Tenkara on stillwaters

[northcountryangler]

Hi all,

I have a question for you to mill over:

To what degree would you say tenkara could be applied to upland Stillwater fishing - typically hill lochs, tarns etc with a head of small to middling wild trout? I fish this kind of water a lot and as you'd no doubt agree, most of the fishing is highly mobile and conducted at short range with a pair or trio of wets, or a single, maybe double dry fly set up. It feels to me like tenkara could be employed, but to what effect? Anyone ever tried it?

Cheers
M

[dbl]

Until a forum member with British experience replies, here's a link from the USA that might be helpful:

www.tenkarabum.com/tenkara-fishing-in-alpine-lakes.html

[northcountryangler]

Jan 9, 2015 17:50:41 GMT dbl said:

Until a forum member with British experience replies, here's a link from the USA that might be helpful:

www.tenkarabum.com/tenkara-fishing-in-alpine-lakes.html

It is helpful - thanks very much!
M

[flatsghost]

If you search back through the threads either this year or last year there was info on this topic that you might find useful. Sorry I cannot be more specific but it is there!
Gly

[paul1966]

Here's a couple of links

uk-tenkara.proboards.com/thread/325/rosebush-lake

uk-tenkara.proboards.com/thread/410/blea-tarn

[Paul G]

Glen Pointon and his mates fished the lochs of Islay using tenkara rods to great effect a couple of seasons back. There was clip on Facebook at the time.

[northcountryangler]

Jan 11, 2015 22:05:52 GMT Paul G said:

Glen Pointon and his mates fished the lochs of Islay using tenkara rods to great effect a couple of seasons back. There was clip on Facebook at the time.

Thanks Paul - will try and hunt that one down.
M

[Paul G]

Post link with mobile phone vid here: www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10151487123355345