Island of Okinawa, Okinawa
Okinawa is the southern most chain of islands in Japan next to Taiwan. Its climate is sub-tropical and the island is surrounded by coral reef and sandy beaches. Due to having bases of US armed forces, many area deflect over development which contributes the preservation of wild life.
What Terrains to Expect?
1. Inner Coral Reef
Many of the coastline is composed of beach and inner coral reef which locals call “Inno" which is a cradle of many fish. This creates a shallow pool while outside rim is stretched far away where drop off is formed.
Scavenger type of fish feeds actively on ascending tide to cover as much underwater bottom as possible. Predatory fish hunts actively on descending tide when small weak fish are trapped inside outgoing current and cannot outswim the predators.
2. Rocky Reef
Some coast in the northern part of island is made of rocky reef which creates a drop off without much coral reef in between. This gives much easier access to target pelagic fish such as dorado and mackerel tuna. Trevally is known to patrol along the edge of any reef, so ambush will be very efffective.
Okinawa Fly Fishing
TFCC is making some short-films about fly fishing in Okinawa.
Learn More?
TFCC members regularly fly to variety of islands around Okinawa to enjoy saltwater fly fishing. If you want to learn more, please contact/register (free).