An interesting thought
I was talking with a guy about tenkara and he suggested that using a tenkara rod might be good for someone who has a hand injury and can't use both hands or has a brain injury and where coordination might be a problem as well. The idea struck me as being valid and was wondering about others thoughts on this.
Tenkara seems way more intuitive and well simple. I actually have a tendency to stick my left hand in my pocket (while casting) until I actually catch a fish that is.
Local fly fishing club contacted us about helping one of the club members. He had a severe stroke and lost use of one of his arms. With a Tenkara rod he's still able to fly fish, which was something he was struggling with. He still neess help getting fish in the net, but he's still fishing. Made us feel good to be part of this.
Brandon
Tenkara USA has been working with Vets on just such a project.
We've started giving some of our guys in Project Healing Waters tenkara rods instead of traditional fly rods for similar reasons
The guy I talked with was with project healing waters as well. I had never thought of it from that point of view.
Tenkara Guides is way ahead of the curve.
They are a great resource for adaptive gear.
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