Hi Linz,
This might be of interest to you. I use a Westen 2 10 foot #4 as its all I have got. Thats a fairly soft rod.
I used a fairly heavy weighted nymph on the point, tied to fish point up, then two very light nymphs/spiders on the droppers. I also cheated a little and used a foot of fluro orange braid, knoted every 2 inches and the knot covered in yellow varnish as a form of indicator. Most fish came to the point fly interestingly enough. Maybe it looked more of a mouthful?
With this set up, on a calm day and a level, 8lb line, I managed to get the flies out around 2 2.5 rod lengths, which is all i needed. The runs were around 2 feet deep between weed or small runs behind large rocks where it was possible to keep the flies in the pocket of slack water far longer due to very little drag.
Unfortunately I never got the chance to try out my "tenkara" set up, which would have allowed me to fish the same bit, but much easier I think, as the rod is longer and thus I would not have needed so much line to reach the same runs. However, I did hook some big fish in that bit of the river and I wonder how the Tenkara would have coped.
