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Individual taste in books varies as much as the favorite rod or fly. With that in mind, we hope to review books and videos from the ever-growing fly fishing world, and share them with you. Books will be the best of all worlds, new and old. Many of the old books are now available in reprint, and the wisdom contained is timely today. Others can be found in second-hand book stores, or by mail order dealers. As we find videos we feel are outstanding they will be included. Be assured, reviews are based on what we have actually read or viewed, and due to that fact, may not appear weekly.
TENKARA - RADICALLY SIMPLE, ULTRALIGHT FLY FISHING
TENKARA - RADICALLY SIMPLE, ULTRALIGHT FLY FISHING
BY: KEVIN C. KELLEHER, MD. WITH MISAKO ISHIMURA
This is an essential guide to a simpler world of fly fishing in this small yet informative book on the method of Tenkara Fly Fishing.
Misako Ishimura is a well known top international fly-fishing competitor and was the charter director of the International Women Fly Fishers and the founder and president of World Fly Fishing of Japan. Kevin Kelleher is a family Doctor, backpacker, canoeist and devotee of the Tenkara method of Fly Fishing, and I might also add that he is an award winning artist.
The book contains the roots of Tenkara fishing along with well written instruction on gear and the various methods of fishing which includes the dance of the dry fly is all amply covered along with tips for small stream and large stream.
I highly recommend this volume to anyone interested in Tenkara Fishing either as a beginner or someone who is already using the method but wishes to learn more about the art.
Copyright 2011
Published by Lyons Press: an imprint of Globe Pequot Press. P.O. Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437, 147 Pages, $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-7627-6394-8
Enjoy & Good Fishin'
Tom Travis, Montana Fly Fishing Outfitter & Guide