Darby Creek, PA
Mountain biking + tenkara ๐
I lost five flies ๐ฅฒ
I also lost my dinner ๐ญ
Still nice to get outside ๐
#FlyFishing #MountainBike #Cycling #Nature #Hiking #Walking #Tenkara #Creek #Photography
I've long thought that it would be useful to carry some ultralight #fishing gear when #backpacking or #camping, provided you get a proper game license and you will actually have the opportunity to use it.
#Tenkara was developed to address the challenges of mountain stream fishing in Japan, and relies on ultralight, super simple equipment. There's good cheap versions of tenkara rods available.
So, I want to give it a try, but first I want to read up a bit on fishing.
Thinking today about how much I love good #books. I am a big fan of the Think Books "Companion" series (Robson Books, London, early-mid 2000s), and I own a few of them. Last night, I ordered "The Fishing Companion" from the same series, should arrive from the UK next week.
#eBooks can be very useful, but a well-made pocket hardcover is a work of art.
I recently discovered #tenkara fishing, and I haven't fished since I was a child. I'm squeamish about #hunting and #fishing, but I do eat them.
Did some hiking this evening and a few casts in a small, spring-fed creek thatโs home to some small, spring-fed brook trout. Glad we still have brookies in Frederick County, Maryland โ and just look at how clear that water is.
Tied my first fly in a couple of months. That's a Gamakatsu S10-B in size 8. I really like this hook, but I struggle with the size 8 for some reason. Think I did it justice here, though. It's has got a natural "black" yarn body with a gold colored rib. The wing is deer hair. Tied it in hand (without a vise) using YLI 100 weight silk thread.
I caught one crappie on this fly and then promptly lost it in a tree. C'est la vie.
#flyfishing #flytying #fishing #deerhair #silkthread #wool #yarn #tenkara #crappie #hook
I broke a fishing pole. Shut the back hatch on it ๐ญ. Luckily, just one segment was damaged, and I have another coming in the mail.
It was still a nice day for a walk, so I hiked around the lake.
I've seen this called an Asahi Kebari and an Arakawa River Kebari. Either way it is a small streamer with a peacock herl body, white floss rib, and a pheasant tail wing.
Finished my tenkara spool design. Lots of testing (like years worth) went into this little thing. Itโs functional and pretty darn cool looking. Check it out at the link in the bio and if you want one reach out, Iโm sure we can figure something out.
๐ฆ๐บAnaximander ๐ต๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Eishi Noguchi
Gemma โญ๏ธ๐ฐ๐บ๐ธ ๐ต๐ญ ๐
Troy Kitch
Eastern Long-Whiskered Billy
Chuck Grimmett
ABIV