Fishing With a $3 "Tenkara" Rod! (Tenkara Fly Fishing Adventures)
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- After starting off with one of my normal tenkara rods, I end up whipping out a $3 Chinese rod from AliExpress and catch a bunch of fish with it.
DATE FILMED: November 2019
LOCATION: Idaho
GEAR USED
(Note: The Amazon links are affiliate links)
** SEE MORE INFO ABOUT MY FLIES AND GEAR HERE: tenkaraaddict....
** RODS
--------- Dragontail Mizuchi (amzn.to/2q531pX)
--------- Cheap 180 cm Chinese rod page on Amazon (it's out of stock): amzn.to/2uz1TNp
--------- Cheap 180 cm Chinese rod on AliExpress: www.aliexpress...
** LINE: 11-foot #3.5 level line with 3 feet of tippet
** FLY: A modified Utah killer kebari
** NET: Measure Net Medium with rubber basket (amzn.to/2LjQbxR )
OTHER LINKS
** Instagram (@TenkaraAddict): / tenkaraaddict
** My main UA-cam channel (SUVRVing): / suvrving
** My store: KamchatkaGear.com
#tenkara #fishing #flyfishing
Awesome videos man! I picked up Tenkara fishing over 8 years ago, when it first came to the U.S. and I haven't thrown a fly from a western rod since. I love the simplicity of it, and the ability to hike for miles into the mountains with it for native specks in the headwaters. If you ever come to western North Carolina hit me up and I'll take you to one of those creeks.
I know I am a year late but I just got into Tenkara. I really enjoy your videos and blog. I also appreciate that you aren't a brand snob and give "cheap" rods a chance. I have always been someone who didn't really care about the name, as long as it worked for what I needed it to do. Since watching your videos and reading your blog I have half a dozen rods with only one being "name brand". Your reviews and incite have been great and helped me get more into it. I now only pack one fly rod (as opposed to 2-3 before) and a couple of Tenkara. I fish mostly in Shenandoah and GWNF so something like the cheap 180 cm rod is perfect for those small streams with massive overgrowth. Has made fishing more enjoyable!
That's great to hear! Thanks for watching, James 👍
It's so thrilling to catch little trout in small streams. Especially on tenkara.
I agree! Thanks Nolan.
Your Living the Dream of Many, Well Done.
Thanks!
I think those cheap poles are designed for activities such as micro fishing where you are just dipping the line in rather than casting it
Love that landing net!
What a great day! It ain't the arrow... it's the Indian. True in golf clubs or fishing rods, lol. You keep slaying 'em, we will keep watching!,👊
Nice catch! It doesn't matter if it's a $100 or $10 rod. What matters is that you catch fish. Funny, I always catch the most fish when I use the cheapest rod in my collection.
My favorite fly rod is by Eagle Claw (who knew?). It is slow enough to roll cast and mend a double taper beautifully. Cheap
Very cool. I have a Tiny Ten five-footer which I like under certain circumstances.
In brook trout streams in NW Connecticut, there is often more casting room than you'd think from a casual glance. What I often do is carry a short fly rod (6-7 1/2 feet) and put a longer fixed-line rod in the pack. WHen I get bored with one, out comes the other.
Or I might bring a zoom rod -- Dragontail Mizuchi for example -- and then the Tiny Ten or a Nissin 180 for close work.
With the short rods, after a lot of trial and error, I settled on either fluoro level line or a furled leader, four feet long, designed for 0-3 weight fly lines.
stellar video, I really enjoy your mastery of these micro creeks ! You catch amazing fish in these tiny creeks.
They're fun places to fish, for sue. Thanks for watching.
G'Day from Australia,
You blooded those little rods well after looking like you were going to luck out below that dam/diversion structure.
I fish various length tenkara rods from 8 to 12 feet but for really scrubby, tight creeks I use a Kiyotaki 180 or a really cheap 150cm Aliexpress rod. The last one is stiffish but I use .7mm floating shooting line and it casts very well with this line. The first time I took it out I caught three nice wild brown trout from one of my local creeks. Fun to flick flies into really tight spots.
I enjoy watching your videos.
Cheers,
Steve.
PS I considered the Tiny Ten rod but due to our lousy exchange rate and postage, it was going to be a very expensive rod by the time it got to OZ. That's not the sellers fault.
Tenkara Saturday! Cool little creek.
Thanks!
Really been loving the content lately, i havent done any of this type of fishing myself but i am looking forward to trying it out!
You'll love it! Thanks for watching.
There's something about fishing tiny creeks like this that is so relaxing. Enjoyed the video, thanks.
I'm with you. It's the best. Thanks Tom.
