Quote Originally Posted by CM_Stewart View Post
I have never fished with an 11' Pflueger so I cannot say what it can or cannot do in comparison with a tenkara rod. Get a spool of 0X fluorocarbon tippet material. Tie 11' of it to your tip guide. Add 3-4' of 5X tippet and an unweighted wet fly and go fishing. If you can cast the 0X "line" effectively, and if your rod will protect the tippet so that the fish you normally catch don't beak it, and if you don't break the rod the first time you try to net an 18" fish, then your Pflueger will do everything a tenkara rod will do other than collapse to 20 some inches for ease of walking through the woods to the next spot you want to fish.

Again, I'm not saying your Pflueger can't do those things. I don't know if it can or not because I've never used one. For the price of a spool of tippet you can find out, though.

Thanks for that post. If nothing else, it will serve as encouragment for some of us to attempt something tenkara-like to see if we like it. That first dipping of the toe into the water might lead some of us into taking the plunge later. That was very clever, Mr. Stewart, very clever indeed. I have an 11' rod of which I am fond. It might not make as good a candidate because is has a fairly slow action. I plan to invest in a spool of 0X flourocarbon tippet to try out this form of fishing. I can carry a reel with me, in case I wish to fall back to what I am used to. If I like it and end up buying a tenkara rod, I shall blame you, Mr. Stewart.


Regards,
Ed