Post by Simon on Feb 1, 2010 7:17:18 GMT
Hi All
I discovered tenkara fishing earlier this year by chance while surfing the web, it is very unusual these days to discover a new method to fish a fly that many have never heard about! When trying to explain the method here in the UK most anglers look at you in disgust. The first statement they throw at you is that it is Pole fishing; then it's dapping. You then try and tell them that fly fishing probably started in the far east, “Japan”! That's when any interest in what your talking about ends. Anyway, I told Conor about this method, he got the idea and as you know he has not looked back. Eventually I ordered my rod last week, a Iwana 12ft which arrived within 6 days, excellent service from TenkaraUSA. Over the last month the rain here has been nearly continuous so the rivers are at the moment unfishable! Could not wait to try out the new rod so Sonia and I headed off to a small stocked still water near home. I set up the rod with a size 20 Griffiths Gnat and started targeting the cruising trout. 5 trout were caught in all to this method the largest weighing in at 1.5lb which the rod handled well, notice the bend of the rod in the photo. After this first trip with the new rod we are both looking forward to trying it out on the River Dee at Llangollen and the now famous River Alyn at Rossett. Hope you like the photos and check back for the next instalment.
Simon.
I discovered tenkara fishing earlier this year by chance while surfing the web, it is very unusual these days to discover a new method to fish a fly that many have never heard about! When trying to explain the method here in the UK most anglers look at you in disgust. The first statement they throw at you is that it is Pole fishing; then it's dapping. You then try and tell them that fly fishing probably started in the far east, “Japan”! That's when any interest in what your talking about ends. Anyway, I told Conor about this method, he got the idea and as you know he has not looked back. Eventually I ordered my rod last week, a Iwana 12ft which arrived within 6 days, excellent service from TenkaraUSA. Over the last month the rain here has been nearly continuous so the rivers are at the moment unfishable! Could not wait to try out the new rod so Sonia and I headed off to a small stocked still water near home. I set up the rod with a size 20 Griffiths Gnat and started targeting the cruising trout. 5 trout were caught in all to this method the largest weighing in at 1.5lb which the rod handled well, notice the bend of the rod in the photo. After this first trip with the new rod we are both looking forward to trying it out on the River Dee at Llangollen and the now famous River Alyn at Rossett. Hope you like the photos and check back for the next instalment.
Simon.
