My limited Tenkara experience is:.............. Borrowed an outfit, 14' ROD 18' (approx) line, leader, tippet for "pocket" fishing in the downslope trickles of the Snowy Range just West of Laramie WY. Prpbably hooked 3/4 and never one to hand. Tippet #3. These fish were in the 15"- 20" inch range and took off "spooled" ( broke off) me. Needless to explain, "spooled " is used only to illustrate that the rod/line'tippet etc. length were NO match for the escaping denizens. There was absolutely no time or equipment capability to control/ play the hooked fish. I therefore am a skeptic as to the practical use of Tenkara in the situation I experienced.
Mark