Decoy Ayu - Decoy Ayu

...When they still ate animal food, there was a method of sinking fishing (dobu fishing) in which insect-like flies were submerged in the water and allowed to drift along the river bottom, and the variety and sophistication of the flies was remarkable. In tomo-zuri, fishing is done by taking advantage of the territorial behavior of sweetfish, bringing a decoy sweetfish close to their territorial area and catching any sweetfish that attack it with hooks placed around the decoy sweetfish. The key to success is dexterity and finding the sweetfish's favorite spots. Other methods that require considerable skill include korogashi, where sweetfish are dragged around in shallow waters to hook them, and shakuri, where sweetfish are hooked by jerking the bait up from deep waters.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "decoy Ayu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…まだ動物食のころは，昆虫に似せた毛針を水中に沈め川底を流して釣る沈み釣り(どぶ釣り)があり，毛針の種類とその精巧さには目を見張るものがある。アユのなわばり行動を利用して，おとりアユをなわばり域に近づけ，それに攻撃してくるアユをおとりアユのまわりに配した針で引っ掛けて釣る〈友釣り〉は，手ぎわよさといかにアユの好むポイントを見つけるかが肝心である。そのほかに，かなりの熟練を要するものに浅瀬をひき回してアユを引っ掛ける〈ころがし〉，深いところから上へしゃくり上げて引っ掛ける〈しゃくり〉などがある。…

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