Comments on: Tenkara in Willard Brook

By: EclecticGuy

EclecticGuy — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:37:11 +0000

Thanks Matt, I always use wet hands, go quickly and ONLY infrequently to take a photo. Otherwise I do as you suggest. But, I am a photographer and like to take a few fish photos! I know that I have caught the same fish more than once on some of the local rivers I fish often, so I am pretty sure they are not being harmed.

Cheers,
EG

By: Matt Hanist

Matt Hanist — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:30:58 +0000

Why must you handle those pretty fish at all? They are so small that it is likely you are removing much of the important mucous on their bodies. Just use barbless hooks and grab the hook and shake them off or use your forceps to gently remove the hook.

By: EclecticGuy

EclecticGuy — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:01:27 +0000

Thanks Misako. Yes, Nick and I both fish tenkara. I’ve also taught a few new “converts” around the Boston area.

cheers,
Michael

By: EclecticGuy

EclecticGuy — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:55:18 +0000

Fly Fishing Merit Badge, yes I am.

cheers,
EG

By: Misako Ishimura

Misako Ishimura — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:43:06 +0000

Beautiful fish and stream! Hope that Nick is fishing tenkara, too.
Tight lines!

By: Stan Wright

Stan Wright — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:51:31 +0000

Great story…
(hope your registered as a Fishing Merit Badge councelor)

By: gordon wickstrom

gordon wickstrom — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:27:02 +0000

John Betts has asked me to look up “Michael Hackney” and this is something of what I got. Looks good. Pity John can’t see it. Too complicated for me to tell him much about it.
Gordon Wickstrom
(An early partisan for Tenkara)
bouldercreekangler.blogspot.com.
THE WHOLE AND ANCIENT COMPANY OF ANGLERS

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:42:00 +0000

Beautiful brookie, Michael. I’ve wondered whether some of the really small streams around here hold trout. Willard Brook passes along the back of a relative’s backyard in W. Townsend, but I’m never thinking about trying that water when there’s high enough (or low enough) water to fish. Neat story, and one I’ll keep in mind this fall when the fishing might improve.

By: Peter D

Peter D — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:34:29 +0000

Dear M,
That is a perfect moment. The kind of day I dream of. In the SoCal this was common 30 yrs ago, but not today. No water, and it is all fenced in storm drains where streams once stood. Habitat was replaced by houses. I you can imagine one house after another from north LA to the border (130 miles) from the ocean inland 70 miles. Solid!!! When I moved here it was open fields and orchards. Enjoy and take every stream.

By: Chris Stewart

Chris Stewart — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:15:03 +0000

Great story! I’ll bet there are little brooks like that all over the place. Ones that no one fishes because, well, “no one fishes there.” I’ll also bet lots of them hold fish and tenkara is the perfect way to fish them.