I've used rivercane and. Willow for this same thing since I was a kid . the stores around us didn't sell flyrods or flies just the poppers. We tied our own flies from whatever we could find. One of the best birthday gifts was a fly tying kit I got when I turned 13. It kept me and my cousin busy for weeks. If anyone out there hasn't tried fly fishing you are definitely missing out. Keep up the good work Dave. I think you are an inspiration to lots of folks.
Good thing to learn, by a good teacher. After researching it, then applying bushcraft ideas, then practicing it, then you get every thing together with your video camera and make a video to spoon feed us your hard earned knowledge for free. Thanks Dave. What you go thru to pass the knowledge on is appreciated. I
Hi Dave, here is a slight modification used in Eurpoean pole float fishing. Tie the line loop used to connect to the lilian a little larger. Tie an overhand knot in the loop (go through twice). Now cut the end loop. You know have a loop with a knot at both ends and two tags. Attach to the lilian as you have shown. When you want to change lines pull the tags. It makes removing the line a lot easier. Thanks.
Thank you Lord for blessing Dave with a tenkara rod. Thank you for making him make this video. Thank you for all the wonderful skills, and insights you gave him so he could share with us.
LOVE IT. I just never get tired of learning more and more and more from you Dave. Couple years ago I couldn't have cared less about fishing, now I'm just crazy for it. Not the the credit card sparlky boat kind either. Simplicity rules!
Thanks for getting me into Tenkara. I have already made one. My 9 yr od daughter loves this more than traditional fly fishing. Keep teaching. Keep it simple.
i been fly fishing and fly tying since i was 10 years old, and i tell you theres know greater sense of feeling knowing you caught fish on flyies..or lures you made yourshelf...most of my patterns of thought up out of my head..but nothings like the classics... tight lines an goodbye
I found a piece of paracord or any other multiple material cordage makes a great fly. Just cut it, melt one end so the guts stay in and then pull the outer section up, leaving a feathery tail. Simple hook and you made a lure. Thanks a lot for everything Dave. JH
Nice vid Dave, but that loop to loop connection was done a bit wrong. The the leader loop needs to go through the tippet loop, then run the end of the tippet through the leader's loop and pull it tight. If you do it the way you did it, you end up with a hinge rather than a solid connection. Try it that way, and you'll see what I mean. Thanks for the vid.
Just finished the waters edge series and I very much enjoyed all of them. Grew up on the waters edge myself here in the beautiful Colorado Rockies and just wanted to say thanks for some good tips, love learning new things. :)
Dave, enjoyed the video, as usual. Just a quick tip; measure the distance of your hand span from the tip of your thumb to the tip of your little finger. Mine is 10 inches, and I can quickly estimate to within an inch or so how long something is, like your rod case, by counting how many "hands" it is. Thanks for the great videos! God bless.
Very cool set up. I'll have to make a few of those line reels for my kit. I'm especially liking the bushcraft version of the pole. Looking forward to more on this system and how you'll employ it.
Hi Dave, a month ago I came across tenkara because one of the lakes I camp at, shore fishing is covered with trees, trout don't go after bait and only bugs flying over water, can't easily fly fish. Came across the telescoping CHEAP Shakespear WonderPoles, bought the 13ft and 20ft rods....... very interesting to fish with, especially for bass using a wackyworm set up.
Great video and adaptation! Having suggested tenkara to Dave a few years ago I would suggest anyone that wants more information take a look at the tenkara forums as there is more information than you could ever want about all of the different rod types and adaptations. Be aware that when fishing with this style most rod lengths are 9 to 12 feet that collapse to between 18 to 24 inches. Weight for the entire system excluding the addition of a net is sub one pound. The leaders as in the video are traditionally furled for a delicate presentation or a level line which cuts wind more easily and are typically the length of the rod. Tippet should be a 4 to 6 if using a tenkara rod to protect the delicate rod tip from breakage.
Just when I think the well is dry Dave comes up with yet another use for paracord. Well done. I m thinking a wine bottle cork would make a good line spool, because it is easy on the fish hook and it doubles as a float/bobber/strike indicator.
