Tenkara vs fly rod score 4:4
Today I have day off on my work. My main goal was a doctor visit in hospital in another town. After hospital, I headed to Raba river. It was very clear water, such water is only in spring. In summer, Raba runs dirty because of silt coming from the dam. I hit couple of my favorite sports with euro nymphing, and got no bites. Then I decided to drive home, but to stop on Brzegi quarry. There was only one man fishing on Brzegi at a time. The fishing was slow. I started with my Dragontail Hellbender tenkara rod, and streamer. In the beginning , there was nothing, But around 16:00, after one hour plus something of fishing, I got a strike. Short but spectacular fight. It's always adrenaline fight, when using tenkara rod, because it's not forgiving mistakes. But I did it right, and nice 45cm rainbow trout landed in my net. I switched between my rods, alternating between tenkara and Vision Sisu 6wt fly rod, rigged with hopper-dropper set. A big dry fly and small nymph suspend