Tenkara vs Tanago
I have been watching some you tube video of people catching bitterlings. How do y'all feel about using bait? I normally use a fly when tenkara fishing, but maybe using some bait to catch some new species of fish or at least one you don't catch too often. Would it bother you at all? HOSS
I look at it this way: Fishing is nothing more than a game, and unless a game is an organized sport (Little League, NCAA, or NBA, for instance), the players get to set their own rules. What I mean is, if two guys want to play tennis with the net lower than specified, or even removed altogether, that's okay.Originally Posted by HOSSCOOPER
When I fish, it is my prerogative to decide how challenging or how easy I want to make it. Nobody else's business -- unless some sort of competition is involved, and then honesty comes into play.
If I want to fish with doughballs flavored with Korean fish oil, that's okay, and it's also okay if I want to limit myself to fishing with a size #6 Royal Coachman dry fly for a whole season -- that's nobody's business but my own. Tie your line to a tenkara rod to a soda straw or to a walking stick, no problem.
So my response to your question is that you use whatever sounds like fun to you. Enjoy your fishing, and enjoy your freedom to fish however you darned well want to do it.
~Paul
Tenkara is a tool, use it the way you like. Don't worry about what others think or do. It's your rod so use it as you wish.
My answer:
What Is Tenkara? Tenkara is the traditional Japanese method of fly-fishing, which uses only a rod, line and fly. Simple.
Tenkara is a method of fly-fishing particularly well-suited for stream fishing and for anyone looking for a simpler way to fly-fish. It is the ideal setup for backpacking. Tenkara is a very effective, simple and enjoyable method of fly-fishing.
Now if you want to use bait, get a crappy pole. Or you can use that Tenkara and put a hook and worm on it, you can do that with any fly rod, but why. Just go bait fishing, it is less expensive.
Most people who take up micro fishing(since we have no bitterling in the states) will use bait of some sort. Since fishing for true micros would be extremely difficult to do with a fly. You can use what ever you like to use with what ever rod you like. I have been know to use plastic worms and lizards with western fly gear and ice jigs with micro plastic with tenkara. Some people will try and tell you that your wrong for fishing this way or that. Well, I say I live in America and I will fish with what I want, when I want, how I want. I have served this country for 10 years and for some person to tell me I am wrong for expressing my self I will tell them to go take a fly leap. How do they think we got all all the different ways of fishing after all. Some one had to cross the line along the way or we would still be in the ice ages with spears used for fishing. If you want to use bait go ahead.
The Tango setup looks fun! That little 4 foot rod. Way to think outside the box.
Keep it coming Tenkarabum!
Flygodess hit it there on the last post. It just looks fun right. Kind of like fishing for gills it's just fun. Mr Arnold says to limit yourself is a personal choice but so many people get caught up in doing it a certain way and miss the joy of just fishing. when I first saw the tanago stuff I got excited. I love the idea of catching fish I have never caught before. I don't mind using bait even though I have been a pretty hard core fly guy for quite a while now. To me it is all about the joy of catching wild fish in a wild place. even if it's a minnow on a creek about 5 miles from my house. It works for me. Thanks y'all.
Well, now there is where I draw the line. Don't use bait and don't need it. When a bud of mine caught and landed a Sturgeon on a fly, that says it all.
But I do enjoy fishing .....a lot! Just not that important to "catch" fish for me to change my preference. No need to in my book, but I love new toys.
Tango would be a blast with chironomids.
Finally I got on here. "Out of the box" didn"t even come close last weekend.
I wrote '"Smile Maker" in Chris' Micro Story section. That was the first time out with that 5ft rod. This year will be a blast whether using small flies or a dab of bait. There is always those bully bluegills under docks with the small fry.
I was catching last years small gills at a fair pace under the dock when I had my first "Oh sh*t" fishing moment. You know, that moment right after the hookup that you suddenly realize you may not get this fish in. That happened twice last Saturday. The culprit was a gill not much longer than my palm. It bent the rod enough to make that 7x tippet so tight the wind made line sing. Now that was a blast...I did get them in.
Don't have many non muddy creeks around here for minnows and the like but little bluegill are everywhere. It will never matter if I have a bad outing with my tenkara or fly rod gear, I can always find small gills and with that tanago rod I'm assured of leaving the water with a smile.
Dennis
Last edited by Tanago53; 04-15-2013 at 09:03 PM.
Sounds as if you had a ball. What was the rod you used?
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