Thanks for reminding me that I'm just returning to my roots. I grew up in West Virginia. Our house was set on a hillside 300 feet above the Guyandotte River. On the bank closest to us was a large patch of "Tenkara" poles. If needed, we would cut a few replacements in the spring, use them during the summer, put them in the shed during the winter, and bring them back out again in the spring. Even without varnishing them like the "store bought" ones they lasted a long time.
On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 8:50 AM Allan Fish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On May 15, 2021, at 9:38 AM, Gary Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > > And I'm trying Tenkara fly fishing > > > Gary, > I’m proud to say I was way ahead of the game. I started out fly fishing > Tenkara style when I was probably only 5 or 6. It was quite a bit of work > for a young lad because we used 14-16 foot bamboo rods*. It was a very > successful way to fish. > > Al > > *In our youthful naivety, we called them “Cane Poles”. Since it was the > end of the depression and graphite rods hadn’t been invented yet, we used > one-piece rods we picked up at the hardware store for about $3.00 (a huge > investment in equipment at the time). > > And since we didn’t have access to “Squirmy Wormy” material (which also > hadn’t been invented yet), we just used live worms. > > > -- > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/614942C3-4339-41C6-BA7E-027418A3AC99%40sbcglobal.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/614942C3-4339-41C6-BA7E-027418A3AC99%40sbcglobal.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/CAOii2iZYShSnR-BMfLipwB0G45W%2BBXy%2BvyV3PkWj90eoFpg_0A%40mail.gmail.com.
