I fished with the hera rod tonight as it was so windy I was afraid if I fished with the shorter tenkara rod the fly would be blown too close to shore. With the 18 ft. long hera rod I was able to keep my micro jig/strike indicator rig out in the strike zone. I was rewarded with a nice rainbow, two crappies and a bluegill in about an hour or so of fishing. I think I was lucky to catch that much as the conditions were so miserable; cold, windy and spitting snow.