Found Saturday in a river in King County.
Name the river, and the general area, and I’ll get it back to you.
Name the river, and the general area, and I’ll get it back to you.
FOUND: Tenkara Rod
- Thread starter Jacob Watrous
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Nah...just frustration trying to reach a trout just out of Tenkara reach.
There’s a broken inch or so of leader(?) on the end of the thread, but the plastic is still on the cork.
^^^ That's a short 8' Tenkara rod that with a typical rod-length level line casts and fishes out to about 12', so quite possible
.I have a couple of zoom (2 & 3 fishable length) rods that can fish at 8' for the smallest and smaller creek niche that are easy to cast, are fun for dinks, and makes an 10"-11" fish feel like a trophy. The mfg says rod has a 5:5 - slow, full flex action. That can be pretty challenging, especially with larger fish in tight brush because the rod has so much flex that the brush can interfere with setting the hook or trying to keep a larger fish under control and away from from snags and undercut banks.
Interesting, the mfg only sells 6X (3lb) tippet and a light 2.5X (jp #2, 8lb) level line so the tippet or rod should have broken before the level line. I'd like to hear that story.
I’ve no idea. The thing telescopes out very far but is very wobbly and the tip seems very fragile—I’d be worried about fighting anything larger than a herring.
I think it’s more that no one wants to fess up to having owned it. Gonna fish it tomorrow on the Cedar. Who knows, maybe I’ll be come a tenkaraddict?
I’ve heard tenkara is good for suckers.Or maybe you will just leave it streamside for some other sucker like the last owner.
Bambooflyguy
Legend
Unfortunately could be someone who’s not on this site…..if you fish that area again maybe leave a message?
All private access in the area we were, but maybe I could leave one with the kid who was playing banjo, or pin it to one of the dogs that attacked @jaredoconnor
Shit, maybe? Is that what happened to the reel seat?
jaredoconnor
Peabrain Chub
Here is a fun story, just prior to the discovery of this garden stake.
We turned up to a really nice looking spot. Then a cattle dog appeared, barking its tits off. Then a Weimaraner. Then a Doberman. Then the cracked out looking landowner.
Crackhead: “You won’t have any luck here”
Me: “OK”
Crackhead is unsatisfied with my response. Picks up three sticks and throws them in the water, so the dogs go in and obliterate the spot.
I am now determined to catch a fish in front of him and his lady, right where the dogs went in. I changed fly 3 times. I succeeded.
We turned up to a really nice looking spot. Then a cattle dog appeared, barking its tits off. Then a Weimaraner. Then a Doberman. Then the cracked out looking landowner.
Crackhead: “You won’t have any luck here”
Me: “OK”
Crackhead is unsatisfied with my response. Picks up three sticks and throws them in the water, so the dogs go in and obliterate the spot.
I am now determined to catch a fish in front of him and his lady, right where the dogs went in. I changed fly 3 times. I succeeded.
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This is amazing. I have a similar-ish story (but honestly very different). I’ll share soon
Me too, but the target lie was about 75'-100' downstream from where the rocks were thrown to get me to leave. Pretty satisfying feeling.
It's happened in saltwater too, but they were there first playing with their dogs and not trying to get me to leave. I think I got to within 200' of them.