Tenkara In The Ozarks?

[Ham]

I think I rememebr seeing some posts about this here.

Who is doing the Tenkara thing? Is it as much fun as you thought it was going to be? What species of fish have you caught on it? Any unmitigated disasters fishing with it?

I fully intend to feed my goofy side as much as possible in 2014. The little bit I've looked into it, it seems fun and mighty goofy.

[timsfly]

I've been fishing a tenkara rod for 7 or 8 years now, it has it limitations, especially on big fast water, I fish it

a lot on Roaring River, and I've used it on Crane creek and flat creek, and I've used it on some streams out west, a joy on small

water, and trout 18" and smaller, I tried it on Taney, it was fun till you hit a hot 16-17 inch fish

I've fished it out of my kayak, it is fun for bluegill, and other panfish, I've got tenkara type rods that are 6',7', 10' and one that is 16'

they all have their place, but they'll never replace my fly rods.

[fishinwrench]

Tenkara would be a useful technique for when you start trying to fill the chub, shiner, and sunfish slots

[laker67]

in Oklahoma it is called jigger fishing or doodlesocking. an ancient art form similar to cane pole farm pond.

[Ham]

It's taken me 50 years to figure out the kind of conventional fishing rods I like. Now, I'm tethering on the brink of an abyss of new nomenclature and rod characteristics. God help me.

[Flysmallie]

It's taken me 50 years to figure out the kind of conventional fishing rods I like. Now, I'm tethering on the brink of an abyss of new nomenclature and rod characteristics. God help me.

But that's what makes it all so fun. _{(and expensive)}

[dennis boatman]

...Small mountain streams, I use a 6' rod...great and productive on Brookies...

[Ham]

But I want it for small Ozark streams and not necessarily trout.

[moguy1973]

I bet it'd work great for any small wade-able Ozark stream, for any species of fish.

[RSBreth]

I've been using cheap crappie "Jig Poles" as half-arsed Tenkara rods since my son got rocking the panfish pole action a few years ago. Neat, interesting, and pretty simple.