Very cool system. I find that when using braided line with a bobber and popper ( or what ever lure or bait is being used) it is best to have a tippet of a lesser strength than the line. Also, by placing the bobber at the connection of the tippet and main line, but on the main line, if you get a snag you will only lose, at most, the tippet and popper (or bait). I like that Lillian (?) system.
Dave, Love the bush craft set up, I have also had success using one of those extendable Walmart cane poles as a common man substitute for a tenkara rod, thanks for the vid
great video Dave, I'm just getting back to the Bush craft and I've enjoyed all your videos and the other sites you recommended I even like the one on moonshine.I'll drink to that.you have a great week and I'll hope to see more videos. peace my friend, Krisy
I agree with KF, Dave. Plus, with the leader's loop tied big enough, your fly or tiny plug will fit through it! Then you aren't cutting off THAT end, either, to change out!
TopTip: when winding on your winding device, count the number of winds you make and remember it. So that when you lose a line you could make another one quicker without measuring the whole stick.
We've been doing this for years saltwater fly fishing. We simply tie the flies off to a fluorocarbon leader with a loop knot. We then pass that thru the tippet to the fly line... It makes switching out your fly/leaders take a matter of seconds. It comes in really handy due to the sharp gill plates/teeth of saltwater fish.
Hey Dave, I'm glad the guys came through. If they had not, you'd have been showing my personal rod. Maybe some day we can fish them together. Peace my friend. awesome work with the bamboo set up. Alan
I liked using paracord for a lilian as well but about anything tied around the tip will do. I was hoping to see more of how you crafted the rod itself. We don't have much bamboo here but I've found 12' straight sucker shoots that work. All of the magic is in the rod action. Horsehair (and human hair) make nice furled lines and tippets and its reasonable to think that you could forage them.
I agree with KF, Dave. Plus, with the leader's loop tied big enough, your fly or tiny plug will fit through it! Then you aren't cutting off THAT end, either, to change out! You could even use your softwood string keeper as a bobber. :-)
If I'm not mistaken, which has been known to happen, we should all give credit to the lovely Ms.Iris for a lot of the camera work on Dave's videos. The camera work on this video is especially well done. Cut ! That's a wrap.
same way I was taught to tie a lure/hook 40 something years ago by an old fly fisherman. this knot works good with heavy (20 lb +) monofilament for saltwater too, just put a safety(overhand) knot in the end so it can't pull through.
I was wondering if you could just use one of the collapsible cane poles and just use a loop on the end of your line to go around the eyelet on the end of the pole instead of putting a lillian on the end? Would that work or is the lillian critical? Thanks.
Nice video Dave, i make the bobbers myself, using Elderwood. takes 2 -5 minutes to make a natural wooden bobber out of elder. If you want i can send you a picture. They work just like the bobber youve got there, except, all natural material. and camouflaged, oh...and extremely cheap ;)
great video. me being part Okinawan makes me wanna try this technique out. ive done things like this and it worked amazing for panfish. i caught 36 sunfish in a day. it was some good eatin!
Hey Dave great vid on the Tenkara fishing method! I have a little improvement on the spooling device you're using. If you would use a thick slice of a red styrofoam pool noodle with a slit in it for storing your line set up, your line doesn't kink and you can make a fast strike indicator if needed! You could also make makeshift flies like a grasshopper of hollow green grass reeds of the bank, works awesome! :)
i just use a snap link swivel, easy change can be used for other things like snares can whip onto any pole oh and if you have hoop at hook end you put hoop through then pull over plug, hook whatever and it ties then when you want swop just push hoop back through it way we do floats with eyes so can swop floats fast
Excellent video, Dave. I'm looking forward to the subsequent installments. Any chance you have some waterproof copies of Survivability for the Common Man laying around, or that the book will be back in print soon? Kinda missed the boat on that one...
Hi Dave, going to try this method out soon and I'm realizing as im putting it together and listening to the video again, that you say #6 bankline. Did you mean to say #36 bankline?
Hey Dave, I see your wearing the necklace with the rock. Haven't seen it in a while as you have been wearing the cross with the ferro rod in it for some time. If it's not too personal what is the significance of the rock, I have always been curious?
