Giveaway Ends Tuesday, February 28th 2023
This contest has ended
Last month I wrote an article on one of my favorite little gadgets: the Higonokami Knife. Well this month, I’m giving away one brand new, authentic 100mm brass Higonokami!
To enter, click below & “follow” the Tenkara Talk Facebook page
(if you already follow you’re automatically entered)
Winner will be chosen by a random number generator and announced on this blog and on Facebook
How about those of us who follow you but do not have a Facebook account? I just love your articles and info on all things Tenkara but can’t stand the inane stupidity pervading Facebook tho” in all honesty Twitter beats Facebook hands down and “Trumps “all.
Hi Big T,
Well, then I guess you can’t enter since those are the rules and the goal of this giveaway is to increase my following specifically on Facebook and to say thanks to those who have followed me on Facebook for years.
Every giveaway is different. Some are to increase email subscribers (like the last one), some are to increase my following on Instagram, some are to get feedback or gather information, etc. Not everyone will be eligible for everything–just like in real life.
I’m happy to hear you love my stuff. But I’ll be having regular contests and giveaways so you’ll have plenty of opportunities.
BTW, if you’re not on Facebook, how did you hear about this? Via an email I sent?
Well Jason did you know that you have quite a large presence on the world wide web? I found you through an interest in Japanese Tenago fishing where there was a link on Complete Subito to Tenkara which turned out to be a Pinterest picture. As an aside I have been trying Czech Tenkara nymphing with a 4.5 m Chinese telescopic rod. This is on a large braided river with a flow of 45 to 200 cumecs. Traditional Tenkara just will not cut it and heavy nymphs under an indicator is the preferred method. Have you tried Czech Tenkara at all?
Hey Big T, funny you should mention that. Czech nymphing or “euronymphing” comes up frequently in my discussions with people. And I say that any time I dead drift the fly with my line high, off the water, then it’s basically Czech nymphing. The principles are the same though the equipment might look different. In fact I think tenkara is better suited to that style of fishing–look at all the stuff they have to do to achieve what a tenkara rod and line can out of the box. They have to add special line to their reels, then make complicated leaders with sighters, tie special flies etc.. But you can achieve the same presentation with just a tenkara rod and simple level fluorocarbon line without all that fuss. And then, if you want to fish a completely different presentation, you don’t have to re-rig, change rods, changes spools, etc.. That’s one of the things I’ve always loved about tenkara–the ability o fish 10 different ways with the same fly and rig.
I’m not sure exactly when euronymphing “officially” began, but my understanding is that it was sometime around the 70s and was born out of tournament fishing (someone can correct me on that if it’s not accurate). And there were some very subtle nuances in style, flies, and tackle between the French, Czechs, and Poles. But they’re all trying to achieve the same thing: a drag-free dead drift. If you ask me, tenkara anglers were “Czech nymphing” long before that–they just didn’t know it.
As for my presence, I know I have a small presence in Japan–but I think most of them are more interested in my flies than my ideas. Obviously the overwhelming majority of my audience is in the U.S. It seems to me that there isn’t really a healthy blog culture in Japan (for tenkara). I think they prefer to use Facebook groups or forums. I’m surprised you found me via a Tenago search. Not sure how I’d even come up since I don’t fish that way. Oh well, the Internet is a delightfully strange place.
Well, Jason I really cannot say about your presence in Japan but you do have a following down here in New Zealand where it is officially illegal to fish tenkara style as it is compulsory to use a running line. Regulations do not mention a reel so it makes little sense. We do fish tenkara, but, as it was intended in smaller mountain streams where the rangers don’t go. We also get away with it fishing for “Pest” fish and native species most of which will take a fly.
Power to your casting arm……………
Interesting. It seems strange to me that tenkara would be illegal anywhere since people have been fishing either with a simple rod and line or a net far longer than they have with a modern reel.
Well said! Big T, and I totally agree!
I’m with you on this one, BigT! I’m not social nor want to be.
Totally agree, had to dump facebook. How about instagram???
Hi Ana, not this time. Please read my response to Big T above.
I concur with JustJim and BigT, this antisocial fisher will never use
Facebook. My information is spread out too far already. I can buy a knife for about $12.
Thanks anyway.