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Tenkara fishing in North America - MichaelAngelo - 09-10-2012 12:09 PM
RE: Tenkara fishing in North America - MuskieBait - 09-10-2012 01:32 PM
That could be the cheapest way for you to get a "fly rod"
I'm going to try and ship the rods from Amazon to Odgensburg and have Eli pick it up, and we can grab them from him in October.
Very, very soon
RE: Tenkara fishing in North America - OldTimer - 09-10-2012 02:32 PM
Interesting……… sorta reminds me of cane pole fishing.
Would one of these work the same with a bit of old fly line and a leader/tippet?
http://www.basspro.com/BnM-Original-BreamBuster-Pole/product/10212813/
http://www.basspro.com/B-n-M-Black-Widow-Crappie-Rod/product/27747/?cmCat=CROSSSELL_PRODUCT
Cheers,
OldTimer
RE: Tenkara fishing in North America - MuskieBait - 09-10-2012 02:45 PM
Hey OT,
The first one could possibly work. Since you do more casting with the tenkara rod, especially when drifting dry flies, a heavy rod is not preferrable. It really depends if those rods are light in weight or not.
You really just need to attach a leader to the end of the rod. I don't think the fly line is really necessary.
Ken
RE: Tenkara fishing in North America - OldTimer - 09-10-2012 02:59 PM
I've never owned one of these rods - but my dad had one years ago in Florida - it wasnt real long - maybe 10 feet - It was fairly light in spite of being fiberglass. But it did not collapse as small as the video model posted above.
I thought perhaps the fly line would help in a roll cast fashion,............ and give you a optional selection of floating or sinking - without other hardware...............
Take care......
RE: Tenkara fishing in North America - MichaelAngelo - 09-10-2012 11:30 PM
And with a little bit of the handyman's secret weapon, I could strap a fly reel onto them too!!!
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Ken, which ones on Amazon were you thinking?