There is a different and viable way of using a Tenkara (or a fold up fishing pole system). Instead of the little fabric wick and putting a looped line and leader on it, only keep those pole sections that are hollow. Using the same mindset of the white PVC hand fishing kit, use the butt end of the fishing pole for your hand wound fishing line area. Use your winding hand also as your tension/drag. Collapse the entire fishing pole into itself. Thread the fishing line through the smallest section and out the top. Make a looped end, and put a fishing swivel on the end. No more fishing pole eyes. The interior of the fishing pole is the entire eye. The line moves out and back from the interior of the pole. Casting uses both hands (winding/drag hand on the butt end) and the casting arm is used above the winding area. Make a leather or fabric arm sling, like a rifle arm sling used in the military. Create a length of leather, and have a small "O" loop at each end. Fold the leather through one end of the "O"s and leave. Fold the other end of the leather and the "O" loop. Thread the fishing pole through the leather loop. Like a military arm wrap in the sling, thread your arm through and around the leather strap. Your elbow will be near the bottom loop on the pole, while your wrist will be at the top loop on the pole. Your arm and elbow become the fulcrum for casting and controlling the pole, like fly fishing casts. The collapsed fishing pole should have 2 butt ends for the canister or the outer section of the fishing pole. Pull the swivel snug at the top and put under the attached cap. Wind up the fishing line and snug it, and put the cap on the butt end. The fishing line will keep its tension, and any other fishing gear can be carried in a small pocket container. Now you have the best of a collapsing tenkara fishing pole.
there was a long article in last months field and stream about japanese freshwater fishing. There is a bunch of people fishing at the same time so they have to catch fish that have already seen a bunch of lures in the same day. hard to catch fish that have been "educated" .
I remember when i was a kid i would go by the pond and people would just leave string and hooks out and i would catch fish just with the stuff i found around the pond
i will go with a bamboo rod any day of the year compared to the tenkara. yeah, they are nice, but fish do not like me enough for me to spend $200 on just a rod, and no reel. fish don't like me at all, but i WILL catch a fish one day.
I've used rivercane and. Willow for this same thing since I was a kid . the stores around us didn't sell flyrods or flies just the poppers. We tied our own flies from whatever we could find. One of the best birthday gifts was a fly tying kit I got when I turned 13. It kept me and my cousin busy for weeks. If anyone out there hasn't tried fly fishing you are definitely missing out. Keep up the good work Dave. I think you are an inspiration to lots of folks.
Good thing to learn, by a good teacher. After researching it, then applying bushcraft ideas, then practicing it, then you get every thing together with your video camera and make a video to spoon feed us your hard earned knowledge for free. Thanks Dave. What you go thru to pass the knowledge on is appreciated. I
Hi Dave, here is a slight modification used in Eurpoean pole float fishing. Tie the line loop used to connect to the lilian a little larger. Tie an overhand knot in the loop (go through twice). Now cut the end loop. You know have a loop with a knot at both ends and two tags. Attach to the lilian as you have shown. When you want to change lines pull the tags. It makes removing the line a lot easier. Thanks.
This is how I learned to fly fish as a young kid. Grew up fly fishing with my dad, I treasure those days and memories now.
Thank you Lord for blessing Dave with a tenkara rod. Thank you for making him make this video. Thank you for all the wonderful skills, and insights you gave him so he could share with us.
Dave, I hate fishing reels. but i love fishing, I've been casting flys all day with this system, i love it. Thank you so much.
LOVE IT. I just never get tired of learning more and more and more from you Dave. Couple years ago I couldn't have cared less about fishing, now I'm just crazy for it. Not the the credit card sparlky boat kind either. Simplicity rules!
Thanks for getting me into Tenkara. I have already made one. My 9 yr od daughter loves this more than traditional fly fishing. Keep teaching. Keep it simple.
i been fly fishing and fly tying since i was 10 years old, and i tell you theres know greater sense of feeling knowing you caught fish on flyies..or lures you made yourshelf...most of my patterns of thought up out of my head..but nothings like the classics... tight lines an goodbye
I found a piece of paracord or any other multiple material cordage makes a great fly. Just cut it, melt one end so the guts stay in and then pull the outer section up, leaving a feathery tail. Simple hook and you made a lure. Thanks a lot for everything Dave. JH
Wow ! Definitely a fresh twist on cane pole fishing. I gotta try this. It is so modular without the need for bulky tackle. I like it.
