Fieldmaster Fun

by Kris S
(Pittsburgh)

Greetings Mr. Stewart,

Many many thanks for being a resource to this angler. In the short time that I've been aware of and used your Tenkara knowledge it has already facilitated a ton of pure fishing joy.

I wish I had known about Tenkara when I was a kid. I might have never touched a spinning reel.

The brown stockie in the photo was caught in a local county park on a peach blood dot single egg pattern, 3ft of 5x tippet and a Cutthroat Leaders tenkara indicator leader 11'8". This may be an odd setup but it works incredibly well on PA's more weary fall trout. I'm still learning and enjoying every minute of it.

“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.

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!