Trying Out the World's Smallest Tenkara Rod-The Tiny Ten (Tenkara Fly Fishing) 

Thanks for watching! Don't forget to check out flytyingyarn.com/ for your fly-tying material needs. In this video I was fishing a black stiff hackle fly with a Paprika yarn body.

I have the Tiny Ten and the Tiny Ten 2 eight footer. The five foot is definitely a niche rod and is marketed as such. For tiny overgrown creeks, it has been my favorite go to rod. It was designed pretty much exclusively for bow and arrow casts in tight cover. I keep it with me most of the time just in case. Leave no water unfished! Thanks again for another great video! Always the highlight of my Saturday morning!

Can we pause a minute to appreciate how amazing beavers are. I don't know of any other animal that purposefully builds things which alter the environment so drastically, besides humans of course. They are born to build, literally

You should see the overgrowth around some of the little streams in the Appalachian mountain ranges up and down the east coast. I fish a lot on the northern end in Maine and New Hampshire. We get more annual rainfall than in the west, and that leads to much more brush. It is mountain stream fishing without the space for tenkara. I love the Nissan pocket mini v3, but it's a 3 meter rod, although it collapses to the size of a large magic marker, and a little smaller than the Tiny-10. I have used a tanago rod (Shogetsu Pro-Marine--160 cm) on these streams here for up to 4 and 5 inch brookies, which the little rod can handle well, with a 7 ft line and 2 ft of 1 lb fluorocarbon tippet. In many of these streams, a 7-incher would be a monster, but unfortunately, I've never seen them. Last June, I spent a week at a fishing lodge near Rangeley, ME, where they had a 17-inch brookie mounted on the wall. One day a couple of fishermen came back with photos of a14-inch fish they caught, and everyone gathered around to look at them. The shorter (180-210 cm) lengths of the yellow Chinese rods fitted with a short cigar cork grip can be ideal in their length and flexibility. That's the difference between east coast blue-line mountain steams and those western mountain semi-desert, open air streams. That's why east coast fishermen spend time in other parts of the world looking for their biggest fish.

I've had great fun with this rod in dried rivers with ponds and 'creeks' still in them. It's a nice companion for niche moments.

Fun to watch. I've found that catching those micro trout are some of the most difficult. Really good training to detect strikes.

id be keen to see a Tenkara Rod buying guide that covers a few price ranges

I really like this rod. Like tenkara itself, it’s not good in all situations, but it’s great when you need it.

Reminds me when I was a little guy we would tie a line on a stick of bamboo and fish for bluegill.

Spring aint sprung yet up yonder, eh? Thanks for bringing us along...

I love this tiny tools. The close contact fishing is what brought me to tenkara and i can use this short sticks even when fishing much bigger water like sea shore jetty.

I think it makes for a useful niche rod. Where I fish here in the east, many headwater brook trout streams feature lengthy (and almost impenetrable) laurel and rhododendron tunnels. I’ve used my Tiny Ten with some success on these small, brushy waters. But frustration is often only one cast away. It has improved my bow-and-arrow casting - but not to the point I have an “A game.” Thanks for another excellent video!

Another awesome video well done

Love this rod not too stiff it's perfect for 8+ inch fish in my opinion. Tips are very delicate but that's part of the finesse game. I've got smallmouth bass and brook trout on mine so far.

Jungle fishing. I am impressed you were able to fish there. The branches are brutal!

I have really enjoyed this little rod. I'm on my third tip however, it is really delicate.

Didn't do as well as last time, but still a cool spot to watch you fish.

Been having loads of fun with my Tiny Tenkara while fishing the tighter spots of a creek I often fish. Guess it is stiff for the smaller fish, ~4", as there have been a couple of times I did not feel the fish hit. Still having a blast "bushwhacking" into some narrower places and launching a bow & arrow cast.

great vid

Just got this rod and fishing in N GA small streams and doing pretty well so far. Are you still finding the length of level line and tippett combo still works? Thanks for all the great videos and reviews. This has become my new obsession after dropping out of regular fishing for over 10 years. I find I look for streams to get to with all my weekly travels and work. Thanks for the great ideas and tips.

Keiryu, Tenkara, Seiyru, crappie pole, and similar rods/fishing from other countries- rod, line, no reel, and catch fish. Easy😁

I have a tiny ten and I find around 6ft of line with a 3ft tippet leader works really well.

I got the Tiny Ten II based on this video...wanted something a bit longer than 5' for my children. It has a very nice cast.

Saturday again 😍🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏

Tenkara Addict is like the Bob Ross of fishing.

Were you using beaded/nymphs here? What kind of presentation do you think is best for slack water like this? “Jigging” a bit? I did some tenkara fishing in the Appalachians for native brook trout and very successfully caught a bunch in shallow quick water. But I tried a brown trout stream I would normally use spinners in because they adhere mostly to deeper, stagnant pools... but I have yet to have much success in this specific scenario.

Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. This is a great rod folks! Don't let this review detour you from owning one. It is NOT that stiff for its size and works great for pan fish and little brookies. When rigged correctly, like anything else, it will cast just fine. Fish on! 🤟

Hey Tristan! I’m about to get into Tenkara. What’s your current recommendation for a $100-$200 rod? I’ve been a mostly non-fisher and want a cost effective light setup to take backpacking and to local streams. I live on the Wasatch Front just north of Provo UT and I imagine fishing for trout exclusively. Considering a zoom rod w/different lengths since I’m not entirely sure of the different scenarios I’ll encounter locally. When backpacking, I’m very confident I’ll encounter open conditions.

i looked at this rod and the wild water fly fishing 6ft tenkara rod and went with the 6ft. i feel like that extra foot makes all the difference while still having and extremely small profile

“Broom stick” haha

Just got it. 👍

Nice rod

I carry one in the fame pack on my Cogburn fat-bike. I've caught lots of bluegill with it. No trout so far.

😍😍😍😍

Would you prefer the Tenkara Rod Co White Cloud or the Tiny Ten 2 for a first 8ft rod? Just a newbie Tenkara fisherman needing advice.

So what is the advantage of tenkara over western fly fishing?

Hi Tristan. I am looking to try tenkara. I have watched a few of your videos and need some advice. Want to know what you would recommend. Thinking of a dragontail rod but unsure of which model. Thinking around a 10 ft. . I know in some of your videos you like the 12 ft shadowfire. Think that might be a bit too long for me. Can you give me some recommendations? I am in NY

Tiny Tenkara Co has entered the chat 😤

Hopefully you will see this post, have you ever fished or heard of Mores creek in Idaho, on gold rush they briefly showed that stream. It looks great to fish but......gold minners as you know don't give a damn about destroying a stream!! So what is your take on this!!

Where can you get that rod

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Do you think that this Tiny Ten Rod might be good for a small stream where the trout could be anywhere from 12 to 18 inches?

That is my only tenkara rod. A strange place to start I know.

Can you try out the tiny ten 2?

what was the rod your using brand ect any info would be great

Jeez the Tiny Ten is now $85

It’s $79 now

@ 4 minutes in the video you name a rod that you tell us to check out something I have no idea how to spell or pronounce to Siri lol a 180 something or other.

Boring...

Any chance of a link to the Tiny 10.... nothing coming up on Google search!

My first tenkara rod 😁

more like a cane pole than tenkara maybe?