Tenkara Fishing Rods and Gear for Backpacking – Hane, Rhodo, Ito, Satoki, TF39TA

Nice video Ryan. I had one of the original Hane rods. In fact it was my introduction to Tenkara. Then I met Chris Stewart and went in another direction. I ended up giving my Hane to a friend, Paul Vertrees, who lost his on a backpacking trip.

Nice write up, Ryan.

I believe that the “Common Cents” method you refer to for assessing rod stiffness requires the rod to be stabilized (~ clamped) HORIZONTALLY, then the lillian (~ tip) to be loaded with pennies or equivalent until the tip DEFLECTS vertically ONE THIRD of the total rod length – as opposed to four feet regardless of the rod length.

Thanks.

Steve – good catch. Article has been updated and the test result for the Satoki updated and changed in the table. Thanks!

I’ve tried tenkara, but I almost always want a reel… I wonder if anyone has a 3-d printed plastic reel for backpacking… I’ve recently tried the douglas upstream rods that are super light 1.1-2 oz.  I can imagine with maybe a 2oz reel to include a half length fly line, I would be “good to go” with fly fishing.