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Dirks: Tenkara method a revelation Times Herald-Record

Haven't heard about tenkara? Neither had I. Tenkara has literally blown me away because of its simplicity and effectiveness when it comes to catching trout. This season, except when conditions warrant a change, I'm fishing the tenkara method as much as possible.

Tenkara has been the traditional Japanese method of fly fishing for a few hundred years. It's a relatively unknown method of fly fishing in the U.S. I don't think it will be that way for very long.

"Tenkara is very easy for anyone to do, but one may strive for perfection and make it a life-long learning experience focused on technique and actual fishing, not on the gear," said Daniel Galhardo founder of TenkaraUSA, which is the only tenkara-focused distributor in the U.S. "Those looking for a more personal and highly effective fishing experience will find this type of fishing very rewarding."

Tenkara fly fishing has two huge benefits for trout angling. First, it is a very simple, lightweight method that requires only a rod, line and a fly. Tenkara doesn't require the usual reel that mostly serves to store fly line, which takes a few ounces off the weight of the rod. Tenkara rods are telescopic rods that range from 11 to 13 feet in length and collapse down to about 20 inches.

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Loop rod techniques gone Tenkara?

I was reading the Field and Stream Fly Talk Blog the other day when I came across a posting about Tenkara.
What the heck is Tenkara?
Well if you click on the link:
http://www.tenkarausa.com/index.php
You'll come to their webpage, describing an old Japanese fishing technique, which turns out is similar to what I've been doing with the loop rod, and the old timers have been doing with the old cane poles down south. (Only thing is that the boys down south use bait on a hook, not flies)Tenkara uses a 11 to 13 foot telescopic rod and only 12 to 14 feet of line. Not anything long distance, unlike the Compleate Angler which "caste a lyne of 15 to 18 yards" makes long range work sort of a thing of the past. Of course my daughters were fishing the Kids Fishing Derby and casting only 10 to 15 feet from shore using spinning rods, bobbers and 3 to 4 feet of line under the bobber to a nightcrawler on a hook. They know that the trout run close to shore, so why cast out so far?
If you read The Fly Fisher's Craft, then you are familiar with the loop rod and long braided horse hair lines, furled leaders, and many different flies.

The nice part is they simplify the casting in pictures:



Photo Courtesy of Tenkara USA
And Simplify how to land the fish:



Photo Courtesy of Tenkara USA Another technique, maybe it will catch on. I'll keep you posted and let you know how Tenkara works for me.

Source: Outdoors With Sportsman Matt

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