Chris Stewart of Tenkara Bum recently asked me to write an article about tenkara fishing in alpine lakes for his site. It’s not a comprehensive guide but hopefully, it will get some people thinking about trying tenkara beyond small streams. Click here to read Tenkara Fishing in Alpine Lakes.
Some of you might know that a while back, I wrote a more generic post on tenkara lake fishing. There is some crossover in the information but it might be worth a read or a revisit if you want to extend your tenkara repertoire to stillwaters.
Thanks Jason, great article, thanks for the tips on fly selection
Nice article on fishing alpine lakes Jason. After reading it anyone can caught lake trout if they follow your suggestions.
Excellent article Jason. I enjoyed it. The unfortunate thing for me is there are no alpine lakes here on Long Island but much of what you wrote about would also apply to many shallow weedy ponds that we have here. In the spring and fall when the trout are stocked here I usually set up shop in one place and cast just ahead of crusing pods of trout. I do the same for largemouth bass in the middle of summer. It’s definitley the way to go.
Jason, One of my absolute favorite things is fishing lakes that I backpack into. Tenkara has been amazing on lakes. Generally resulting in far more fish to hand than any other technique that I have ever used.
Your article for Chris’s site was a great and very enjoyable read. Thanks for all the work you put into it. Next you’ll have to cover fishing from a float tube on alpine lakes with Tenkara….that’s really fun 🙂
Paul
I would like to see you follow this up with a few lake specific tenkara trip reports in 2012.
I really enjoyed this post/article, thanks.
First really like the Tenkara setup–especially on streams–but took it up backpacking to Imogene Lake in the Sawtooths of Idaho this summer–using a 5x tippet CR a number of nice cutthroats and then the big guy hit–I was on a rock outcrop–maybe 6′ off the lake–fish hit and ran–nothing I could do–I reached out as far as I could with the rod–and then -snap! Could have happened with a traditional fly rod and reel as well–still I prefer the Tenkara!
Ron
You mean you didn’t dive in and swim after it? What kind of tenkara angler are you?
Enjoyed the article Jason seems Tenkara has very few if any limits.
Great article! I’ve been using a tenkara rod on high lakes for two summers now and it’s been very productive.