Another great video! I’m amazed that you pulled all of those fish out of that one pool! Great stuff, thanks for sharing the video.
Thanks for watching, Steve!
Amazing video again man. Really enjoying the content 😁👊
Thanks 👍
I already have 4 tenkara rods but I thought I might try the $3 one. It actually worked yesterday. Love your videos, hope you head up to the bitterroots soon, I can show you some nice small creeks.
Nice! Glad it worked out for you. Thanks for watching.
I don't know why I'm still surprised when you pull fish out of these teeny tiny creeks. I start out skeptical every single time and then you go and starting hauling them in yet again. :-)
It surprises me a little bit too!
Damn! By the time I got to this rod, it was $8. Still, that rod has caught me more fish than all of my others combined, so far. 🙂
Love your channels! I had never heard of Tankara fly fishing before I came across your SUVRVing channel. What are your thoughts on doing a beginners guide to starting Tankara fly fishing this spring? I'd love to get started and live in Salt Lake so I'm familiar with so many places you go.
There's great tenkara fishing around Salt Lake. You'll love it. I don't know if I'll make a video like that. I'm not a pro. Just an enthusiastic newbie. If you want a good intro, check out the book Tenkara by Daniel Galhardo.
Man, im gonna have to try out a tenkara rod. Im currently using a little 6ft 2wt fly rod in the rivers, and streams.
Sweet vid too 🙌
Thanks! Tenkara rods are a lot of fun. You'll like it 👍
checking in from Montana, another great video!
Thanks Tim!
Enjoying your videos I just became a subscriber
another great video. really wants me want to get into tenkara fishing. but live so far from streams in so cali.
It's a lot of fun!
How do you know that the bamboo rod was not made in Japan? Sources please!! I have the same rod and I know that bamboo grows in Japan.
My first tenkara rod was a 9' Amazon like $12..but I a another from tenkara U.S.A company it's a mizuchi zx340 3 sizes 8', 9'6", 11' like it alot
The Mizuchi is the rod I use most often. It's from Dragontail Tenkara, not Tenkara USA. Thanks for watching!
Little fish to bigger fish... “Have I ever told you about the time I was FLYING through the air!” (At 2:20)
Wish i could find this cheap rod on ali
Wen you flyfishing what fly you using
Thanks for aliexpress site
I bought 2.1m hope it will be good
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Hahaha fun!
Now you bite the bait you'll want to fish those short sticks time and time again... I've one and use it even at the sea shore
They're fun, for sure! I've got my eye on a couple others... 👀
are you tying that modified Utah Killer Kebari? or buying it? if you are tying it, I would love to get some direction on that - because it looks like that is your "go-to " fly!
I tie it. Go to the "Gear I Use" page on tenkaraaddict.com to find a link to more info about the fly
Try to come out here to California, lots of great tenkara water in the Sierra's
Yep, there is. Thanks for watching
Way to pull it off. That stream looked like you'd be drawing a blank at first.
I may have to try out one of those rods off of AliExpress. What I find amazing, is that for a year while living in China, I tried finding short light rods like that on TaoBao. To no avail. Lightweight 3.6m rods, sure. But shorter - nerp.
Bro, where is the review of cheap chinese rod from ali express one in this video?
This video IS the review
Enjoyed! What is "bow and arrow" casting?
Pulling the fly back and letting it go, like you'd pull back an arrow and let it go
Tinytenkara makes a rod that is less than 10 inches collapsed and about 6 feet extended.
Yep, I mention it at the end of the video. Thanks for watching!
@@TenkaraAddict I have one, it's pretty awesome, def a good buy!
What line you using bro
That info is in the description
Do you find your Utah Killer Kebari fly works everywhere you go?
Yes
Newie question, a 11ft furled line can be used on the bamboo looking cheap rod? Or for that kind of small stream the level line works better?
Cheers from Chile, a lure angler just starting in tenkara
On this small one? No, I don't think so. On one of the longer versions of that rod? Probably. I've fished with the 300 cm and 360 cm versions of that rod too. The 360 cm is not a good rod, but the 300 cm is decent.
@@TenkaraAddict
Thanks man! I buy a couple of the shortest, the 180 cm and the 220cm, and one more decent (the maximuncatch aliexpress)in 330cm,
Just waiting they arrive to try them
Love your content, cheers from chile
The name of the factory in China is Japan.
Ah, it all makes sense now!
LOL, Rod currently unavailable.
Exactly what is tenkara fishing? It translates to tiny fish??
Look it up
where can mfn buy this rod?
Might cut my teeth on that cheap little thing. See if tenkara is my jam before committing real money to it.