
Originally Posted by
MikeM I happened to come across an interview of Ueno as I was catching up on my reading this morning. It was noted that his Showa do not show their true character until after age 6, and he commented that his customers know not to show his fish until they are over 80cm. His Showa are not competitive in the small sizes.
Another point I found interesting is that he does not stick to using the same female oyagoi. He regularly uses new parent fish, because in his experience a female producing fine offspring one season can not be relied upon in a second or third year. It seems he will use siblings of a successful female parent as additional parent fish.