Comments for Casting Around http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com A Blog about Tenkara, Fly Fishing, Fly Tying and Related Topics... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Owl Jones dot com First Annual Fly Tying Competition by Anthony Naples http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2012/01/owl-jones-dot-com-first-annual-fly-tying-competition/comment-page-1#comment-467 Anthony Naples Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:18 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=3692#comment-467 Sure thing - It's a fun idea, I hope you get a lot of participation. Sure thing – It’s a fun idea, I hope you get a lot of participation.

]]> Comment on Owl Jones dot com First Annual Fly Tying Competition by Owl http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2012/01/owl-jones-dot-com-first-annual-fly-tying-competition/comment-page-1#comment-465 Owl Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:16:44 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=3692#comment-465 Thanks for spreading the word, Anthony! We're hoping to make this a big deal at OJDC! :) It's going to at least be alot of fun to see all the different flies people enter. We'll be waiting for your entry! :) Thanks for spreading the word, Anthony! We’re hoping to make this a big deal at OJDC! :) It’s going to at least be alot of fun to see all the different flies people enter. We’ll be waiting for your entry! :)

]]> Comment on Book Review: Feathers – The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson by Links to FEATHERS Reviews and Interviews! » Thor Hanson: Biologist & Author - http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2011/12/book-review-feathers-the-evolution-of-a-natural-miracle-by-thor-hanson/comment-page-1#comment-455 Links to FEATHERS Reviews and Interviews! » Thor Hanson: Biologist & Author - Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:12:59 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=3614#comment-455 [...] Casting Around, a fly-tying blog [...] [...] Casting Around, a fly-tying blog [...]

]]> Comment on Book Review: Feathers – The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson by Anthony Naples http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2011/12/book-review-feathers-the-evolution-of-a-natural-miracle-by-thor-hanson/comment-page-1#comment-454 Anthony Naples Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:47:22 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=3614#comment-454 Chris - I did not know about the mention by Mr. Lyle - that's really cool. I need to get my hands on that issue ASAP. Chris – I did not know about the mention by Mr. Lyle – that’s really cool. I need to get my hands on that issue ASAP.

]]> Comment on Book Review: Feathers – The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson by Chris Kuhlow http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2011/12/book-review-feathers-the-evolution-of-a-natural-miracle-by-thor-hanson/comment-page-1#comment-453 Chris Kuhlow Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:28:18 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=3614#comment-453 Anthony...Thanks for the review and heads up on this book. I'm always looking to read books based on natural history and this one sounds like it would be up my alley. BTW..did you check out the winter 2011 issue of Fly Tyer? Morgan Lyle wrote an article about tenkara and sakasa kebari. He mentions both of us along with a few fellow tenkara anglers in the article. Anthony…Thanks for the review and heads up on this book. I’m always looking to read books based on natural history and this one sounds like it would be up my alley. BTW..did you check out the winter 2011 issue of Fly Tyer? Morgan Lyle wrote an article about tenkara and sakasa kebari. He mentions both of us along with a few fellow tenkara anglers in the article.

]]> Comment on Book Review: Keeper by Martin Donovan by Anthony Naples http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2011/07/book-review-keeper-by-martin-donovan/comment-page-1#comment-452 Anthony Naples Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:54:30 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=3120#comment-452 Jean - I don't have a good answer to your question. If you go to the publisher's webpage for this book here => http://departurepublishing.com/keeper/ you'll find links to places to buy it in the UK, but they both appear to be online retailers. Also provided is the author's email address - perhaps he can help you. Best of luck - I hope you can find it. Jean – I don’t have a good answer to your question. If you go to the publisher’s webpage for this book here => http://departurepublishing.com/keeper/ you’ll find links to places to buy it in the UK, but they both appear to be online retailers. Also provided is the author’s email address – perhaps he can help you. Best of luck – I hope you can find it.

