First rainbow on tenkara and citation from game warden
My Dragontail Hellbender tenkara rod was broken recently. It is broke in my hands, not during fish fight, neither I hit the rod against hard subject. The manufacturer decided this is manufacturing defect, and offered me to send a replacement part for free. I decided to try my fixed rod on Brzegi quarry. I came to the site n the evening, as usually. There were no other fishermen, which was suspicious. Usually, my favorite spot is often occupied. I started with my dry fly rod, then switched to tenkara. I attached nymph imitating red worm, and slowly worked through the water, letting nymph sink, and pulling it up. Fishing nymph on stillwater more resembles streamer fishing, because you need to animate it. Suddenly, fish grabbed my nymph. Fish on! The rod bent, and the fight started. It is a challenge to fight a big fish on tenkara rod. I held rod low and parallel to the ground (so it bends in the horizontal ...