"What most people who have not tried tenkara do not grasp is that the long rod and light line allow you to keep your line off the water's surface, so you get much less drag and you never "line" a fish. You really will catch more fish. For smaller streams, where you don't cast to your backing, and where fish don't run to your backing, not only do you not need backing, you don't need the reel to hold the backing you aren't going to use."

Can you please explain how you keep a 20 foot line and 6-7 feet if tippet of the water with a 12 foot rod? I know you guys use long line bcause I have made a ton of them for the Tenkara guys. I am not bad mouthing the style. I have a Tenkara rod and have tried it several times. Just not my cup of tea.

Brad