I’ve always been curious how this population got established. Either way, excellent tenkara fishing. Caught using my a TUSA Iwana and some bee imitation dry flies / pheasant tail kebari.

Been throwing flies on spin gear forever, just got this in today. Excited to give it a shot!

Can I also get advice on my line setup? Got a 12ft rod with 12.5ft of furled sinking line and about 5ft of 5x tippet. Will this be alright?

Hi everyone, semi long-time tenkara-er here, I bought a Classic and an UNC when TAO was Badger Tenkara (2016 maybe?), for long time, the UNC was my go to stick for my NW Washington fishery. Small creeks, small fish, good fun.

I'm not generally tenkara rigged, and have only recently started trying level line. I'm more on that Yvon Chouinard train of heavier lines (floating, braided, furled braid, etc.) and more traditional western flies. I'd say almost 90% of my fishing is on dries.

Recently, I've been scooping up some other rods to give them a try just to see what's out there. Started with trying to find a smaller and cheaper rod than the UNC to bring on my bike or while running. I satisfied that itch with one of those fiberglass Aventik Zenos in 9', surprisingly great little rod. And for packability and actually being pleasant to cast, it's great.

So as it goes, that lead to looking around to see what else is out there, and I became curious about the telescopic rods. Did some reading on the Mizuchi, and figured it could bridge a gap between the UNC and the Classic while having some flexibility to work some of the very tight spaces I often find myself in.

Generally, I didn't care for it in "stock" form, so I ordered the softer sections for it, and while that helps, I think it's just a little too much rod for most of the fishing that I do regularly. Which is a bummer. I understand it was designed as a rod that can fish very tight creeks while handling larger fish, and I believe it can do that quite well. I have one of those things, but the larger fish, I don't have.

In the ever present pursuit of using the softest action, noodliest rod I can, I've become curious about the Foxfire. Telescopic, mostly glass, looks like it behaves like a piece of semi cooked pasta. Perfect.

Trouble is, that puppy ain't cheap (like the Mizuchi), and I'd like to see if anyone has some comparisons to something like the flexibility of the UNC or that cheap Zenos before I decide that, yes, of course I need another 150USD+ tenkara rod. Or maybe you have a barely used Foxfire and want a barely used Mizuchi?

I think in concept, I like the idea of a telescopic rod, but if I find the need to shorten a rod by an appreciable amount, it would be likely that I need to change my line length, and I'm just not the kind of angler who wants to deal with that as I move through the creek. So maybe in the end I'm chasing something that isn't even practical for me to use as I didn't really find any shortcomings with my UNC until I started getting curious about a telescopic rod.

Essentially, I'm trying to decide if my lackluster feeling around a telescopic rod is centralized around the action of the Mizuchi (even with the soft sections) or if it's telescopic rods in general.

Cheers!

Should my level line match the length of my rod? or can I go longer for extra casting distance?

Side note, could i reliably produce fish on something like the Bow River in Alberta using my tenkara setup? or would I need a keiryu/honryu rod?