How not to open a stuck rod ha ha

by Kenkara
(Bentonville A.R. U.S.A.)

I am a total tenkara addict. I have numerous tenkara rods and should have known better than what I did that I'm am about to tell you about. Last year I bought myself another tenkara rod a Yamame. When I recieved it I excitedly took it to my shop and proceeded to open up the package so I could put it through the the wiggle test then put a line on it and cast with it. When I tried to get the rod extended I could not get the 1st section to come out, the Lillian was sorta stuck inside the rod. Try as I might I could not get it to come out. Soooo. Being the tool minded person I am, I came up with this solution. I took off the butt cap and applied my air compressor nozzle to the butt of the rod to gently blow the rod open. However dummy me forgot to check the air pressure!!!! You will not believe how fast a tenkara rod will open with 120lbs of air pressure behind it. Or how long it took be to get all the section unstuck. True story. The rod did survive.

“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!