong Tao They just got off the car, immediately a large group of reporters with long guns and short cannons surrounded them, frightened Hong Tao shrank his head, and got back into the car.

"Are you shy? Or stage fright? Zhou Xiaoli originally wanted to get out of the car, but Hong Tao retreated like this, and squeezed Shengsheng back into the car.

"You don't have to be so pompous to catch a fish, right? I was mainly afraid that I would be too handsome, so I went out first to grab the camera of the first captain of the village, and I stayed in the car for a while, and then got out of the car when they were done. "Hong Tao belongs to a very authentic Beijinger, and his style of rotten meat and mouth has always been carried forward.

"Cut, little furry boy!" Zhou Xiaoli pouted and despised Hong Tao, tidied up her clothes, and stroked her hair, then got out of the car with her chest held high, stood beside the captain of the first team in the village, and began to be interviewed as a representative of Dawa Company.

"I ......" Hong Tao originally wanted to prove that he was not a little hairy child, but after plucking up his courage several times, he still didn't dare to get out of the car, and finally he found a very convincing reason to comfort himself, and the language barrier.

It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, and the ancients didn't deceive me. Hong Tao, who was hiding in the car, had just taken two puffs of a cigarette, and was pulled down by the captain of the village team and Zhou Xiaoli, because those reporters heard that there was a foreign aid in the Dawa team, and they immediately came to the spiritual head, and they had to give the whole team a family photo, and they had to ask Hong Tao, a foreign aid, a few questions.

Since everyone has come to the door, they can't hide, Hong Tao can only stand with his teammates, let these reporters take pictures and take pictures, and then Zhou Xiaoli will be the translator and accept their interview, but these reporters are still face-saving, and only asked a few popular questions, such as whether it is the first time to come to Japan to compete, whether you know about fishing sweetfish, whether you have the confidence to win or something, Hong Tao has been fooled with ambiguous, salty nonsense.

As with competitive fishing, the 16 teams draw lots to determine where their teams will fish, but this is not a fixed spot on the shore, but a stretch of river where each team of three anglers will be fishing.

The Gangshi Village Generation Expression Wa Fishing Team drew the No. 11, and this section of the river is a bit far away from where Hong Tao parked his car, and he needs to walk to it. Hong Tao returned to the car with his three teammates, each took the fishing gear and equipment for fishing sweetfish, and began to set off towards the fishing position.

In addition to bait and hook, the equipment used for fishing sweetfish is basically the equipment of stream fishing, the so-called stream fishing, is also a major fishing method in freshwater fishing, because its main fishing grounds are in those streams and small rivers, so the fishing tackle and equipment used are also some differences from the usual lake and reservoir fishing methods.

First of all, there is a special stream fishing rod for stream fishing, which looks similar to an ordinary table fishing rod, but each section is shorter, which is more suitable for carrying. In addition, the target fish caught by the stream rod and the table fishing rod are different, although they are also different in terms of hardness, tonality, and strength. Because the main target fish of stream fishing are some small fish, so the stream rod does not need to have great strength and hardness, and can be made very light, like a stream rod of about 4 meters, the weight is often only about one or two, that is, 50 grams, which is almost 1 times lighter than the table fishing rod.

In Japan, most anglers use a rod called "Hachiko", which is thinner and lighter, and is specially designed for fishing small fish in streams, Hachiko is the name of a fish in Japanese, which is not big, only about 10 centimeters, and is also called "Xige" in China and "Peach Blossom Fish" in Taiwan.

In addition to the rod, you also have to wear waterproof pants and non-slip fishing boots, which is a must, because stream fishing requires standing in the rapids of the water, especially in this late autumn season, and no one can stand it without warm and waterproof pants. Non-slip fishing boots or non-slip shoes are also necessary, because the stones in the stream are very slippery, and some are covered with moss, if the anti-slip effect of the shoes is not good, it is easy to slip and get injured.

In addition, you will need to prepare a small waterproof waist bag with your fishing hook, lead bite and fishing accessories in it, and carry it directly with you for easy access.

If you are fishing for sweetfish, you have to prepare a thing called "pilot boat", this kind of thing Hong Tao has seen for the first time, even in his previous life, he has never seen such a fishing equipment, it seems that it should be special for Japanese fishing sweetfish.

The "pilot boat" is a boat-like thing, the size of a small backpack, in the shape of a boat, with about a few liters of space inside. It can float on the water, has a connecting ring in the bow of the boat, and hangs a rope on the fisherman's body, and the angler follows wherever he goes.

So what is this "pilot ship" for? In fact, it is a fish tank, put water in it, and then put the sweetfish as bait in it to keep the activity of the small fish, and then put the sweetfish caught in it, so that it is not only a fish protection, but also a container for raising bait, which is very convenient. In order to prevent the boat from making a noise when it hits a stone and alarming the fish in the water, Japanese fishing tackle manufacturers also deliberately make the lower part of the boat made of soft rubber material, so that it will not make a noise when it hits a stone.

In addition, there are many small equipment that will not be introduced one by one, such as bait guns, various gadgets, hats, sunglasses, etc., some things are all based on personal preferences, and there are no uniform regulations.

Hong Tao also got a complete set of stream fishing equipment and fishing gear, of course, all sponsored by Dawa Company, at this time he was also fully dressed, but he couldn't go into the water, because he was a substitute, he could only watch from the shore, if nothing else, how to put on this equipment and how to take it off, the soles of his shoes were dry.

As the saying goes, blessed people don't have to be busy, just when Hong Tao was squatting on the shore and was bored in the way they were teaching in the way of the village captain, he was playing in his own fishing group, a loud scream suddenly came from the river, and the sound was a little miserable, Hong Tao looked up and saw a figure wearing a red waterproof shirt and pants had fallen into the water, and his body was rolling in the knee-deep water. Hong Tao remembered this red dress very clearly, it was worn by the oldest old angler in his team, but Hong Tao also slandered him for a long time, and he was still wearing red at such an age!

Seeing that the old man was lying in the water, Hong Tao couldn't care about the rule that he couldn't go into the water, so he jumped up to the old man, grabbed his fishing vest, and helped him up from the water.