I think tenkara has hit it's peak

[Gressak]

Wow…this is like an old school thread…
Brought folk out of the woodwork…hahaha.

Definitely turning down…but thats ok with me…the last two years were not my cup of tea. What a mess for what started out so wonderful.

It was like overworking a painting…too much paint…not enough focus. The result is a muddy picture.

A little decay will do the community good. It will cull out the enthusiasts and just leave the fisherman.

David had a thread a year ago on the same topic.

Is tenkara still growing and at what rate?

While the google trends report is kind of interesting to play around with I think in many ways it can be misleading. From 2009 ~ 2011 most people didn’t know much about it, and a lot of internet searching was needed. Today more people know something about it and have more opportunity to learn from someone first hand, without needing to figure it out on their own by finding information on the internet. Probably the three best places that could answer that question are: a) manufacturers & dealer…