I've messed around with it. I first saw my first tenkara rod about 5 or 6 years ago when a customer walked in to the local fly shop I frequent. He was a frequent traveler and well versed in tenkara fishing. He'd brought a tenkara rod back from Japan which set the owner back $300. He showed us how to rig it and demonstrated a bit of "casting". I had a chance to exam in the rod and it looked familiar to me. Reminded of the long cane poles we sometime used for crappie fishing when I was in college in NW Tennessee. Went home and rummaged through my Cabela's catalog and came across telescoping graphite crappie poles, ranged from 10 to 14 feet in length. I ordered a 10 footer and when I got it I took it to the shop and we compared it with the Tenkara rod very little difference even manufactured by the same company except the price which was $275 less than the shop owner. I used it a couple of times but it's tough to use a 10 foot rod. Still if folks are interested in getting into tenkara fishing, it's an inexpensive way to get started.
Jerry C ----- Original Message ----- I did some fishing with them in January and caught some large piranhas with them. To me they are nice to use when I go to the local pond. Jim Forshey Placerville, California -------- Original message -------- From: Jack Lehman <[email protected]> Date:08/09/2014 3:53 PM (GMT-08:00) To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: [VFB] Tenkara Anyone? Has anyone else here gotten into Tenkara yet? I'm now using it where I used to go to my two weight. 5th year of drought, the rivers and creeks are low, Tenkara means sight casting to small fish , for the most part. And you can get a deep rod bend out of a 5 inch sunfish. We are also having some luck in using Tenkara to get new fishermen interested in the fly. The rods are a little steep, but there's no reel involved and lines go for $2 - $20. Very light and easy to cast. We (my local fly club) have a beginner's Tenkara outing scheduled for next weekend and we have 30 people signed up. We'll pair them up with experienced fishermen and get them rolling. Gonna have to put a few on regular rods part-time 'cause we don't have access to that many T-rods. Jack Austin -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
