I agree with what both of you say here, Mike and Brandon.

I think some of us are in the dilemma of not wanting to spend time debating tenkara principles, yet are not comfortable sitting still while someone tells us that their way is the right way and all other ways are off the mark.

It's like someone who prefers to tie flies with all natural materials; I think that's fine, but I don't want him dissing me if I like to use synthetic materials. Having seen some of your terrific modern-material (and beautifully tied!) flies, Mike, I'm pretty sure that will make sense to you.

I am still scratching my head trying to figure out how Dan thinks he will sell more rods if he alienates (or even just irritates) some of the customers whose loyalty he had sought and won. I'm sure he knows more about marketing than I do (and that's not saying much), but it does baffle me. He has done so much for tenkara in the past.

For me, I tend to be more attracted by Chris's marketing approach, which I loosely interpret as: tenkara is a big tent, and everyone is welcome.

~ Paul