hi daniel, can we NOW have our very cool update regarding the 9ft tenkara or the very cool rod update or the very cool whatever it is update please

the people intrested have been waiting since the 20th october which is a long time ago now

come on you cheeky chappie it must be time to tell.............

Dave,
I should probably have been a bit more clear on my update. We have decided to offer a replacement handle to make the Iwana a shorty - not 9ft long, but rather 10ft. It's now available here: http://www.tenkarausa.com/product_info.php/products_id/117. This will allow people to use their existing Iwana rod without having to buy a brand new one.

I have talked a lot about rod length and won't go into too much detail here, but, I still do not believe there is value in offering a very short 9ft rod and believe that number is often requested because we use western fly-fishing as a benchmark. A 10ft rod is plenty short for very small streams while maintaining the integrity and advantages of the length of a tenkara rod. If absolutely necessary the rod may be held above the handle to make it a 9ft (in my experience this is pretty rare), and if you collapse one segment for a cast to the tightest of places and hold it above the handle you are fishing it as a 7ft rod. I think there is more value in having the versatility of a 10ft rod than to handicap it by making it 9ft long.
I hope we didn't disappoint many (actually, I really hope I didn't disappoint any) of you by not going all the way down to 9ft, but the 10ft version is a sweet, delightful tenkara rod. And, it won't cost you a lot to convert your current rod to that length.

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Daniel,

On the website it says that you can make your 12' Iwana an 11'or 10' rod, but does the handle replacement work for 11' Iwana rods as well, converting then to 10'?

J

Yes, you may use the 10ft handle to make the 11ft rod shorter.
Sorry, just update the site with that info too.

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I'd be interested in seeing a photo of the handle. Evidently, the cork is shorter as well to reduce the length from 11' or 12' to 10' or does one remove a segment? Is the collapsed length shorter? I would guess so, but is that the case?

Thanks!
Jerry

The handle segment is virtually identical. The only difference is that it is skinnier to accomodate the thinner parts of the rod. The handle length is the same, the overall length is also the same as it must accomodate the other segments.

Please note, I should have mentioned the 10ft handle is arriving in the US this week.

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