Nice video Dave. I read an artical about Tenkara fishing relating to survival/bushcrafting. You answered some of the questions I had. Nice job again.
Nice vid Dave, but that loop to loop connection was done a bit wrong. The the leader loop needs to go through the tippet loop, then run the end of the tippet through the leader's loop and pull it tight. If you do it the way you did it, you end up with a hinge rather than a solid connection. Try it that way, and you'll see what I mean. Thanks for the vid.
Just finished the waters edge series and I very much enjoyed all of them. Grew up on the waters edge myself here in the beautiful Colorado Rockies and just wanted to say thanks for some good tips, love learning new things. :)
Brilliant application of bush craft principles to fly/tenkara fishing!
Dave, enjoyed the video, as usual. Just a quick tip; measure the distance of your hand span from the tip of your thumb to the tip of your little finger. Mine is 10 inches, and I can quickly estimate to within an inch or so how long something is, like your rod case, by counting how many "hands" it is. Thanks for the great videos! God bless.
Very cool set up. I'll have to make a few of those line reels for my kit. I'm especially liking the bushcraft version of the pole. Looking forward to more on this system and how you'll employ it.
Thank you for all you do Dave. I learn so much from you thru these videos.
Thank you Dave for all the you do.
Hi Dave, a month ago I came across tenkara because one of the lakes I camp at, shore fishing is covered with trees, trout don't go after bait and only bugs flying over water, can't easily fly fish. Came across the telescoping CHEAP Shakespear WonderPoles, bought the 13ft and 20ft rods....... very interesting to fish with, especially for bass using a wackyworm set up.
Glad to see an appreciation for fly fishing in the survival area of youtube! Very good and well put together video! Thank you
Great video and adaptation!
Having suggested tenkara to Dave a few years ago I would suggest anyone that wants more information take a look at the tenkara forums as there is more information than you could ever want about all of the different rod types and adaptations.
Be aware that when fishing with this style most rod lengths are 9 to 12 feet that collapse to between 18 to 24 inches. Weight for the entire system excluding the addition of a net is sub one pound. The leaders as in the video are traditionally furled for a delicate presentation or a level line which cuts wind more easily and are typically the length of the rod. Tippet should be a 4 to 6 if using a tenkara rod to protect the delicate rod tip from breakage.
Just when I think the well is dry Dave comes up with yet another use for paracord. Well done. I m thinking a wine bottle cork would make a good line spool, because it is easy on the fish hook and it doubles as a float/bobber/strike indicator.
I swear Dave, you have some of the best videos on RUclips! Thanks!
You make the best videos !! I love them and enjoy watching them.
once again dave sir you rock can't wait to try it out thank you
Great illustration as usual. Love your videos. Thanks for sharing, brother. I really appreciate you.
Thanks Dave for taking the time to answer my unrelated question. Take care brother.
Very cool system. I find that when using braided line with a bobber and popper ( or what ever lure or bait is being used) it is best to have a tippet of a lesser strength than the line. Also, by placing the bobber at the connection of the tippet and main line, but on the main line, if you get a snag you will only lose, at most, the tippet and popper (or bait). I like that Lillian (?) system.
Dave, Love the bush craft set up, I have also had success using one of those extendable Walmart cane poles as a common man substitute for a tenkara rod, thanks for the vid
Wow.. great video Dave..
Looks like a pretty great system.
Thank you for all your hard work.
Great video, the perfection loop is used a lot to make loops in fly fishing and is very simple to tie.
great video Dave, I'm just getting back to the Bush craft and I've enjoyed all your videos and the other sites you recommended I even like the one on moonshine.I'll drink to that.you have a great week and I'll hope to see more videos. peace my friend, Krisy
I agree with KF, Dave. Plus, with the leader's loop tied big enough, your fly or tiny plug will fit through it! Then you aren't cutting off THAT end, either, to change out!
