One of my co-worker/friends just bought a western fly rod setup and we're heading to a local stream for his first time. I'll be bringing my tenkara rods. He's heard of them so I think seeing one might entice him to look into buying. We'll see. He has a 9 year old that can't leave the bait in the water and I told him fly fishing would be perfect for him. Drift, cast, drift, cast. I'm excited about showing him what fly fishing is all about.

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Rick

テンカラ。小さなストリームのシンプルさ。
My Tenkara Rods:
13' Ayu, 12' Yamame, 11' with a conversion handle, and an Ito.

My Wife's Tenkara Rods:
12' Ebisu and 13.5' Amago, 12' Iwana with a conversion handle, and an Ito.

Rick,

The main thing is to have fun, but somehow I already know you'll do this. I think you're just the right guy to show them fly fishing.

-Jack

Sounds like a fun day is planned. Let us know how the day goes. Tj

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Tenkara Junkie - Tenkarajankī
Now sporting all of the Tenkara USA Rods!

That 9-yr old should have no problem with the tenkara - hopefully there are some willing fish.

My kids, now 8 and 10 don't go fishing too much - but when they do they want to use the tenkara rods almost exclusively. I think part of it is that they know that it's a Japanese style and they think that it's cool because of that - the other part is that it's so much simpler to cast.

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my blog CastingAround
Ebisu, Iwana 11'ft (with additional short handle), Amago, Ito, Ayu II