I've been a koi keeper since 1995. To learn more about koi here is a good link: http://www.japan-nishikigoi.org/genealogy.html

I also am a fly rod carper. I find no relationship to my pets vs the fish that I pursue in the wild. It would be like looking at my wife's Yorkshire terrier to tell me how to coyote hunt. Yes, they're the same, BUT DIFFERENT.

If I am missing something here, I would love to be enlightened.

Rick