Micro blast!!!

by Jeff
(Tyler, Texas)

I have been fishing most of my life since I was a kid. I can honestly tell you that micro fishing has brought back that child like joy I haven't felt in years.

I became interested in tenkara and found Chris's site. As I read through I was intrigued with the stories of micro fishing. I began to think of the micro adventures I could go on and how much my kids would love it. Well, I may be more hooked on it than them! Being able to make sport out of chasing tiny species of fish is just a blast. I am now ready to start my life list . So far I have landed black tailed shiners, black stripe top minnows, and small sunfish. The included photo of the blue gill is what I would consider a trophy sized fish on my Daiwa Tanago rod.

I highly recommend micro fishing, and even more so the tanago style rods while in pursuit. Just remember they truly are for fishing very small fish. Can't wait for more micro trips. A+++++

“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!