Tenkara?

[slickhorn]

Howdy folks,

Long time whitewater boater here, utter novice at fishing. I’m interested in learning the tenkara style of flyfishing, and was curious if anyone in the clubs finds it effective in the washington alpine lakes. I’m primarily attracted to the low overhead expense and gear, lightweight footprint, and suitability for the size fish available in these waters.

Anyone have any experience with it, or how to get started?

thanks,
-b

[Brian Curtis]

I don’t have any direct experience with tenkara so take anything I say with the appropriate barrel of salt. Tenkera looks most suitable for stream and small river fishing because of the short casting distances. It looks like it would be fun in situations where you could stalk fish along the shore, but could otherwise prove frustrating.

[slickhorn]

thanks brian. admitedly I am looking at fishing as a way to spend more time on streams too small to boat, so that would be my primary use. for lake fishing, I’m curious to hear how far you think a pack boat might go in extending the use of this technique.

[Brian Curtis]

There isn’t a lot of stream fishing in the Washington Cascades. Most of the fish are in high lakes and the streams tend (with notable exceptions) to be too small and steep.

A boat would certainly help. You could troll a fly with that set-up and cover a lot of water. But you’d still be severely limited compared to a small spinning or conventional flyfishing setup. The fish always seem to rise just out of casting range no matter what set-up you are using :fishing:

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