xvigauge
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My GF recently bought a 10.5 ft Tenkara USA rod, storage reel, and line from Little River Outfitters in Townsend, Tennessee for fishing the GSMNP streams. I thought it was relatively expensive, but hey, anything to get her interested in trout fishing is fine with me. BTW, we are permanently moving to the Townsend area this September, so she will get lots of opportunity to use it.
Anyway, while looking at fishing stuff on line, the Shakespeare Wonderpole came up. It is telescoping and has clips for line storage on the rod near the handle. I thought it was very similar to the Tenkara system even though that is not what it is intended to be; it is for more of the traditional "cane pole" type system I guess. So, I ordered the 10' model. I'm going to tie a 10' or so section of fly line to the tip and a 4' leader onto the line and have a go at it. It doesn't have a nice cork grip nor does it store as short as the Tenkara USA rod, but for less than $20, I think it will work fine.
Joe
Anyway, while looking at fishing stuff on line, the Shakespeare Wonderpole came up. It is telescoping and has clips for line storage on the rod near the handle. I thought it was very similar to the Tenkara system even though that is not what it is intended to be; it is for more of the traditional "cane pole" type system I guess. So, I ordered the 10' model. I'm going to tie a 10' or so section of fly line to the tip and a 4' leader onto the line and have a go at it. It doesn't have a nice cork grip nor does it store as short as the Tenkara USA rod, but for less than $20, I think it will work fine.
Joe