Post by paulto on Jun 2, 2011 17:16:50 GMT
Managed to get out fishing again today, on my local pond the weather was very hot! This meant that the fish should be high in the water, and they were! lots of rudd cruising just under the surface.
Across the pond were a couple of anglers who were fishing maggots and they seemed to be struggling for bites in the hot sunshine, this is not surprising as it can often happen in the heat of the sun.
I rigged up the 11 ft iwana with a flourocarbon line caked in vaseline so it would float, then attached a 2.5lb tippet. Fly choice was an unweighted hares ear nymph size 18.
In tenkara I know that the line should be kept off the surface, but today I needed maximum distance. So the line had to be cast then laid on the surface like normal fly fishing. I cast the line just in front of individual or groups of fish, then pulled or twitched it back sweeping the rod slowly to the side. The fly was then chased down and scoffed by the hungry rudd
These fish wanted a moving fly, not a stationary maggot! I tried not moving the small nymph and they just ignored it, or turned away. The advantage of using a tenkara rod is that you can cover fish very quickly and accurately a lot quicker than with a normal fly rod. The closer to the front of the fish you got the more aggressive the take would be
These rudd really are mini predators!
The coarse anglers on the other side of the pond wondered what I was doing casting a tiny pole and catching rudd, and asked jokingly if I was fly fishing. I replied yes and they thought I was being funny so I went round and showed them the set up. They had never seen anything like it and could not believe how efficient it was, they loved the tiny iwana rod.
I ended up catching about 33 rudd and could of caught a lot more if I stayed longer but I needed to go home. Today tenkara managed to beat anglers using maggots, it does not happen often but it can be done if the conditions are right
Tenkara can be used on most waters go on give it a go, it may well surprise you!!!!
Across the pond were a couple of anglers who were fishing maggots and they seemed to be struggling for bites in the hot sunshine, this is not surprising as it can often happen in the heat of the sun.
I rigged up the 11 ft iwana with a flourocarbon line caked in vaseline so it would float, then attached a 2.5lb tippet. Fly choice was an unweighted hares ear nymph size 18.
In tenkara I know that the line should be kept off the surface, but today I needed maximum distance. So the line had to be cast then laid on the surface like normal fly fishing. I cast the line just in front of individual or groups of fish, then pulled or twitched it back sweeping the rod slowly to the side. The fly was then chased down and scoffed by the hungry rudd
These fish wanted a moving fly, not a stationary maggot! I tried not moving the small nymph and they just ignored it, or turned away. The advantage of using a tenkara rod is that you can cover fish very quickly and accurately a lot quicker than with a normal fly rod. The closer to the front of the fish you got the more aggressive the take would be
These rudd really are mini predators!The coarse anglers on the other side of the pond wondered what I was doing casting a tiny pole and catching rudd, and asked jokingly if I was fly fishing. I replied yes and they thought I was being funny so I went round and showed them the set up. They had never seen anything like it and could not believe how efficient it was, they loved the tiny iwana rod.
I ended up catching about 33 rudd and could of caught a lot more if I stayed longer but I needed to go home. Today tenkara managed to beat anglers using maggots, it does not happen often but it can be done if the conditions are right
Tenkara can be used on most waters go on give it a go, it may well surprise you!!!!
