When Tenkara USA founder, Daniel Galhardo was in town we had a chance to hang out, fish and talk tenkara.
Meeting up with sensei Galhardo
Daniel was at Mossy Creek Fly Fishing on Saturday October 20th giving a presentation and casting demonstration.
Daniel starts his presentation
That afternoon we took a group of avid tenkara anglers to Mossy Creek for a hands-on clinic.
Starting the tenkara demonstration on Mossy Creek
Daniel demonstrates the downstream presentation
Daniel scouts a bend on Mossy Creek
Folks had a chance to get some fishing time with Daniel as well
Fred was the first to land a fish
A rainbow is landed
This fine Mossy Creek ‘bow sports a black sakasa kebari
Mossy Creek Fly Fishing co-owner Brian Trow, shot some great video of the tenkara action.
In the video, Daniel and Brian see a fish rise and start stalking it. Just as Daniel is set to cast, another fish rises and he turns his attention to that fish. He uses the “pause and drift” method to catch the fish. You will also see how he handles landing a large fish. Daniel fished a T-USA Ito, about 15ft of 3.5 level line, 4ft of ...
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