Wes: That's the one. It's a cheap way to try tenkara fishing. You can put a loop on the piece of fly line you want to and do a loop to eye connection. Another way, as I found out by accident, the one I bought had a butt cap on it which came off and I could have popped the tip top off and threaded the fly line through the rod and seated it with some Goop or flexible cement. Cabela's recommendation that the line shouldn't be longer than the rod is right on the money. If you're planning on using a leader, you might want to make a bit shorter. I actually met Mark and his wife at a show many, many years ago. ----- Original Message ----- Hi Jerry,
Thanks for the info. Is this the rod you were talking about? http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabelas-Telescopic-Panfish-Poles/738690.uts Some notes on Tenkara. Some of you remember VFB member Mark Romero, who sadly passed a couple of years ago. His spouse Misa Ishimura was co-author of one of the books on Tenkara fishing. http://tinyurl.com/l9v3zae More on Misa here: https://sites.google.com/site/misakoishimura/ Wes Wada Bend, Oregon On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 8:23 PM, <jerryp...@comcast.net> wrote: > I've messed around with it. I first saw my first tenkara rod about 5 or 6 > years ago when a customer walked in to the local fly shop I frequent. He > was a frequent traveler and well versed in tenkara fishing. He'd brought a > tenkara rod back from Japan which set the owner back $300. He showed us > how to rig it and demonstrated a bit of "casting". I had a chance to exam > in the rod and it looked familiar to me. Reminded of the long cane poles > we sometime used for crappie fishing when I was in college in NW Tennessee. > Went home and rummaged through my Cabela's catalog and came across > telescoping graphite crappie poles, ranged from 10 to 14 feet in length. I > ordered a 10 footer and when I got it I took it to the shop and we compared > it with the Tenkara rod very little difference even manufactured by the > same company except the price which was $275 less than the shop owner. I > used it a couple of times but it's tough to use a 10 foot rod. Still if > folks are interested in getting into tenkara fishing, it's an inexpensive > way to get started. > > Jerry C > > ----- Original Message ----- > I did some fishing with them in January and caught some large piranhas > with them. > > To me they are nice to use when I go to the local pond. > > Jim Forshey > Placerville, California > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Jack Lehman <jklepo...@sbcglobal.net> > Date:08/09/2014 3:53 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Cc: > Subject: [VFB] Tenkara Anyone? > > Has anyone else here gotten into Tenkara yet? I'm now using it where I > used to go to my two weight. 5th year of drought, the rivers and creeks > are low, Tenkara means sight casting to small fish , for the most part. > And you can get a deep rod bend out of a 5 inch sunfish. > > We are also having some luck in using Tenkara to get new fishermen > interested in the fly. The rods are a little steep, but there's no reel > involved and lines go for $2 - $20. Very light and easy to cast. We > (my local fly club) have a beginner's Tenkara outing scheduled for next > weekend and we have 30 people signed up. We'll pair them up with > experienced fishermen and get them rolling. 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