nice but uhmmm..., there are no cutties in South Boulder Creek. Cuttbows maybe but no purebreds. unless you guys were way up in the headwaters.

All I can say is it's a lot of fun, easy, effective and the perfect technique for where I fly fish - small creeks here in Colorado. It's not designed to cast 90ft, catching steelhead or very large fish (but you can, my largest fish so far with tenkara was a 21" bow in Cheesman Canyon -...

I spent a few quality evenings fixing my blog, there was a link to another blog who was infected and hence my blog got the bug too. All cleaned-up now and google analytics approved my blog again to be searchable. Funny thing was that only Chrome users had warnings and not IE or Mozilla users...

I started just a bit over a year ago fishing Tenkara and haven't looked back yet. Colorado's high country is perfect for that style of fishing. A bit over a week ago I made it back to NY and spent a day in KLG, it was a pretty good day given the conditions (38cfs before the big storm hit). I...

...when you test cast that furled leader you just made with your tenkara rod in the dining room

I have been humbled too many times to have "expectations" when going fishing. I am now older (but not necessarely wiser) and learned to leave expectations behind at home. I hope for many things, such as finding inner solitude and reflection and to enjoy the precious time on the water. But the...

One more new convert?:D

Why on earth would someone like that want to rent a house in Deposit NY?

I honestly believe that you wold be fine with any hard chrome finish and do not need ceramic or alconite (well, maybe for the stripping guides but not for the rest). Hard chrome will outlast your life span under most conditions. One rod I built was with REC Recoil guides which are cool and...

I bult about 10 fly rods of the past few years, both single foot and snake guides. From a rod building perspective, I prefer single foot snakes. Less wrapping, less glue, less weight. Never experienced any disadvantages for single foot guides though if you place, wrap and glue them properly. In...

... unless you are interested in small bass, crappies, sun fish etc. They are plentifyl in Diamond Mill Pond. I think that rford participated a few years ago in electroshocking the creek running through South Mountain, he might have posted something here. The last time i fished Diamond Mill was...

I would add a ballon caddis to the list.

yes, trout need 100% humidity or else they will die. ever heard the saying "like a fish out of water"? oh, you meant humidity of the air? trout couldn't care less, they are in the water.

Yes and No, it depends. Think of it this way, is the river (and it's runs, riffles, pools, pocket waters etc) always the same? It's always different and if you want to be a successful nymph fisherman you have to adapt and change (or at least consider it) constantly.

very cool. wonder how they'd be doing up here...

yep, it's a bit pricey... anybody cast yet the TFO Profession 10' 5wt yet? It's just under $200 and I was wondering.

gray mercury RS2 and maybe another RS2 in a different color (i.e. olive for bwo nymph/emerger).

Many thanks! I use it 90% of the time with both mono & fluoro, and yes, you need to make sure you tye it right. For me, it works best with smaller size tippet (95% of my fishing is with 6x due to size of flies). Always hold the fly and tag end in one hand and pull on the line with the other...

I just bought a new dry fly line for my new 4wt... went to the fly shop and did some test casting. I am now the "proud" owner of an Airflo Ridge Line. Used it last Sunday for the first time on the water, floats nice & high.

Thanks so much for the feedback. I will make sure to pass this on to my friend. Not sure if he'll be able to do pics etc. since his dad's estate is in Maine and he is living in LA. Really appreicate your comments. K