Nice one Dave, I think this is the first vid that clearly shows your scar from the gunpowder sealed cut episode. Keep em coming!
TopTip: when winding on your winding device, count the number of winds you make and remember it. So that when you lose a line you could make another one quicker without measuring the whole stick.
We've been doing this for years saltwater fly fishing. We simply tie the flies off to a fluorocarbon leader with a loop knot. We then pass that thru the tippet to the fly line... It makes switching out your fly/leaders take a matter of seconds. It comes in really handy due to the sharp gill plates/teeth of saltwater fish.
Hey Dave, I'm glad the guys came through. If they had not, you'd have been showing my personal rod. Maybe some day we can fish them together. Peace my friend. awesome work with the bamboo set up. Alan
I liked using paracord for a lilian as well but about anything tied around the tip will do. I was hoping to see more of how you crafted the rod itself. We don't have much bamboo here but I've found 12' straight sucker shoots that work. All of the magic is in the rod action. Horsehair (and human hair) make nice furled lines and tippets and its reasonable to think that you could forage them.
I agree with KF, Dave. Plus, with the leader's loop tied big enough, your fly or tiny plug will fit through it! Then you aren't cutting off THAT end, either, to change out! You could even use your softwood string keeper as a bobber. :-)
Very cool dave! I think I will love trying this one out!
Fantastic presentation.
If I'm not mistaken, which has been known to happen, we should all give credit to the lovely Ms.Iris for a lot of the camera work on Dave's videos. The camera work on this video is especially well done. Cut ! That's a wrap.
same way I was taught to tie a lure/hook 40 something years ago by an old fly fisherman. this knot works good with heavy (20 lb +) monofilament for saltwater too, just put a safety(overhand) knot in the end so it can't pull through.
Thanks for doing what you do brother. God bless
I was wondering if you could just use one of the collapsible cane poles and just use a loop on the end of your line to go around the eyelet on the end of the pole instead of putting a lillian on the end? Would that work or is the lillian critical? Thanks.
We have a version here in the UK n we use winderrs for our rigs/set ups. The needle thicjk tip will land large or trout no problems
Nice video Dave, i make the bobbers myself, using Elderwood. takes 2 -5 minutes to make a natural wooden bobber out of elder. If you want i can send you a picture. They work just like the bobber youve got there, except, all natural material. and camouflaged, oh...and extremely cheap ;)
mouthforwar17 You can use hazel or wicker which have very supple, light and strong branches!
great video. me being part Okinawan makes me wanna try this technique out. ive done things like this and it worked amazing for panfish. i caught 36 sunfish in a day. it was some good eatin!
Absolutely fantastic! I love this set-up! If you don't have cane or bamboo, what other kind of natural materials would you recommend using for a pole?
Nice video Dave going to check them out now.
keep the videos comin you are a great man hoping to see sum more blacksmith videos most of all but i enjoy all your videos keep on pushin on
Man I miss Dave on Dual Survival. He's so cool!
Hey Dave great vid on the Tenkara fishing method! I have a little improvement on the spooling device you're using. If you would use a thick slice of a red styrofoam pool noodle with a slit in it for storing your line set up, your line doesn't kink and you can make a fast strike indicator if needed! You could also make makeshift flies like a grasshopper of hollow green grass reeds of the bank, works awesome! :)
i just use a snap link swivel, easy change can be used for other things like snares can whip onto any pole oh and if you have hoop at hook end you put hoop through then pull over plug, hook whatever and it ties then when you want swop just push hoop back through it way we do floats with eyes so can swop floats fast
i just use a snap link swivel, easy change can be used for other things like snares can whip onto any pole
Excellent video, Dave. I'm looking forward to the subsequent installments. Any chance you have some waterproof copies of Survivability for the Common Man laying around, or that the book will be back in print soon? Kinda missed the boat on that one...
Good video. I am going flyfishing today. I`ll be doing something simillar. chec nymphing. Are you familliar with the technique.
Hi Dave, going to try this method out soon and I'm realizing as im putting it together and listening to the video again, that you say #6 bankline. Did you mean to say #36 bankline?
I'm a brazilian big fan!
