Windy Oklahoma

by Okieflier
(Mustang, OK)

My son and I went out twice in the last two days using our Tenkara rods in the Oklahoma wind. Yesterday it was gusting to 20 mph and today it was a little brisker at 25 mph. I was using my Fountainhead Caddis and my son was using his new Tenkara USA SATO rod. We were using one of Riggs floating lines and one home made floating line I had built. Both lines are level and about 12 feet long with 3 feet of tippet material attached. The temperatures were from 50 to 70 degrees both days. We switched the lines between the poles each day. We used killer bugs under an indicator and we both were successful in catching small bluegill at our local Oklahoma City pond. Obviously the challenge was casting in the windy and gusty conditions. We really had no significant problems. We tried not casting directly into the wind but still was able to fish without difficulties. My home made floating line is made from .027 inch regulator level fly line. It floats okay and cast good.

Return to Your Tenkara Stories.

“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!