]]> Comment on Book Review: Keeper by Martin Donovan by Jean Hansford http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2011/07/book-review-keeper-by-martin-donovan/comment-page-1#comment-451 Jean Hansford Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:57:06 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=3120#comment-451 book looks good but need to know where I can go and buy it without the internet, a shop or local contact in Southampton, Hampshire uk thanks book looks good but need to know where I can go and buy it without the internet, a shop or local contact in Southampton, Hampshire uk
thanks

]]> Comment on Some Fishing and Some Reviews (Tenkara rod, tenkara line, boots, flies) by Matt Hanist http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2011/11/some-fishing-and-some-reviews-tenkara-rod-tenkara-line-boots-flies/comment-page-1#comment-437 Matt Hanist Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:43:05 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=3555#comment-437 Hi Anthony, Thanks for your reply. Di u have a Facebook page? Friend me at Matt Hanist and check out my steelhead, Montana, and other albums. I was pretty much just teasing you about the steelhead and Tenkara. Those fish are just to hot and powerful to fish for without line on a reel. I fish Elk mostly but also many of the eastern mile creeks. On Elk I use a 11' 3" switch rod for a #6. I high stick it mostly and extending my arm is akin to at least a 13' rod. Virtually none of my fly line is on the water, or at most one foot. You need a gentle hand and a rod that has a forgiving action to hold fish on 4X and often 5X flourocarbon. I can hook and play them on 5X but a quick head snap or landing them in the shallows and they are gone. Have fun at Erie and let me know how you do. BTW do you ever fish the WB, or main stem, of the Delaware? That is my home water and fish it about 60 days a season. I think you would have fun there with the Tenkara and my drift boat. Best regards, Matt Hi Anthony,

Thanks for your reply. Di u have a Facebook page? Friend me at Matt Hanist and check out my steelhead, Montana, and other albums. I was pretty much just teasing you about the steelhead and Tenkara. Those fish are just to hot and powerful to fish for without line on a reel.

I fish Elk mostly but also many of the eastern mile creeks. On Elk I use a 11′ 3″ switch rod for a #6. I high stick it mostly and extending my arm is akin to at least a 13′ rod. Virtually none of my fly line is on the water, or at most one foot. You need a gentle hand and a rod that has a forgiving action to hold fish on 4X and often 5X flourocarbon. I can hook and play them on 5X but a quick head snap or landing them in the shallows and they are gone.

Have fun at Erie and let me know how you do. BTW do you ever fish the WB, or main stem, of the Delaware? That is my home water and fish it about 60 days a season. I think you would have fun there with the Tenkara and my drift boat.

Best regards,

Matt

]]> Comment on A Little Small Stream Tenkara (very little) by Anthony Naples http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2011/10/a-little-small-stream-tenkara-very-little/comment-page-1#comment-435 Anthony Naples Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:04:10 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=3491#comment-435 Thanks Morgan. It is one of those fish that will be remembered always, for its singularity that day. I'm not ashamed to admit that I find much pleasure in catching these small wonders in small streams. I've gone full circle in many ways. The first wild trout that I caught were tiny (4 or 5 inch) brookies in a stream that you could straddle without any effort. In the intervening years I thought that I had moved on - but I've come back to my roots a bit, thanks in part to tenkara. Thanks Morgan. It is one of those fish that will be remembered always, for its singularity that day. I’m not ashamed to admit that I find much pleasure in catching these small wonders in small streams. I’ve gone full circle in many ways. The first wild trout that I caught were tiny (4 or 5 inch) brookies in a stream that you could straddle without any effort. In the intervening years I thought that I had moved on – but I’ve come back to my roots a bit, thanks in part to tenkara.

]]> Comment on A Little Small Stream Tenkara (very little) by Morgan http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2011/10/a-little-small-stream-tenkara-very-little/comment-page-1#comment-434 Morgan Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:25:02 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=3491#comment-434 That's an amazingly pretty fish and the effort that went into catching it makes it even better. That’s an amazingly pretty fish and the effort that went into catching it makes it even better.

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