Tenkara = Success!

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

Congrats on the fly fun!

Good choice on that lil jig, I noticed fish just prefer sinking lures rather than suspending/floating ones. You really can go up to 1/64th oz but idk about the hook size on those trout magnets. The jigs I get off chuck and deb's are smaller I think. I go down to a #12 hook. Some of the smallest fish can get hooked up this way. And when im fishing like this it's all about quantity rather than quality of fish so the more hook ups - the better.

A great feeling getting several fish in a row, no cast going without a hook up.

Id like to shill "chuck and deb's" some more and say that their micro plastics are great too if you dont have fly tying materials.

good luck

Thanks! I'll definitely check out Chuck and Debs. It was a blast this morning!

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by Hookmanski

Thanks! I'll definitely check out Chuck and Debs. It was a blast this morning!

http://chuckanddeb.com/

The site looks sketchy for looking like it was designed by someone who just learned the basis of website design, but they do ship on time. You also pay with paypall.

Go to JIG HEADS AND WEIGHTS and scroll down to NO NECK ROUNDHEADS and go for those 1/80ths and 1/64s.

Then go to LISTING OF ALL SOFT PLASTIC BAITS, scroll down to the the PANFISH BAITS section. A lot of plastics that are hardly over an inch.

The selection on that site is A+ in terms of variety.

[23cardinal]

Awesome man!!
Did U use fly line? Did that rod come with it? Or u just using regular line?

[meatwad555]

So wait it's a fly rod with no reel?

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by meatwad555

So wait it's a fly rod with no reel?

Pretty much! Except its really its own category of rod, there are no guides on it and no reel seat. Nicer ones have a good handle, but my 7 dollar one doesn't.

Originally Posted by 23cardinal

Awesome man!!
Did U use fly line? Did that rod come with it? Or u just using regular line?

Thanks man! I bought a spool of Level line on amazon as well, its a yellow fluorocarbon line used specifically for tenkara fishing.

[Riz]

nice brother im glad it went well for ya. for that price ya got a whole new world of fishing opened up to ya. awesome

[bigfishy]

Gr8 job on the new venture....!!! When you first ordered the tenkara setup it waz a fifty dollar , no big deal if you didn't like it setup....Then you posted that it waz only twenty five , so really no big deal....Now you only paid seven dollars for your latest venture....Never new that things could get cheaper and cheaper while being delivered.....Good luck with the new adventure.....Lots of long time flyfisherman have made this technique their new passion but your going the opposite direction? hope all works out well, good luck