Great video. I look forward to the fishing videos :)
Hey Dave, I see your wearing the necklace with the rock. Haven't seen it in a while as you have been wearing the cross with the ferro rod in it for some time. If it's not too personal what is the significance of the rock, I have always been curious?
great video smart thinking cant wait to try it
nice that's pretty cool I like finesse fishing like that
Could you do a video on semi-permanent shelters?
great vid ingenious techniques thanks
A+. Been trying to address how i want to do a fishing kit for my pack.
If bamboo isn't available, what woods can be used to create a rod out in the field?
This is cool! I'm excited to try it!
I usually use a normal clinch knot instead of the improved clinch knot bug the improved is a litgle more stronger if done right
There is a different and viable way of using a Tenkara (or a fold up fishing pole system).
Instead of the little fabric wick and putting a looped line and leader on it, only keep those pole sections that are hollow.
Using the same mindset of the white PVC hand fishing kit, use the butt end of the fishing pole for your hand wound fishing line area. Use your winding hand also as your tension/drag.
Collapse the entire fishing pole into itself. Thread the fishing line through the smallest section and out the top. Make a looped end, and put a fishing swivel on the end.
No more fishing pole eyes. The interior of the fishing pole is the entire eye. The line moves out and back from the interior of the pole.
Casting uses both hands (winding/drag hand on the butt end) and the casting arm is used above the winding area.
Make a leather or fabric arm sling, like a rifle arm sling used in the military. Create a length of leather, and have a small "O" loop at each end. Fold the leather through one end of the "O"s and leave. Fold the other end of the leather and the "O" loop. Thread the fishing pole through the leather loop. Like a military arm wrap in the sling, thread your arm through and around the leather strap. Your elbow will be near the bottom loop on the pole, while your wrist will be at the top loop on the pole. Your arm and elbow become the fulcrum for casting and controlling the pole, like fly fishing casts.
The collapsed fishing pole should have 2 butt ends for the canister or the outer section of the fishing pole. Pull the swivel snug at the top and put under the attached cap. Wind up the fishing line and snug it, and put the cap on the butt end. The fishing line will keep its tension, and any other fishing gear can be carried in a small pocket container.
Now you have the best of a collapsing tenkara fishing pole.
wont the tiny end on the tenkara pole snap when you catch anything bigger than a minnow? it is smaller than a needle!!!!!
Is there any good enough alternative to a bamboo in the eastern woodland region?
Very interesting fishing method.!
would making a small notch on the tip help as a lashing point under the para cord?
Dave, when might you do a video with a tenkara rod and see it in action on the water?
hey I have one of them rods from japan never knew what it was thanks dave
Dave I always carry a hot glue stick,it would work great for the rod wrap.
there was a long article in last months field and stream about japanese freshwater fishing. There is a bunch of people fishing at the same time so they have to catch fish that have already seen a bunch of lures in the same day. hard to catch fish that have been "educated" .
My Bass fishing buddies with 50 rods 50 reels and 500 lures need to see this.
Brilliant!
I just recently learned that when my dad and I were fishing w/ no luck. he started catching frogs! flat out amazed me!!! lol
What is the #6 bank line called you are using? where is a good place to get it?
I did the same thing to one of my telescoping cane poles. Great minds think alike!
well done!
did you say that was #6 bank line?
I remember when i was a kid i would go by the pond and people would just leave string and hooks out and i would catch fish just with the stuff i found around the pond
those tips are used for ice fishing with a bait
I believe I'm going to adapt this as my main fishing system,
Just made my own, tied it on with your wrap using a boot lace and made the lily from a piece of clothes line i cut.
Why do I always see the customize your message thing
Lets see it on the waters edge!
could you use bees wax for the line???
COOL.
I have a tenkara in my bag of tricks and wouldn't go hiking or camping without it
those fly poppers work great on bullfrogs to. lol
i will go with a bamboo rod any day of the year compared to the tenkara. yeah, they are nice, but fish do not like me enough for me to spend $200 on just a rod, and no reel. fish don't like me at all, but i WILL catch a fish one day.
Poppers: A bluegill breakfast!
But did you watch the video ;)