Chris AKA TenkaraBum

by Ken
(Bentonville AR. USA)

I would like to share my thoughts on a guy I have never met. Chris. I got hooked (pun intended) on tenkara 5 yrs ago. The more I fished with this method the more I got hooked (sorry). I have been fly fishing for 59 yrs or so and in the last 5 yrs have fished 1 day with conventional western gear! The rest of my fishing is with Tenkara. I have been lucky enough to have been able to spend my summers in West Yellowstone for the last 29 yrs.

Enough about me. I have bought several rods from Chris. I have never dealt with a person more informative or more honest in his opinions on a subject (especially fishing). His business practices cannot be beat. His comments on tenkara fishing are spot on. If you are interested at all with Tenkara fishing his web site is the place to be. Honestly.

Ken AKA Kenkara

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“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” - Benjamin Franklin

"Be sure in casting, that your fly fall first into the water, for if the line fall first, it scares or frightens the fish..." -
Col. Robert Venables 1662

As age slows my pace, I will become more like the heron.

We've all had situations where seriously chewed up flies kept catching fish after fish after fish. It is no sin to tie flies that come off the vise looking seriously chewed up.

Warning:

The hooks are sharp.
The coffee's hot.
The fish are slippery when wet.

Beware of the Dogma

Seriously, all the hooks sold on TenkaraBum.com, whether packaged as loose hooks or incorporated into flies, are sharp - or as Daiichi says on their hook packages, Dangerously Sharp. Some have barbs, which make removal from skin, eyes or clothing difficult. Wear eye protection. Wear a broad-brimmed hat. If you fish with or around children, bend down all hook barbs and make sure the children wear eye protection and broad-brimmed hats. Be aware of your back cast so no one gets hooked.

Also, all the rods sold on TenkaraBum.com will conduct electricity. Do not, under any circumstances, fish during a thunder storm. Consider any fishing rod to be a lightning rod! Fishing rods can and do get hit by lightning!