Fishing a Bigger River with My Biggest Rod (Tenkara Fly Fishing) 

Finally......... 15 footer is great on open water...... you can cast 25 feet of line/leader easily ...... good stuff

After so many massive hauls from small creeks, it's reassuring you're as human as the rest of us! Nice video.

Bigger water to be sure, but still a pretty beautiful setting. Great production, as always! Thanks for sharing this outing with us!

I agree I keep forgetting that it's winter when you are fishing. Agree.

Nice vid! I was wondering how a tenkari rod would do in bigger water. After watching a ton of your videos I’m hooked!! Will be buying my first rod and setup soon! Love your videos - thanks for sharing!

I always ask myself after an adventure did I have fun and then I remember all the good times. Great video man

Really great production quality and just so fun to watch!

I tie a very similar fly for goldeye. I use a thin black body with orange artificial bucktail for a tail and orange hackle. Sometimes if I'm feeling creative I'll add a bit of gold tinsel as well. They take it well and love the orange.

I would have tried a tungsten or gold headed fly/nymph

These 2021 videos are really kicking it up a notch. Thanks for sharing incredible and informative content. Legit! 🤙🏼

Tristan, Your videos are marked by rapid fish bites in quick succession. That's fine, but your short drone intro to this video was a welcome addition to your scenic repertory. And your viewers will happily watch you catch three, five or nine fish with some additional scenic qualities added to enlarge the ambience of the video. I have watched a couple of older Swedish guys fish in a beautiful series called "Carpe Diem"; they don't catch a fish per second, or even a fish per minute. They have even shown non-fishing events like pouring and having a drink while admiring the scenery, showing the swarms of midges, or closeups of colorful flowers, napping on a riverbank with fish rising in the background, studying and discussing their approach to a certain fish, and many other peripheral effects that enhance the whole video, which can be over 20 minutes long and where they catch maybe half a dozen or so fish. They also provide English subtitles or sometimes speak English. The whole sequence becomes a beautiful little gem of a video. I know these effects can add unnecessary complications to your videos, but they may also enhance your viewers' experiences. Your production values are high and your content is always skillfully sequenced. You have a professional regard for your audience, which is what keeps us coming back. Keep improving; I'm sure you will.

May I make a request? I have seen a 24 foot "tenkara" rod on amazon from a company called Goture. It's only 20 usd if memory serves me right. I would love to see you try that out on a body of water this size. It would also probably get you plenty of views. The reviews and videos I've seen on it complement it on how surprisingly well made it is. Thanks for the great content.

They seemed pretty keyed in on midges. I might have clipped off the soft hackle just to give it more of a natural midge pupa look(or maybe just the size), but who knows. Regardless it still looked like a nice day, that crystal clear water and snow is a beautiful sight to look at.

My dad use to use a long Tenkara rod but he called it a cane pole. A whole lot cheaper too. Saw him pull a big Northern pike out of the river down from our house.

Beautiful - thanks! 🌲🌲🌲

At least you caught fish, gtg!

I mentioned to Scott Purcell owner of the Tenkara shop that he should contact you. He said you snd he had a trip planned. I hope you make this a RU-vid video. His flies are amazing.

Work some green into the repertoire. Beatis are always big food source.

Went tenkara angling for trout for only the second time over the break, missed three trout and caught a bluegill!

I find that the moon has an suppressing effect on fishing success during the daytime. That might have been what you were up against.

What’s your net called

Lovely looking river. Over here in the UK that would be a very big river. Did you think to try a dry fly? With fish rising like that I'd be tempted to try an F fly or cdc emerger. I know it's not technically tenkara but I can't resist chucking dries to rising fish

Say you get snagged at the almost full extension of rod and line across the creek too deep to wade, how do you break it off without damage to the rod? In all the demo's I've seen I've never seen this illustrated

Fishing communities really like the chartreuse color. Im really curious how a chartreuse fly would do.

Please smaller streams. I like the surprise.

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good job, the kebari works, do you use any no traditional flies? midges, nymphs, streamers?

i hope i can fish in there 💪❤️

Very enjoyable. Are you using a level Fluo line or a furled one?

Sir sincei ive zero knowledge on this rod so i do have 1question tho, How durable is mid range tenkara rod? Is it worth it as fly fishing rod or little more faragile?

Would it make more sense to break out a traditional flyrod for that bigger water?

The larger river's are for picnics and family trips. Not for fishing.