I have come to this thread a bit late. Sorry about that, the old eyes y' know.
I had a bit of a relapse, but to stop blethering.
I have known Chris for some time, long before Tenkara became the
popular style of fly fishing it is now, and we had a three handed series of
conversations, with Mike Connor. Some by forum and some by e-mail about long rod, fixed line fishing. It was then seven or eight years ago, maybe more, being practised in the UK and in Mikes case Germany, by adapting a European coarse fishing rod, by removing the rings and adding a tying point to the rod tip for a fixed line. Mike had a lot of knowledge (of course) about materials and lengths for the fixed line. I had also added an article on North Italian reverse hackle flies to my web-site before this. What had got me interested was David Webster's book 'The Angler and the Loop Rod' (1885), this was actually the same as Walton's 17th century rod. So you see Chris has a very good pedigree as regards long rods and fixed line fishing. I was thinking that it is about time that there was a Tenkara forum not tied to a specific brand of tackle. Sometimes people get a bit po faced about mentioning another brand.
I also thought I detected a slight touch of the Halfordian exclusivity.
I have said many times on many forums, this is fly fishing, not holy writ.
Anyway, sorry I am a bit late, glad to see your posts Chris.
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