05-04-2013, 02:40 AM
I have one. It is Tenkara USA AYU II. It is 13' long. It is about 22" long with a a 1" plug for the end to protect and keep the sections from sliding out till ready, making it just 1" shy of two feet in the collapsed form. Sorry Mac, the handle is about a foot long, then the rest of the rod.
I make my own leader and add tippet. The line and tippet can be up to 20' long, just requires you to grab the line to land a fish.
I use 6' of tippet on a 10.6" leader and that works well for me.
The idea is as Cpierce mentioned, to dance the fly on top the water. You typically do not want the line laying on the water like conventional fishing. If you look at the flies, they are designed for this (like a Klinkhammer).
Of course the US has changes Tenkara fishing to suit their own needs, but I bought it for the use that it was intended for.
It is tip heavy, but again 13' long. Not balanced like a traditional. It is designed to pick up and lay down a fly constantly.
You don't want to go heavier than 5X on the tippet. They are for smaller fish however they can handle bigger fish.
They aren't great for casting long distances or stillwater nymphing, but you can do both if you want. with my rod and leader I can get out almost 30'. Makes rivers and streams a blast.
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I make my own leader and add tippet. The line and tippet can be up to 20' long, just requires you to grab the line to land a fish.
I use 6' of tippet on a 10.6" leader and that works well for me.
The idea is as Cpierce mentioned, to dance the fly on top the water. You typically do not want the line laying on the water like conventional fishing. If you look at the flies, they are designed for this (like a Klinkhammer).
Of course the US has changes Tenkara fishing to suit their own needs, but I bought it for the use that it was intended for.
It is tip heavy, but again 13' long. Not balanced like a traditional. It is designed to pick up and lay down a fly constantly.
You don't want to go heavier than 5X on the tippet. They are for smaller fish however they can handle bigger fish.
They aren't great for casting long distances or stillwater nymphing, but you can do both if you want. with my rod and leader I can get out almost 30'. Makes rivers and streams a blast.
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