Unexpectedly Awesome Fishing in the Rain! (Tenkara Fly Fishing) 

You can see a trout swimming in the middle of the shot next to the bank closest to you at your first stop. Bottom left of the V shape of the river. Looks very big! Great video!

Thanks for taking us along on your adventures!!!!Cheers!!!

What a great day. Good job. I really enjoyed it and your love of fishing and traveling. Thank you.

Another awesome video well done

Nice. Reminds me of the bugs in the UP of Michigan.

Yeah, Oni type 1 FTW.

Looks great was surprised to see you in Minnesota made my day 😀

Wow, really beautiful creek & sweet brownies 🙌

You gotta love the Driftless! It’s interesting, I don’t recall last June being all that particularly buggy yet you were fighting them in both your IA video and this one. You must have just hit a narrow window when they were bad. More often than not, the rainbows around here congregate in the slower, deeper pools and the browns hide under bank vegetation and in faster water below riffles. The brookies are usually way up in the headwaters portions of these creeks. Glad you were able to enjoy the local trout, hope you’ll be back through here someday!

Quartzsite to Minnesota. That was quick! Good fishing.

That was a great spot. It is fun catching fish after fish.

Initially hoping to catch just a few Trout, it turned out that he managed to get dozens even at one point. The tenkara spots are extraordinary, the rod action is extraordinary and of course the flies used. Cool Bro😎👌

Look forward to my Saturday morning of your fishing trips and my coffee cup.

Hey, it's the Minnesota video! Very exciting! Is this video taken in southeast Minnesota? That seems to be where a good population of trout is, and that's where my first experience with fly fishing for trout was! Great video! I was quite excited to see your Minnesota experience!!

Minnesota is one of my favorite states . Never fly fished there , always targeted Walleye . No crawling bugs but mosquitos the size of 747s , you feel them when they do a fly by ! Fished in the rain more often than not there . Lost my fishin buddy up there so been a while since I was there . Really enjoyed the video , as usual 👍👍

You should fish the White Mountains in NH

Thank you for showing trout fishing in Minnesota, our fish are small but mighty fighters. I'm from SE MN and this creek looks familiar, and typical water for trout fishing. I recently got a new Shimano rod from Japan and I'm looking forward to fishing with it this year. Did you do a video on the kebari fly you used on this trip? I think I'll tie some up to use with my Shimano 330.

Very nice. I've hit big pools like that in areas around the Grey's river in Wyoming. I think you filmed this in June of 2022 though.

It's nice to see you in Fly Over Land. Hope you come back some day!

Oni type I is one of my favourite rods. Try also the Itoshiro that is the shorter version 3,40 mt.

Those Minnesota fish have a lot of spunk!!

It’s funny you wait out the rain I have always done the opposite. Here in Michigan it doesn’t threaten rain it threatens brown trout

What fun

Interesting to see the Oni Type I in action. It is the sort of rod that is a joy to use, and a true Japanese tenkara miracle--according to the Oni Japan store online, "Its biggest feature is that it has a solid rod tip which makes it hard for fish to detect the line tension, resulting in easy hook setting. This rod is not recommended for novices who are still inexperienced in rod handling. These are sensitive rods for those who are decently accustomed to using Tenkara rods." But I find its 4 meter length is something of an issue in very small, brush-cluttered streams. Nevertheless, the rod is worth owning as a work of art!

That is one of my favorite creeks. :) I've landed browns, brookies, rainbows and tiger trout there.

We grow ‘em strong here in the Midwest. Not the same as fishing wild streams out West, though.

Those Rainbows looked good for stockers.

Nice to see you fishing here in the Midwest. Hope you make it across the big river into Wisconsin. We have miles and miles of public access Trout water here in the Driftless Area. Be sure to check out the fly shop in Viroqua.

The ONi it's an amazing rod for sure. It not only makes fun out of catching small fish but i've seen people fight huge carp on it (there's a vid of a italian guy doing it here on YT). Now just out of curiosity, did you notice any similarities betrween the ONU rod and the Sagiri?? Thanks 4 Sharing! 🙏

That area of Minnesota reminds me of the Iowa Driftless area

We always knew the bridges where stocking occurred

Dang pretty nice fish at your first spot...12/13 inch? Looked beefy like a brown.

Holy crap that was a good spot

The Tanuki XL-1 is a very close second… Tristan, have you fished the XL-1? It’s tough to go back to lesser rods after using these, that’s for sure.

Jackpot! What a great piece of water! Hey- wondering if you could comment on the public fishing access (in general) when you travel to different states. Each state has its own take on what is considered public access (floating, on the river bed, below the high water mark, only by easement, etc.), and some are in flux due to legislation and lawsuit. I'm guessing you weren't on public lands (e.g. Forest Service, State Forest, BLM) in this one, so MN must have an easement system?

Hey Tristan. You have way more hours and experience trout fishing than me, so you might already know this. But if you turn your fish upside down while it’s in the net it can sedate the fish for a few seconds without hurting it. Could help you get a better ratio on that first or best fish photos :)

I’m new to Tenkara and have yet to catch a fish on a kebari fly. I catch fish with beaded nymphs that I tie. I’m planning on tying some yarn flies soon. What I’ve noticed is the kebari don’t sink enough to get down to the fish. Any advice?

Welcome to Minnesota! I hope the people you encountered were nice. ;}

Nice rod👍 Come with that rod to the mountain stream in Japan.

I want to know what was in the head of that pool? Great video!

I got 4 on my local stream nymphs though no luck in the cold of Utah

Rain rules for trout fishing. They bite like crazy then.

The bows seem to fight harder than the browns

Verdant for St. Patrick?

Whats the secret to not breaking the tip/rod on these poles?

Bugs are the problem with east coast fishing. But it makes the trout happy.

"Date Filmed: June 2023" Dude's fishing in the future. Tell us yours way!

Thirteen foot for a stream?

Dr Tom also thinks this is a great casting rod. But he noted, if I remember correctly, he lost more fish than usual. Seems you experienced a good number of poor hook sets too.

I would never travel with out a head netting cover. Takes no room in luggage.

DATE FILMED: June 2023 !!!! You fish in the future!!!??? LOL

The ONi rod fighting a huuuge carp (Just to have an ideia how versatile this rod is) m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZT0wsMWLpSg.html

Probably June 2022 😏

I like your videos but I want them to be more recent. This looks like a video from last summer. I want to see what you are doing in the past week or two.

Maybe you're line is bitel to long.