Here’s a quick video I shot showing just how fast you can get your tenkara rod set up and ready to fish. Actually, I’m being a bit generous. If you count, it’s really only 43 seconds.
Jason is an avid fly angler and backpacker. As a former fly fishing guide originally from Western New York, he moved to Colorado and became an early adopter of tenkara which perfectly suited the small, high altitude streams and lakes there. He has not fished a Western-style fly rod for trout since.
LOL TJ. That was actually an accident. For done reason the raw footage came out with a weird blue tint I couldn’t get rid of. So I made it black & white to hide it. Glad you like it though!
Jason, reminds me of the the time I took out two guys – one from national Trout Unlimited and the other from Field and Stream – looking for greenbacks. We hiked in a couple of miles and while they were rigging up their western gear I took out my tenkara, rigged up, caught a greenback, rigged down and put all the tenkara back in the backback. They were still getting ready to fish. I had only had the Yamame for about a month and half at that point back in 2009. Simplicity is king.
So could a speed Tenkara fishing contests come into being? Give three guys a section of stream have them stand streamside, blow a horn and they’re off! First to rig their Tenkara rod, make a cast, net a fish of any size, live-release said fish, de-rig their Tenkara rod (without breaking it) & return to their streamside starting point – wins!
I’ve wrapped two tiny metal loops onto all of my rods with thread. One right near the tip and one just above the top of the handle. I wrap my line up on these hooks, going around the rod as as needed on the final pass to get the length right, and hook my fly into one of the metal loops.
Haven’t removed my line from my rod for months.
Because of this I can get my rod from stored, to ready to fish, in about 12 seconds.
Nicely done Jason.
Really like the B/W of the video. Makes it look real cool.
TJ
LOL TJ. That was actually an accident. For done reason the raw footage came out with a weird blue tint I couldn’t get rid of. So I made it black & white to hide it. Glad you like it though!
Love B&W. Makes it look old fashioned. 😎
Jason, reminds me of the the time I took out two guys – one from national Trout Unlimited and the other from Field and Stream – looking for greenbacks. We hiked in a couple of miles and while they were rigging up their western gear I took out my tenkara, rigged up, caught a greenback, rigged down and put all the tenkara back in the backback. They were still getting ready to fish. I had only had the Yamame for about a month and half at that point back in 2009. Simplicity is king.
Mark, Nice. That story reminds me of one of the many reasons I love tenkara.
So could a speed Tenkara fishing contests come into being? Give three guys a section of stream have them stand streamside, blow a horn and they’re off! First to rig their Tenkara rod, make a cast, net a fish of any size, live-release said fish, de-rig their Tenkara rod (without breaking it) & return to their streamside starting point – wins!
Hey, I’m down for that! Name the time and place!
I’ve wrapped two tiny metal loops onto all of my rods with thread. One right near the tip and one just above the top of the handle. I wrap my line up on these hooks, going around the rod as as needed on the final pass to get the length right, and hook my fly into one of the metal loops.
Haven’t removed my line from my rod for months.
Because of this I can get my rod from stored, to ready to fish, in about 12 seconds.
I cant quite figure out why people use spools.