Post by Simon on Jun 13, 2011 17:30:28 GMT
At last the rain has arrived! With a bit more water now perhaps the river will now wake up. I decide to take a walk in the heavy rain during the afternoon with the air-gun and the Tenkara rod set up on the gun cover. Not surprisingly the river was devoid of other humans. On the other hand the sky was filled with bird life, sand martins going crazy for the fly coming off the sewage outfall and pool; buzzards soaring overhead and the kingfishers trying to avoid any contact with me. A couple of fast deep runs tempted the Big T out of the case and with a small size 20 nymph on the point I covered the pools many times. With no waders, I was restricted to which runs and pools I could fish with any confidence. In each of the two runs / pools I connected and hooked two good fish, but today they both had the better of me as they both threw the hook after glimpsing the flash of their flanks briefly. This is a great way to to pass a few hours on a very wet river.
The Big T is ideal, readily available and set up, you can be fishing in under 30 seconds and be packed away in another 30 seconds. I can highly recommend Fuji EZ Keepers for keeping the the line and fly stored, best things I have bought in a while an ideal for the Tenkara rod and very quick delivery from Chris at TenkaraBum as they are unavailable in the UK.
Simon
The Big T is ideal, readily available and set up, you can be fishing in under 30 seconds and be packed away in another 30 seconds. I can highly recommend Fuji EZ Keepers for keeping the the line and fly stored, best things I have bought in a while an ideal for the Tenkara rod and very quick delivery from Chris at TenkaraBum as they are unavailable in the UK.
Simon