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A poem: Has this ever happened to you?
I have been sick with the flu. At first I slept all day – now I cannot sleep at all. As I lay on the couch, in and out of sleep strange ideas come in […]
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CastingAround Year End Slideshow
I had all sorts of big plans for the year end post, but most of them came to me in the midst of fever and hallucination, so now they don’t seem like such great ideas […]
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Tapered Tenkara Lines from John Vetterli
A while back I tested out a couple of the tenkara lines being made by John Vetterli (of Tenkara Guides in UT). These lines are based on the line design of Eiji Yamakawa of Japan. […]
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More Small Stream Tenkara: Some musing and a few practical ideas for small stream tenkara
When I say small stream here – I’m talking small. Not small compared to a river but small compared to a small stream. This tiny stream is tucked into a rhododendron choked valley. Are the […]
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Spring Creek,Takayama Sakasa Kebari, score one for technique, and noodles
Last week I went to Pennsylvania’s Spring Creek in Centre County. Spring Creek, a limestone stream, is fairly rich in trout foods. It is also the kind of stream, that can be pretty tough at […]
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Small Stream Fishing and the Daiwa Soyokaze 24SR: A Cautionary Tale
disclaimer: It occurred to me only after posting this story that I should make sure that one thing is clear. The rod that is reviewed in the following post, though very similar to a tenkara […]
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Sometimes it’s the little things…a thread review
For some, the pleasure derived from tying flies is inversely proportional to the size of the fly. Tying flies in the 20’s and even down into the 30’s is for some it’s own reward – […]