I was reading a thread on FliesandFins.com from November 2006, about using Spey rods for striped bass fishing on the east coast, and I came across the paragraph below in a post by someone with the handle gunner:

"One thing you will learn is that for every foot of water you stand in, you lose 4 feet of casting range, so a longer rod is better if you are looking for distance. But you can still cover close water, just by very short casts, even as short as just the leader. Ever heard of Japanese flyfishing "tenkara." They basically have the line attached to the end of the rod, with no reel, and nymph or use a dry fly that way -- you can use your double-handed rod the same way for close in work."

Cool.

That is cool! Thanks for finding this. The post points out a very key advantage of longer rods. I've always realized how advantageous a long rod is when I'm float tubing a lake. I also noted and am glad he referred to tenkara as "flyfishing."

- Jack

Nice! Does anyone know who "Gunner" is?

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