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Tenkara rod
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:05 am
by DNicolson
Well, I have done it now. 
I have sent off for a Tenkara rod.
Hoping I can get back to some fly fishing.
Re: Tenkara rod
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:48 am
by narcodog
I just took delivery of my second Tenkara. I hope to use it this week. I had a 13ft Ayu and now I have an 11 ft. Iwana. It is a little stiffer than the Ayu.
Re: Tenkara rod
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:13 pm
by Otter
Re: Tenkara rod
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:57 pm
by CreationBear
Excellent, like narco I have the TenkaraUSA "Ayu" that I find deadly for my soft hackle work here in the States. You can really get some amazing drifts using a 13-foot rod.
Re: Tenkara rod
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:16 pm
by daringduffer
Which model did you send for, Donald?
I really look forward to your opinion on this!
dd
Re: Tenkara rod
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:30 am
by DNicolson
I have gone for an 11ft Iwana.
As I am no longer allowed to drive a car and it is about two years or more since
I last fly fished (or any fished 
) I am going to try a burn (creek) near here.
Unfortunately this is the closed season, so I won't be able to use the rod until
next spring. I may get a longer rod for larger streams and lochs, possibly
the 13ft Ayu or the 13.5ft Amago.
I have had a lot of good advice from Chris Stewart, and I'll make up my mind when
the time comes.
I am still a bit loth to get on with the fly dressing, I really only have my right eye
that is of use, now I have a reason to dress some of those Italian Alpines that
I have shown on my website.
Re: Tenkara rod
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:00 am
by Ron Eagle Elk
Donald,
Since my cataract surgery my left eye has taken up wandering about. What some call lazy eye. When I'm tired or stressed it shifts to the left, causing me to have double vision and zero depth perception. Makes driving a bit tricky, so I let my lovely wife do the driving. I have found that, when tying, I sometimes have to wear a patch over my left eye so I don't see double and still manage to retain a bit of depth perception.
If they had told me getting old was going to be this tough, I'd have taken better care of myself.
REE
Re: Tenkara rod
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:47 pm
by daringduffer
Re: Tenkara rod
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:17 am
by William Anderson
You guys keep coming back with this Tenkara chit chat and I'm going to have to pull the trigger and try one. I have a couple 10' rods that I find ideal for the kind of upstream deadrift softhackle presentation, but something completely different looks like fun too. I just need some time on the water.
w
I hear that every morning and when the Low Pressure Zones approach with damp weather. Like today. 