Tenkara

[Stein]

There were a few threads years ago, thought I would bring it up again.

Anyone Tenkara?  I picked up two rods to take to Philmont with the Scouts this summer and am really looking forward to taking them for a test drive locally shortly.

It's been many moons since I fished with a fly, looking forward to the simplicity and lack of need to go out and buy a ton of gear to make it work.

I saw a video of guys landing nice coho on some beefier version, it looked like a real battle.

[DaNewb]

I bought a (very cheap) 11' tenkara rod a few weeks ago with plans to take it backpacking with me this summer up to some high mountain lakes.

I too use to fly fish and its not something I really want to fully invest in this time around so I thought Tenkara would be a good alternative to full-blown fly fishing.

I just want an alternative to a spinning rod and lures if the fish are only hitting flies. Something simple and packable...Tenkara definitely checks the boxes.

Pretty excited to try it out.