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Title: Tenkara..... any forum experience?
Post by: Hamish Young on 14/02/2019 at 20:52
So somehow I ended up returning to the Highlands from the BFFI with not one but two Tenkara rods.
I am intrigued.
Not by how I ended up with two rods - that's a long story for another day - but by the whole method. I've not tried it and if I'm honest I've paid it scant notice beyond flicking through various articles and thinking 'fad'. OK, as I now own two Tenkara rods.... probably best learn some more. This just got real  :z4

Sure, I get that there's no casting as such, the rods are telescopic and the flies are typically dries or semi dries - so sounds a lot like dapping, but without the complication of a blow line, a reel and other irritating bits of kit  :wink  Bit like pole fishing maybe, but with a fly rather than bait.
I am immediately struck with the thought that I really wouldn't want to connect with anything 'large' using this kit, but I'm prepared to experiment :wink
So, do we have any forum members who would care to reveal their secrets to the art of Tenkara :?
Any Tenkara pros :?
H
Title: Re: Tenkara..... any forum experience?
Post by: Derek Roxborough on 21/02/2019 at 13:36
I have a tenkara  type rod but limited knowledge, I have used it and caught a 6 oz BT, using a section of fly line, and a sort of roll cast/flick,I was using a semi wet fly, I put it away after that ,  :X2, Derek Roxborough
Title: Re: Tenkara..... any forum experience?
Post by: Robert Anderson on 22/02/2019 at 13:54
I have a so far unused Tenkara rod. Watched a few videos and it seems that if you hook something large, you throw the rod in and follow it until it stops. Then you go wading or swimming.
Title: Re: Tenkara..... any forum experience?
Post by: Hamish Young on 22/02/2019 at 18:19
I have a so far unused Tenkara rod. Watched a few videos and it seems that if you hook something large, you throw the rod in and follow it until it stops. Then you go wading or swimming.
  :z13 Have to say I have come to a similar conclusion...... part of a get fit programme perhaps :? Tankara callisthenics  :z17  :wink
Title: Re: Tenkara..... any forum experience?
Post by: Iain Cameron on 17/03/2019 at 07:29
Hi Hamish,


I bought one a few years back. Thought it would be useful, or at least fun. Basically it sits unused in the cupboard. I routinely take it with me in the boot of the car, thinking I will find a use for it... but rarely do. On plus side, it is telescopically small


If you are nymphing small streams, it is nice because it is super light. Have half heartedly given it a swish on the river, when no one was around cos it felt a bit dirty.... but couldn’t see it ever being a replacement for my usual rod n reel.


Cheers,I
Title: Re: Tenkara..... any forum experience?
Post by: James Laraway on 17/03/2019 at 08:21
There is NO fear of Hamish having that issue...🤣


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I have a so far unused Tenkara rod. Watched a few videos and it seems that if you hook something large, you throw the rod in and follow it until it stops. Then you go wading or swimming.
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Title: Re: Tenkara..... any forum experience?
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 04/04/2019 at 23:01
No Tenkara, but when I first moved to Scotland I used to use a pole and a whip on the burns in the Mearns. The pole was elasticated, so bigger fish were not an issue. The whip just bent, bent a little more, and then kept bending!

It was 4m and I originally bought it in Malaysia were they have there own version of Tenkara, using real beetles, grasshoppers and flies.

It was huge fun for trout around the pound mark :)