Local weir

by Dean Price

I never enjoyed fishing the local weir. It is the end of a large saltwater system and a barrier for where the fresh water starts. There is a couple of fish ladders so that fish can swim between the two waters for spawning.
A western fly rod is too short for effectively fishing off the weir and line control is just too hard even with a stripping basket. Fishing with bait is a little too easy with bass and bream eating anything from worms to bread and chicken.
I have been fishing with a kebari fly and a Daiwa 5.3M and found that this is an effective way to keep the fly in the strike zone for longer periods of time. The long skinny nature of the Keiryu rod allows for a nice twitch style retrieve. I have now caught 4 different species and have been enjoying some quality fishing all with the one fly. It is great that these rods are so adaptable for this style of fishing in fast moving water and it is certainly easier than getting the boat out.

“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!