Post by czoscar on Feb 13, 2021 9:53:14 GMT -6
I am relatively new, approximately a year, to this forum, the B.B., and the LMFR. I had not fly fished for well over 25 years and got back into it by accident at the start of the pandemic while going through some old boxes in the attic and found some fly reels, old fly rod, and a bunch of flies. After some research I found this forum, and of course the LMFR, and the B.B. Fly Shop, which has rekindled my interest in fly fishing. In fact I just picked up a 2 wt for fly fishing the local ponds (North Texas) and lakes for panfish.
I want to share some information I recently found on Tenkara fly fishing but thought it might make more sense with a little background. I was born and raised in the Panama Canal Zone and served in the U.S. Navy all over the globe in the 60's and have since lived and worked essentially everywhere internationally. On one of my international trips I met and later married a lady (Tomoko) from Yokohama Japan and we are now living in North Texas after returning to CONUS from Singapore where I worked for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and now retired with occasional teaching assignments for the FAA on international aviation standards. We have often traveled in Japan with backpacks moving around on trains while staying in traditional inns called Ryokans and especially those in the mountains of Honshu (main island) with natural hot springs (Onsens) often near a mountain stream or river.
I was always curious about the fishing in these beautiful mountain streams and rivers and two nights ago over dinner we discussed returning to Japan as soon as possible after things returned to whatever the new normal will be after the pandemic. With my rekindled interest and return to fly fishing (very rusty) wife suggested we spend some time in a small village in the mountains of Honshu where her ancestors lived and where she has friends that run several ryokans. She said the village is situated between two streams/rivers where her Dad used to fish for char and trout so I could try my hand fly fishing in Japan. She had given me a birthday gift for my 70th many years ago which was a winter dry suit scuba dive with friends that ran a dive shop in Yokohama. I grew up spear fishing, free diving, and scuba diving in the Panama Canal Zone in the 50's so it was a new and really unique experience so fly fishing in Japan sounds like a great new experience as well.
With the possibility of fly fishing in Japan I started doing some research and found some interesting information on Tenkara fly fishing, a traditional, centuries old, method used to catch the Char and Trout in the many mountain streams and rivers that are common in Japan. I thought many of you, especially those of you that have taken up Euro Nymphing, would find the information interesting.
So without further ado here (hopefully) are two links one with lots of different information but I also included the link with a long but fascinating article on Tenkara fly fishing with the link to Japan.
Stay warm and safe - Oscar
www.discovertenkara.com/knowledge/
www.discovertenkara.com/tenkara-fishing/#1--tenkara-fishing-101-setup-basics-
I want to share some information I recently found on Tenkara fly fishing but thought it might make more sense with a little background. I was born and raised in the Panama Canal Zone and served in the U.S. Navy all over the globe in the 60's and have since lived and worked essentially everywhere internationally. On one of my international trips I met and later married a lady (Tomoko) from Yokohama Japan and we are now living in North Texas after returning to CONUS from Singapore where I worked for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and now retired with occasional teaching assignments for the FAA on international aviation standards. We have often traveled in Japan with backpacks moving around on trains while staying in traditional inns called Ryokans and especially those in the mountains of Honshu (main island) with natural hot springs (Onsens) often near a mountain stream or river.
I was always curious about the fishing in these beautiful mountain streams and rivers and two nights ago over dinner we discussed returning to Japan as soon as possible after things returned to whatever the new normal will be after the pandemic. With my rekindled interest and return to fly fishing (very rusty) wife suggested we spend some time in a small village in the mountains of Honshu where her ancestors lived and where she has friends that run several ryokans. She said the village is situated between two streams/rivers where her Dad used to fish for char and trout so I could try my hand fly fishing in Japan. She had given me a birthday gift for my 70th many years ago which was a winter dry suit scuba dive with friends that ran a dive shop in Yokohama. I grew up spear fishing, free diving, and scuba diving in the Panama Canal Zone in the 50's so it was a new and really unique experience so fly fishing in Japan sounds like a great new experience as well.
With the possibility of fly fishing in Japan I started doing some research and found some interesting information on Tenkara fly fishing, a traditional, centuries old, method used to catch the Char and Trout in the many mountain streams and rivers that are common in Japan. I thought many of you, especially those of you that have taken up Euro Nymphing, would find the information interesting.
So without further ado here (hopefully) are two links one with lots of different information but I also included the link with a long but fascinating article on Tenkara fly fishing with the link to Japan.
Stay warm and safe - Oscar
www.discovertenkara.com/knowledge/
www.discovertenkara.com/tenkara-fishing/#1--tenkara-fishing-101-setup-basics-
