Amazing Creek Fishing with a CHEAP (But Good?!) Tenkara Rod 

I have seen, I think, the majority of you tenkara fishing videos, and I have learned a lot. I've enjoyed every single minute of them all. Absolutely fabulous job. Keep em coming 😊

Thanks for turning us on to this type of fishing Tristan. My wife and I have been going out almost everyday here in Northern Illinois and are slaying the Sunfish!!!! At least 30 in 2 hours everytime. I am used to catching big Pike, Walleye, Lake Michigan Salmon/Trout (20 lbs) but something about this little fish setup is so satisfying! You feel everything. After a little while it seems like the fish are attracted to your fly because you get a bettter sense. We bought the Goture Capella 12' 7:3 kit and are so completely satisfied. Less work and more fun! Thank You. Gonagain mentioned fishing in their videos and I suggested that you and them should get together so they could learn how fun this is. We met them last year with our camper while traveling through Great Falls after our trip to Glacier (wish we had these rods at Two Medicine). Thanks again and keep putting these videos out.

This rod is my first tenkara rod. It was on sale temporarily for $28 and it seemed like a great place to start since it is fiberglass. Hard to break and soft/slow by nature - so a more natural evolution from my fiberglass 1wt fly rod. I have never tried another tenkara rod but this has been an amazing rod in my opinion.

On my haven't caught list, sweet! You sure brought the beauty of fall fishing out! Wow!

Nice netting between those two logs. 🎣

It is good that you found a creek full of native cutts instead of small brookies.

I'd rather be fishing in the rain than working in the sun

An excellent day on the water. I had a feeling that after landing #11, you'd go for the even dozen. I would have. Well done. Thanks, and enjoy.

Nice job! Enjoy your adventures on and off stream thanks for sharing

Nice hour and a half of enjoyment for you. Thanks for sharing!

I’m in Texas. Heading to the NW in May. I’m looking forward to trying Tenkara after watching your channel for over a year.

Tristan thanks for the video and Happy Easter 🐣

It’s always great when you can catch wild natives. What a great outing. Like another comment said, nice intro. One request, can you put a picture of the flies you use or at least the main fly of success? You stated what it was but I am always curious about color variations. Thanks again.

Great video again! Tenkara would be perfect for the creek I fish after work most days. I need to give it a try.

Cant wait to get out there...thanks for sharing,...cheers!!!

Something I’ve been thinking for a while now is that it would be really cool if there were a spreadsheet or something that listed which videos each rod had appeared in. I think that would be really interesting and useful.

Just ordered this as a backup rod. Awesome video, as always, Tristan! Can't wait to use this in Michigan's UP.

Those were some great looking fish, thanks for the video.

Another great video. 1 more month and I'm back out there in WI.

Great video! The zeno comes in two iterations, the 9ft and the 10ft, I bought the longer of the two for my buddy and got it rigged up with furled line and tippet etc to get him started and frankly, I didn't want to let it go! It's a significantly more robust rod than the one you fished with a comfortable cork grip and a fairly heavy overall weight. Thanks for the content, it's one of my favorite Saturday rituals!

Looks like a split piece of Bamboo, prolly perform in a similar manor.

I’m from Nova Scotia so I’ve never seen these Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout, but they look really nice, Rey similar to the brown trout here. Beautiful stream, and very well filmed. That was a really enjoyable video thanks. Glad you didn’t meet any grizzlies! Way to go , buddy

Fish on!☺🎣🐟

I always appreciate the candor and clarity of your rod reviews. Beautiful creek, but that phrase “grizzly bear …” country? I’m glad you had a good, safe outing. Oh, and thank you for an episode that features a native cutthroat. A great video - many thanks!

Like always another great video

That is a nice stream in the Rockies!

Could you share the line that you were using, and the fly that you were using. You normally do those and I missed that on this video

I don’t claim to be an expert fisherman. But I do like the ultra light rods from Eagle Claw. They aren’t hiking or pack able per se just fun and inexpensive to catch fish on.

Brown trout season opened here a couple of weeks ago. But the temperatures are not very nice to be bothered going out. Windy,cold and wet. Yorkshire England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I just looked up that rod. It’s £61.75 Over here. So around $70.

T you kave a keen sense of where the fish will be your very good at reading the water

Great review! Good to know you also use Aventik rods. Been an Aventik tenkara user for almost 2years now. I have the Zeno S2, IM12 & IM12 Pro, and the Pocket & Pocket Pro. All very good and very capable rods. Durable, efficient, sensitive and best of all its downright affordable! And your fishing spots are also very good. How i wish i'll find some here in Newfoundland. As well as someone else tenkara fishing here too.

Have you ever pursued the Wyoming Cuttslam?

Last year I bought an Aventik Zeno S2-Glass Tenkara rod as I wanted something with a very soft action similar to my fiberglass fly rods. It was the same price at the one you fished in this video. I picked up the 10' 10 section version as it had a cork handle. I returned the rod w/out fishing it. It was very tip heavy compared to my other rods. (flyrods, no-name Amazon Keiryu rod, and Tiny Ten 2) I could tell that I would not enjoy fishing the rod.

Can you say what kind of boots you use?

When you mention how long a line you are fishing, does that length include the tippet or just the level line?

What do you keep on hand to be prepared, in grizzly territory?

I’ve often wondered about the possibility of running into bears while you are fishing and hiking. How do you prepare?

A little more back bone would certainly help but you did good none the less.

That could also be somewhere in Europe

Enjoy your videos, but I gotta ask...what do you carry for protection, not only from bears, but for the lions as well?

Those Aventiks are better than some so called tenkara rods.

do you recommend this over the goture capella?

Check your date, assuming you mean 2023.

The way you started this video introducing yourself, where you are, your equipment and goal is how you should start every video. Will give you greater credibility and will encourage more viewers.

Filmed in October2024?

HI TRISTAN 👋 THAT WAS A GORGEOUS STREAM / AREA ❤CLARITY LOOKED REALLY GOOD ! GLAD NO GRIZZLIES ! NORMALLY , WHAT SIZE FLIES DO YOU USE ? ALSO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TENKARA RODS & DRAGONTAIL TENKARA RODS ? THANK YOU, MADE IT LOOK LIKE FUN ❤ GREAT VIDEO FOOTAGE 📹 BE SAFE ☺️ 🙏 HAVE FUN ☺️ 🙏 ENJOYED ❤GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS ON YOUR ADVENTURES ❤ ☺️ 🙏

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