Well, now that Daniel has let the cat out of the bag that tenkara was a hoax all along, I have no choice to but to come clean and admit my role in the scandal. You see, I’ve been on the Tenkara USA payroll for years as part of a sophisticated network charged with spreading the lies. I’ve never actually fished with a tenkara rod. Truth be told, I’ve never even cast one. You might ask where all of the tenkara photos I post come from then. Well, it’s simple, really…
I just fished with a regular fly rod, then when I caught a fish, I placed it next to a tenkara rod and took a photo for the propoganda campaign. Daniel paid me per photo and social media post–it was easy money. But one time, I was almost exposed. I was fishing a local lake for bass with my 9 wt. and had my Tenkara USA Yamame ready to go as a photo prop. All of a sudden, I saw Karel Lansky from Tenkara on the Fly approaching. I panicked, tried to hide the 9 wt. in the reeds and quickly grabbed the Yamame, pretending I had been fishing it the whole time. But it was too late. Karel had already secretly snapped a few incriminating photos of me with the western rod in hand. Luckily, I was able to come up with a convincing cover story to avoid any suspicion, but it sure was a close call.
I have to say that it’s a relief to no longer have to live a lie, looking over my shoulder before every double haul. Now I can go back to fishing my rod & reel without apprehension and just enjoy fishing again. I know what I did was wrong and apologize to my loyal readers for deceiving you for so many years. I don’t know how I got caught up in this elaborate scheme but it’s over. I’ll be taking Tenkara Talk down immediately and be replacing it with my new blog: Reel Talk.
Absolutely Scandalous! But I will read your stuff anyhow, have a great April fools day.
Hm…..u are entertaining writer so i continue to read your fairy tails anyway….
If you don’t mind, I’m going to continue to use these fake Tenkara rods that I bought. It’s crazy, but they seem to catch way more trout for me than my “real” fly fishing rods.
I know I’m not supposed to enjoy actually catching trout. Only the weak of character want to catch trout when they fly fish.
But, I also have to come clean, I enjoy catching trout almost as much as I enjoy the walk through the countryside to get there, and the time on or near the streams. Ah, I feel much better now that I’ve admitted this.
Well, the French called today, poisson d’avril – april fish.
Does this mean you will use bait too?
Yes, on a spinning rod. But for the picture, I’ll stick a classic wet fly in the trout’s mouth like a Grizzly King, Royal Coachman, or red tad so it looks like I caught it on a classic pattern.
Lol! That’s a good one, Jason!
thats a good one
I didn´t understand anything, are everybody crazy in the States, what is happening???????
Ah ok ! your fool day is in april 1 the ours is december 28, now everything fits. Yes you paid off with me, you scared me for a moment Jason.
I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! But even so, it sounds like it may have some credibility and I think it’s a good idea to give it a try any way. What’s the worst that can happen? You have a break off instead of getting into the backing?
Lol. Good stuff man 😛
Very good…but not quite ready for The Onion.
OH! The shame you must be feeling.
But there is (some) compassion in the Tenkara community, and on their behalf I have been authorized to offer you absolution but at the cost of demotion.
From now on, you will only be allowed to fish with a NINEkara rod!
Really??So you won`t mind if i have your tenkara rods then?
Hey Jason,
You had me goin’ for about the first sentence. But at my age it’s easy to fool me.
Bob T.
And i was just about to get rid of all my flyrods 🙂
I still have your back Jason. I’m changing the name of my shop from Tenkara Fly Shop, to Tenkara Lie Shop.
…oh jeepers, this changes everything…just what am I supposed to do with a 30,000 “Tenkara is Klass-y” tee-shirts?..
You mean to tell me that there is no part of any unicorn in my Tenkara rods!!
Dale
Actually, unicorns are real. Tenkara is not.
Haha, very funny, Jason! Glad I looked at the date first 😉