T.F.M. Spotting - Hitoshi in Toyko

Over the course of the past year or so it has been a pleasure to get to know Hitoshi Takemura through his blog and emails. Even though I may not be able to read his blog and his emails are sometimes "lost in translation", our mutual interest in fly fishing and gear has made for some interesting conversations.

Hitoshi came across Recycled Waders gear through T.F.M. and since then has ordered over fifty pieces for himself and friends. Hitoshi also fields a couple dozen emails a day from anglers in Japan asking him about the Recycled Waders gear that he has posted on his blog.

Now Hitoshi is interested in Reel Pure and has had a couple shipments go over of their gear as well.

Great to see these two brands go global!

This is one of Hitoshi's favorite fly rods with the rod tube tagged with a T.F.M. decal. It's a an eight foot five weight glass rod by R.L.Winston which was made with Grizzly blank (pre Fenwick from 1959).

Hitoshi, thank you for representing T.F.M. in Japan! It is very much appreciated.