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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 28, 2014 - 03:54pm PT
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Nursing an infected big toe so I finally got to put the Tenkara rod Dainiel (Tenkara USA) gave me. Went to a tiny reservoir at 9600 ft. about 8 miles from Ouray. In less than 45 minutes I caught and released 16 smallish, but fiesty, rainbows. They felt like bigger fish on the ltwt. Tenkara gear and were loads of fun.
In the same time another fisherman, using conventional fly gear, caught two fish.
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Dec 21, 2014 - 12:56pm PT
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I don't really read superttopo anymore, but ran into a friend at the grocery store today who told me about this thread.
Jim, I took up Tenkara this past summer and have been really enjoying it. I'm pretty much a beginner at flyfishing, last time I fished was as a child some 40 years ago. I like how light and compact the whole thing is -- makes it easy to bring fishing gear on backcountry trips.
I was explaining to a coworker a while back that I have a broken neck, a broken back, and a spinal cord injury. She was incredulous that I still climb .. how and why ? Why indeed ? I needed some other way to enjoy the mountains beside climbing.
Fishing for me is about being out in nature and enjoying the outdoors. It's not about measuring the fish, or measuring your self-worth by comparing yourself to others.
So here's to fishing in the mountains -
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Dec 21, 2014 - 12:58pm PT
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Beautiful, just beautiful...
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ClimberDave
Trad climber
The LBC, CA
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Great thread!
I don't get out climbing much these days, spend more time peakbagging and hiking and now trail running,
Frequently when running when looking for a destination to run to I find a lake in the back country. The other day I was at Forth Recess Lake and saw a lone fisherman and thought it would be cool to do some fishing away from the masses in Little Lakes Valley.
A few days later was in Kittredge Sports in Mammoth and saw the Tenkara Rods, never heard of or seen them before.
Small and light enough to stash in my running vest, think im going to added one to my XMas list.
Any suggestions as to model?? Would likely be used most in sierra lakes, maybe some creeks and streams.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 2, 2018 - 09:58am PT
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I love my rod, weighs virtually nothing and is great for streams and small mountain lakes. Mine is from Tenkara USA, great folks based in Boulder...google them.
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silverplume
Trad climber
Boulder
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ClimberDave: Daniel at Tenkara USA is a friend and frequent climbing partner. Great rods.
Two factors you'll want to consider are reach and size of fish you typically catch. Generally speaking you want to use the longest rod you can for the stream or body of water you're fishing. A great all-around rod is the Sato and it's my favorite. I typically fish in small mountain streams here in Colorado- and the Sato is great for that. I've also used the Sato for fishing high alpine lakes and it does pretty well. It's a 3-position zoom rod, so it gives you a lot of flexibility in terms of reach and feel.
Usually for shoreline lake fishing I go for a longer rod -- something like the Amago or the Ito. The Ito is the longest rod Tenkara USA sells and since it's a zoom rod, you basically get two rods in one. It's ideally suited for wider streams, larger rivers, and lake/ponds and it can play very large fish -- I've caught carp on the Ito without any problems. The Amago is a bit shorter and not a 'zoom' rod. It's equally capable, but feels a bit stiffer than the Ito. Both are great.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jim, tell us how Green Berets fish, if nobody is listening. 😀
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ecdh
climber
the east
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climbing in japan you constantly come across evidence of the hardcore tenkara crowd. dodgy little ropes down faces to tiny secret pools and bends, small fires etc. seems half the idea of tenkara is eating the catch out there.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 2, 2018 - 02:47pm PT
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C4 Reilly...works everytime.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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What I like about fly fishing is the casting-I like to see if I can hit the spot and set up a drift. And good luck on bigger water.
The tenkara fishing I've seen did not interest me.
It's probably good for tight streams but I could do the same with my fly rod by just holding out ten feet of line and drifting it.
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ClimberDave
Trad climber
The LBC, CA
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Silverplume, Thanks for the info the Sato looks like the ticket will look into that!
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Tenkara aesthetics blah blah--fly fishing blah blah-- I dabbled in fly fishing for a dozen years or more. Then got a $13 spinning kit at Walmart and found that catching trout is relatively easy vs. nearly impossible.
Haha! Ya, that's kind of the point. If you fish enough, catching small mountain trout on a spinner gets less and less interesting.
Then you switch to fly fishing because it's more complicated.
If that gets too easy, then you try tenkara just to give the fish an even bigger advantage :)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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^^^ And then you take up reaching under cut banks to ‘hand fish’.
So what’s to stop you from putting 30’ of line on yer Tenkara to get to the lunker hole?
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Good to see this thread resurrected. Still haven't bought a tenkara. Seems like the perfect rig for streams.
When lake fishing, go with the spinning rig and a bubble and fly. Works on small streams as well.
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