| Larry here is a lesson on the pecs for showa and a way to see things from a positive nature for this koi.
take a look at the last pics taken when steve first got the koi. The pecs were full of black but if you look close at the first pic on the left you will see that the leading thicker ray of the pec is white. This is an indicator that as this koi grows there is the opportunity for the black to crawl back and produce the motoguro that we all desire. A solid black leading ray and chances greatly diminish for this to happen. So there is a start for you.
here's another, many times with tosai showa a false black covers the body/tail section and then later reduces to reveal a tail stop red that wan't noticed before. Steve's koi obviously never it had it to begin with. BUT many do, and in selecting a koi ( steve got his in a blind drawing ) even if you have to put it in a pan and take it outside study that last inch or so of the body at the tail and look for any hint of red. Many times those selecting showa tosai get discouraged because there is no red tailstop in the group they have to select from...so keep this in mind as it may give you an extra advantage in your search...
in addition to Isa, daiinichi, and igarashi kazuto as well as Sakai of isawa and hiroshima... make some awesome showa koi.... |