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eet of tippet however the lines are are very light lighter than the lightest fly line the long rod and light line allow you to keep almost all your line off the water greatly reducing drag reduced drag yields better presentation better presentations yield more fish and as good as the drifts are with the traditional wet flies using a tenkara rod with a dry fly which is done but not common in japan and relatively short line will give you better drifts than you have ever achieved and more fish as well tenkara in japan tenkara in the us on the whole japanese anglers use tenkara rods only for trout and only in mountain streams here in the us just a few weeks after tenkara rods were first available someone posted photos of some really impressive bluegills and largemouth bass that he d caught with his new tenkara rod from that day forward people in the us have used tenkara rods to catch just about every fish that would take a fly and in just about any type of water mountain streams alpine lakes warm water streams farm ponds the lake in the town park wherever one of the us tenkara companies even promotes salt water fishing for bonefish no less with their tenkara rods people have pushed the envelope in ways that would have been unimaginable in japan central park central park crappie to be sure tenkara rods are not always the best tool for carp fishing there are carp rods they look a lot like really long really beefy tenkara rods but they have the strength to battle carp the situation is pretty much the same with salmon there are fixed line rods designed specifically for salmon and for big hard fighting fish they are truly a better choice for that matter there are rods that are better than tenkara rods for fishing weighted nymphs which is something nearly all american tenkara anglers do keiryu rods are used in japan for bait fishing in mountain streams unlike tenkara rods which are designed to fish unweighted flies keiryu rods are designed to be fished with split shot whether the weight is a split shot or a bead head nymph the physics are the same keiryu rods in general have firmer midsections which makes it easier to get good hook sets when fishing with weighted flies since the japanese do not fish artificial flies with keiryu rods they wouldn t call it keiryu fishing however since they don t fish weighted flies with tenkara rods they wouldn t call it tenkara either similarly since they don t use tenkara rods to fish for bluegills or any other warm water species they certainly wouldn t call that tenkara there are of course individuals who do not fit the mold i have seen one just one photo of a japanese angler holding a bluegill he had caught with a tenkara rod similarly i have seen youtube videos of a guy fishing with a tenkara rod for chubs not in a mountain stream and of a guy fishing with a tenkara rod in a salt water bay i guess they didn t get the memo bluegills are too much fun to ignore so what does that all mean i think what it means is that much of what we do here does not fit any of the japanese definitions i would suggest you not get too wrapped up in the definitions or the terminology used to describe a specific type of fishing that just isn t done in japan not everyone in the us thinks that what we do here should be called tenkara not everyone in japan thinks what we do here shouldn t be called tenkara after fishing with tenkara rods for over a decade now fishing with dr ishigaki on his 2009 trip to the catskills fishing in japan fishing with tenkara no oni at oni schools here in the us taking a couple years concentrating on spinning and baitcasting to get the sister site finesse fishing started and then coming back to tenkara i am coming more and more to the belief that tenkara is a fishing style a method not just a rod with the line tied to the rod tip to me now tenkara is fishing with a single unweighted or perhaps very lightly weighted fly i have come to agree that euronymphing with a tenkara rod is euronymphing not tenkara fishing panfish poppers is fishing poppers not tenkara for some insight on how my views have changed read my 10 14 17 trip report i have not gotten to the point and i doubt i ever will where i think tenkara is only for trout and only in mountain streams i am certain that a japanese master fishing the wisconsin driftless area would consider what he was doing to be tenkara even though the stream he was fishing ran through a cow pasture some of the stream features are the same the techniques are the same i am not at all sure that what is behind him out of sight matters besides in japan even western fly fishing fly rod fly reel fly line is done only for trout and only in mountain streams are we to redefine fly fishing is it really a question of the proper definitions or is it more a question of geography and cultural differences even though tenkara is often called simple and it does not take long to learn how to cast a tenkara rod and catch a fish there is a surprising amount of nuance in fishing a mountain stream the moving water in which the current speed and direction changes from one foot to the next and in some cases almost from one inch to the next makes each cast different utilizing the currents to get your fly to where you want it manipulating the casting stroke so that the tippet aligns with the current and manipulating the fly by twitching the rod to entice a fish to strike offers as much complexity as you could want you don t have to spend a lifetime studying tenkara if you wanted to though you could you truly could there is much to learn from the japanese some of the masters have been tenkara fishing for fifty years there are techniques honed over decades that can be learned only from the masters there are blind alleys than can be avoided by taking advantage of the hundreds of years of trial and error that came before you however there is also much to learn on your own if you want to fish weighted nymphs or hoppers or panfish poppers you will not learn that from a tenkara master the japanese tenkara masters don t fish that way increasingly people would say that s not really tenkara but if you enjoy it what does it matter no point getting into an argument over definitions fish any way you want as long as it s legal tenkarabum com tenkarabum com has and will maintain a very open view of fishing in general including fishing for fish that most people don t fish for and flies that most people don t use you will find keiryu fishing which in japan is fishing mountain streams with bait as with tenkara rods though people in the us do not limit their use of keiryu rods to mountain streams or for that matter to bait a san juan worm or an artificial nymph works just about as well as a real worm or a real nymph taken from under a rock in the stream with the right rod small fish are big fun on these pages you will find micro fishing fishing for minnows which is a lot of fun if you can let down your hair enough to try it you will also find fishing with bait open and unapologetic unlike so many american fly fishers i do not look down on worm fishing or worm fishers all the rods currently sold here at tenkarabum were produced by japanese companies designed by engineers and anglers who have been fishing and making tenkara rods and keiryu rods for decades all are made in japan no other tenkara rod company in the us can say that experience matters the technique is japanese shouldn t your rod be more than a few people have asked me why i haven t written a book in a sense i have and you are reading it now i think you ll find that tenkarabum com has the most complete coverage of japanese fixed line fishing styles of any english language site anywhere in the world you will also find that the marketing effort is understated there aren t slick videos and there aren t many bloggers touting tenkarabum rods i don t have affiliates selling tenkarabum gear for a commission i don t have discounts for bloggers authors guides military personnel veterans seniors or volume i am sure these are all effective marketing strategies but in school i always hated marketing from day one i have felt that the only way to be fair to everyone is to ask everyone to pay the same price i haven t done any glitzy kickstarter campaigns to raise funds i started small tying a few flies and selling a few lines and just grew as early customers became repeat customers and as new customers found the site top quality products and top quality customer service pretty much speak for themselves i am winding down the shop and there is less to buy than there used to be but i intend to keep going one more thing please keep in mind that this site is tenkara bum not tenkara master chris stewart tenkara bum the bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten benjamin franklin be sure in casting that your fly fall first into the water for if the line fall first it scares or frightens the fish col robert venables 1662 as age slows my pace i will become more like the heron we ve all had situations where seriously chewed up flies kept catching fish after fish after fish it is no sin to tie flies that come off the vise looking seriously chewed up warning the hooks are sharp the coffee s hot the fish are slippery when wet beware of the dogma all the hooks sold on tenkarabum com whether packaged as loose hooks or incorporated into flies are sharp or as daiichi says on their hook packages dangerously sharp some have barbs which make removal from skin eyes or clothing difficult wear eye protection wear a broad brimmed hat if you fish with or around children bend down all hook barbs and make sure the children wear eye protection and broad brimmed hats pay attention to your back cast so no one gets hooked also all the rods sold on tenkarabum com will conduct electricity do not under any circumstances fish during a thunder storm consider any fishing rod to be a lightning rod fishing rods 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