Post by bigtimber on Jun 26, 2018 5:13:30 GMT
Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself, am a new forum member from the states (Washington) am going on my fifth tenkara season and still excited as a kid before Christmas to get up in the Cascade mountains for a summer of tenkara fishing. Had pretty much given up on fishing after years chasing Steelhead around the west side of the state, unethical behavior and litter had ruined the sport I grew up with and loved. Then while camping in the Cascade mountains in early summer 2014 I watched a couple young guys fly fishing the stream I liked to camp at, they were catching and releasing little wild rainbows, it looked like fun so when I got home I started researching fly fishing gear and soon came across a video by TUSA and the rest as they say is history. For the past 4 years I have averaged 25 nights tent camping per summer and 25-30 days tenkara fishing in some of the prettiest places the Cascade mountains have to offer. Every day on a mountain stream is a blessing to me now, tenkara has brought back a passion and excitement for fishing and lonely mountain streams that had all but died in me. Tenkara brings me back to a small tributary stream in the foothills of Washington's Olympic mountains that I fished as a young child, old glass spinning rod Mitchell 300 reel and wild trout on a pristine stream surrounded by giant fir, cedar and hemlock. Finally this next week getting out for the first time this season, extended family obligations and high water have conspired to keep me from the fish but come July 1st I'm gone, a week probably more. I am blessed to be married to a better wife than a man like me deserves and as long as the chores are done she affords me the opportunity to camp and fish mid week. She will join me a few weekends every summer and I will make some concessions and do stuff she wants to do, even with that she likes to sit and watch me fish while reading a book at times, I know how truly spoiled I am. The past 2 summers I have fished unweighted kebari exclusively and towards the end of last season started working on casting longer lighter level lines and continued employing pulsing techniques and was pleased with the results. Will try to share stories and pictures at times and enjoy reading and sharing information about rods, lines, casting and fishing techniques. That's it for now, time to start getting my gear ready to go, the heavily timbered mountain streams of Washington's Cascades are calling me back home for the summer.
Paul N