Hello from Tennessee, USA

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Thanks to orangeotter for introducing me to this forum. I was privileged to fish 2 days with orangeotter in Wales a few years ago. His teaching greatly influenced my fishing. I am just beginning with Tenkara thanks to oo and I hope to learn from you fellows how to improve my skills; always learning! Tennesse vol

[Paul G]

Hey,

welcome to the forum and I look forward to any trip reports and pics from your home rivers so I can add another destination to the tick list

Paul

[JP]

Welcome!

I’m sure most on this forum would echo Paul’s sentiments. We’d love to see some pictures and hear about your local waters (and their inhabitants).

All the best,
JP.

[orangeotter]

Welcome again !

Several sites exist but the information you'll gain from our forum members is incredible, everyone was so encouraging to me when I started.

You'll find that your favourite spiders work and don't forget those deadly little nymphs you showed me a couple of years ago.

Have fun !

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Hello and welcome to the forum, not sure if we have many members from the states ? would be nice to have more voices from other countries :-) hope you'll enjoy the contributing :-)

Do all your X's live in Texas ?

Douglas

[flatsghost]

Welcome from me also. I reiterate all of the comments above. I shall be spending a month in Michigan this June and will be trying Tenkara as well as other fly fishing for sure somewhere and perhaps spreading the word in that area.
Enjoy the forum!

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orangeotter I think I owe you some of the midges I used on the River Dee. Is your mailing address the same? I will send you some of my best!

[orangeotter]

You're very generous Ron, same address.

Snowing hard today so fishing cancelled !

Best wishes,

Louis

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I purchased my first Tenkara rod yesterday. I decided on the Ito, 13 to 14 feet. I fish a lot of open waters below our TVA dams. Any suggestions?

[orangeotter]

My first suggestion Ron would not to be extreme with leader length, especially if decent sized fish are possible. With your rod I'd be using a 10ft furled leader + a 3-4 ft level nylon tippet. This will bring good fish within netting range. I find that this leader/rod ratio also give good fly control without stretching my arm too high.

Others will have other advice I'm sure.

Good luck on your first trip.

Louis

[JP]

Louis' advice is a good starting point. If you’re new to tenkara but not new to fly fishing you’ll soon find that many of your existing skills are transferrable.

I hear there are some big fish to be had in those TVA tailwaters so your fixed line fish-playing may end up being a baptism of fire! If you know the waters you’ll be fishing well it may be worth targeting somewhere you’re sure holds plenty of small fish to hone your skills.

Have a look at this video to see a good trout of around 20” landed on the Ito rod;

For further reading on fish-playing with a tenkara rod see here; www.discovertenkara.co.uk/about-tenkara/playing-fish/

Hope this helps,
JP

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Thanks men! Hopefully I can get out and give it a try in a few weeks. I am waiting on it to arrive and find a time to break it in. I also purchased a book on Tenkara fishing which is helpful. Thanks again. I will keep you posted as to my progress.

Ron

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Off to fish Little River in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee tomorrow with my new Tenkara Ito rod. The local fishing report is not good so it will be a good initial test for me in learning the technique. I have prepared several 4 foot 6x tippets to go with the 10 foot furled line. I will report on my baptism into Tenkara! Thanks for the information and help!

[Paul G]

Gambatte!

Let us know how you get on (pics if poss!)

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My initiation to Tenkara was not the greatest of successes since I landed only 2 fish and had a chance at 2 more but missed them. The river I was fishing has experienced some significant water flow over the past month and the fishing report was for a tough day of attracting fish. My fishing buddy also tried Tenkara for the first time and had no strikes. He is more of a novice than me and he will catch on once we get better conditions. I am looking forward to getting access once again to my favorite rivers and using Tenkara there. It is different than the techniques to which I am accustomed to using with my traditional fly rods and reels. I did use the 10 foot furled line with a 4 foot 6x tippet. Sorry that I have no pictures to send today, but I will collect some of my favorite fishing venues and post them later.