Here is a quick video I shot of Tenkara USA founder Daniel Galhardo giving some tenkara casting tips to a group on the Roaring River in Rocky Mountain National Park. In this segment, Daniel covers some basic casting techniques such as timing, casting stroke, power, and how to cast in the wind. I have a lot more video to post but thought this would be a good one to start with. I hope you find his tips as helpful as I did!
Thanks. I really enjoyed watching the video, very cool (and very windy)!
Thanks a lot for posting this, Jason. I think someone should be rolling videotape pretty much any time Daniel is speaking.
Nice video Jason! Wish I could’ve been there!
Casting videos usually show the action of the rod and line and how it is manipulated on the water as a result of the actions of the caster. There is none of that in this video. Why?
Little demonstration or instructional value but a nice portrait of D.G.
Jeez, you could cut me a little slack. This wasn’t a planned or professionally made instructional “casting video”. It was just an excerpt of a quick video I shot of Daniel while he was giving an informal on-stream talk. I never intended it to be a high-production video. It was just an amateur video that I thought could benefit some tenkara anglers. And I disagree with you that there is little instructional value. I think seeing the arm and wrist positions close up and hearing Daniel give caveats about overpowering the cast etc. are very helpful. I have some footage of him casting the line in the water but it was so windy that all you can hear is “shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”. I could post it but without explanation, I think it would be even less informative. It was a really windy day in the park and was not conducive to filming. It is what it is and that’s all I’ve claimed it to be.
Ok …I’ll give you that. It was nicely done….but when some one says its a duck I expect it to quack. Would have been nice of you to have backed up ten meters or so to SHOW those things Daniel spoke of. The old cliche is true….”one picture is worth one thousand words.” Jason…you have an interesting blog here….make it the best you can.
Jason: Your video was very helpful, to me at least. The casting video on the Tenkara USA site shows Daniel from further away and includes full rod and line motions but hard to see all the suttle movements in the arm and wrist. Thanks for posting it and I look forward to the others you will be posting in the future.
Agreed with Delane, this is better than most, maybe all, of the deliberately filmed instructional Tenkara videos I’ve seen so far. You can really see the motion of his arm very clearly here. Solution to problems mentioned above: MORE VIDEOS. Jason are you listening?
Yes. More videos are on the way!