Winter Dace Fishing with Reed Rods

Synopsis

Kumada, a magazine photographer, and Natsuko, a reporter, come to do a feature on the master rod-maker, old Ippei. They want to film actual fishing with a rod he made — but the rod Ippei is working on now is for ayu, and it's the wrong season. So Sanpei shows them haya fishing with a rod made of reed (ashi) and sausage as bait. Intrigued by the thrill of fishing with a reed rod that could snap at any moment, Kumada starts trying it out alongside, but it doesn't go so smoothly…