YouTube Resources

by James
(Tucson AZ)

This post is simply a list of all the channels on YouTube I watch that depict various methods of Japanese fixed-line fishing. Typing the name of the channels into the search bar should simply yield the channel but if not you shouldn’t have to look too much to find these channels. 1) gaffgallion gaff 2) 398world 3) kakapon supopon 4) mamama fishing (this one is very good but requires digging to find, the channel’s icon however is a catfish sketch so perhaps that will help) 5) Micro Fishing in Japan (posts are rare nowadays but still great content, minimal digging to find this channel, icon is a tanago (bitterling).

“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!