First Play with Tenkara Gear

[ac]

Hi All

Simon very kindly loaned me his and Sonia's tenkara to have a play and see what I thought of it all, my first play in a slightly high river, I thought I would try some bugging, it worked very well with around 10+ fish landed and several lost in a couple of hours, I made my self a braid leader, but I made it a little to long and when I went to land the best fish of the session I had to hand line it in, but it snapped my tippet like a piece of cotton, so I have shortened it so I can get the fish easier to my hand.



Also one on the dry.

[Simon]

Nice fish! How did the rod handle the larger one?

[ac]

Hi Simon.

There was no problem with the rod, the leader I made for Czech Nymphing, same as the one I showed you that I use on my fly rod, made out of braid, was a bit to long and I hadn't got a scoop net with me, so i had to grab hold of the line, I though the fish was played out, but it wasn't and snapped the tippet like a piece of cotton, so I have shortened it up and carry my net.

Had some nice sized out of season trout on the dry today on your rod, I really like looking at the bend in the rod and boy does it bend ;D

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What US Tenkara rod did you use?