Fishing With Kids - Gyotaku

by Kristine
(USA)

Smallmouth Bass basic ink print

I fish with my 9 year old niece quite often. She enjoys making Japanese Fish Prints(Gyotaku) from special fish she has caught. There are plenty of DIY videos available. Here are a few tips. Rough scaled fish are the easiest to print. Use non-toxic ink or paint. After the ink or paint has dried you can color them with colored pencils or watercolor. Have fun!! And bring lots of paper towels and hand wipes.

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“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” - Benjamin Franklin

"Be sure in casting, that your fly fall first into the water, for if the line fall first, it scares or frightens the fish..." -
Col. Robert Venables 1662

As age slows my pace, I will become more like the heron.

We've all had situations where seriously chewed up flies kept catching fish after fish after fish. It is no sin to tie flies that come off the vise looking seriously chewed up.