While fishing last weekend my keiryu line bird’s-nested. I’ve had this happen the same way a few times now. What happens is I’ll get a minor tangle on the line, and as I collapse sections to bring the snag down to me, the rod tip wobbles so much that the line starts bouncing around and the tangle gets exponentially worse. By the time the pole’s collapsed the line looks like this.
Rest in peace 5m keiryu line.
Anyone else have this problem? It always happens this same way. Any workarounds aside from laying the pole down and walking to tangle?
Also, the 5m keiryu rod was killing it on a mountain stream last weekend. Tight line nymphing in pocket water was too fun.
I’ve found that happens to me proportionally to how complex my line setup is. Like multiple flies, indicator, tag lines or droppers, etc. The tangles have mostly caused me to fish with one fly only, which feels more “tenkara” in it’s simplicity anyway.
Yeah, the complexity of the keiryu line is definitely playing a role here. The mix of knots and indicator yarn make it really easy to start a tangle.
What rod were you using and what line do you like for keiryu? I’m gonna fish keiryu style in some high alpine lakes this weekend. Cheers!
