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Post by Simon on Aug 23, 2011 17:03:30 GMT
Over the last weekend I had an offer to fish the River Calder in Lancashire by a friend who had known about my Tenkara habit. He told me not to bring the T as the fish in the river would be too powerful for the rod? Anyway the day arrived, along with my 7ft 3 weight and the Tenkara packed we set off to new waters. The river had idea runs that screamed Tenkara. Anyway we went through the first run with “Normal river rods” we both had 2 brown trout, Ian then said to try the Tenkara again through the run. Handing the Tenkara to him with 2 heavy GRHE over the next few casts fish appeared from what were before dead runs before taking the offered nymphs. An impressed Ian! In the next run I hook into a good Brown which had the Tenkara bent in half as it showed off it's aerobatic skills, while impressing Ian again that the rod could cope with a powerful fish. Over the next few hours we swapped between rods as condition dictated, one very fast run with a slack pool impossible to fish with a normal rod produced another very good brown. By the end of the day a another converted trout man, Tenkara rod to be ordered this week. Put a Tenkara rod in the hands of a fisherman in the “right” type of waters and you will convert them. There is a short video, not the best but it gives some idea of the river. Simon.
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Post by singlespeedman on Aug 27, 2011 20:41:09 GMT
Nice session, might try that way next time I am back up there to see family
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Post by pedros on Aug 31, 2011 12:06:44 GMT
Nice video Simon, makes a change to have no overhead canopy. Was that a press on indicator I spotted on a Tenkara leader?
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Post by leckie on Nov 5, 2011 21:06:16 GMT
Simon, It's nice to read reports that have some visuals with them. I think it would be good if there is some way that you can get this message across to other members. It reminds me a bit like the small streams thread in the Flyfish Forum. It didn't really take off until fishing reports included pictures which makes the reading much more enjoyable.
leckie
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