It seems like that is about what Tenkara is but with a more sophisticated rod/line. I can see it being used in some of those small creeks where the water is cold, fast, clear and not very wide. Just not sure what you do if you happen upon a beaver dam and hook into a bigger fish that may want to run. Maybe its just sort of a niche thing....
I’m farther North and still fish streams like that. Leader and tip it only, or the one weight with a roll cast are used. It’s just a fact of life in the West.
Fished many a stream in those areas where the water was not more than 2-3 foot across.....may have been a 5 foot deep hole, or something so shallow you'd swear a fish couldn't live in it.....
The vast majority of my fishing is in the northern part of the state also and, at least for me, I dont think it would work on the bigger sections of the Feather, Truckee, Sac, etc. However, once you get above the west slope from Chico north there are a bunch of small streams where I could see this working.
Thanks for the explanation and I can see how that could make sense in certain cases. Maybe I just need to try it.
Yeah, too many streams are in fire recovery.
Speaking of steelies...
Nice wild one. We could totally hijack this...
FAR better to tie your line to the base of the sections where you can grip the line with your palm, still use the flexible rod to fight a fish while playing the line in the other hand AND, most importantly, if the tip section decides to come loose, you probably won't lose it.
That makes sense. Usually I do this while backpacking and fishing small streams. Im not disassembling anything, im just not putting everything together. The fourth section and reel stays in the case. Fast and easy in other words.
