[Hamish Young]

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 

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    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
So, do we have any forum members who would care to reveal their secrets to the art of Tenkara
Any Tenkara pros
H

[Derek Roxborough]

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 ,  , Derek Roxborough

[Robert Anderson]

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.

[Hamish Young]

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.

  Have to say I have come to a similar conclusion...... part of a get fit programme perhaps Tankara callisthenics   

[Iain Cameron]

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

[James Laraway]

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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[Rob Brownfield]

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