Yamamatsu jumbo tosai........

Posted 28 Apr 2009 - 12:40 by Mark Gardner

....coming to the UK soon.

I got word yesterday that some jumbo tosai were being selected at Yamamatsu for Gatwick Koi in the UK. Yamamatsu is not a breeder I've visited much to be honest so, when invited, I was keen to go and have a look.

A pond of tosai was netted, Kohaku, Sanke, Showa, Gin Rin Kohaku, with a few Tancho too, sized from 30-40cms.

When a pond is netted in this manner you end up with a writhing mass of colour. You spot tails that look good, heads that look good, only for them to disappear from view or too often to disappoint when you see the rest of the Koi.

The key to selecting Koi like this is to select more than you want as ‘possibles’ and then, once in a bowl, select more closely.

That process yielded the following Koi that will soon be flying into Gatwick Koi.’