Tenkara for winter grayling.m2ts

"Tenkara" is a Japanese form of fishing that literally translates as from the skies. Here I adopt the technique with tungsten bead headed flies to fish deep for winter grayling on a day when the temperature hovered around zero celcius.

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• Tenkara
• for
• winter
• grayling

[Jonfish1357]

Hi- thanks for the info on the Iwana. I do not prefer one method over the other and conditions will dictate which is better on a particular day. When the stream is very low and clear as in summer its nice to cast a long light fly line to rising fish at range. In a hatch when fish may be rising all around the Tenkara might be more efficient. Tenkara is an interesting method to add to traditional western fly fishing. I don't think it will replace it. Dry flies very soon.

[greendrakeoutfitters]

should always keep the rod fully collapsed and only expose the red Lillian when attaching your leader

[MacSociety]

Just a heads-up your Iwana 12' is actually a 6:4 ration and not the misprinted 7:3 you see on the rod. Typo during printing of info on that rod so it is really a 6:4 just as a friendly fyi. Thanks for the video.

[skutterskelfe]

So then Jon which system do you prefer to cast with, a Tenkara rod or the tradional rod and reel? When I read the articles in the FF+FT I was put off a little by the recommended precautions you needed to take when putting the rod up and taking it down. Still, variety is the spice of life. On a different note can I ask when you will be getting around to tying up some dry patterns please? regards, Peter