Thanks Brian. Looks like we both have a few things to keep us busy for the coming years. 
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I’m planning on finishing the Missouri Blue Ribbon Trout Slam. A couple of trips to the driftless, including the camp out in June. I have a couple of new rods to test. I am hoping to put together a Tenkara group in the Kansas City area.
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I think I have narrowed it down to the DragonTail FoxFire, based on the length options and fiberglass material. Have not purchased one yet, but it’s in the top of my list.
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I’m retiring this year! My next bird dog will be born in two months. I plan on traveling the state, backpacking in the wilderness as much as I can, fishing regularly, and training my bird dog to find me some feathers for tying. Oh yeah, I plan on lowering my golf handicap to scratch as well. 
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Nice. I got my first two legs of the slam over thanksgiving this year. Harder for me since I live in Virginia.
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https://www.azgfd.com/fishing/troutchallenge/
check it out
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Just a little follow up, we wrote a post over at Tenkara Angler today discussing what the 5 contributing editors plans & hopes are for 2023.
Not that what Tenkara Angler is doing is super important, but this post did have John Vetterli of Tenkara Guides note in the comments that Masami Sakakibara will be returning to the US this year for Oni School. (So, mark your calendars for July!)
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Mike, I may have asked you before but what part of VA do you live in? I’m from Midlothian,
southwest of Richmond.
DC Metro area in northern VA. I fish the Shenandoah streams in the north part of the park quite a bit.
Nice thread! I’m planning to actually get out and try this “Tenkara Thing” out in 2023. Have the gear, now need to go use it and I’m hoping I don’t revert back to my regular fly-fishing gear too much…
Here are my current goals.
Tenkara Goals for 2023
Trips
* blue-lining in Central Cascades and Eastern Washington
* re-visit John Day River in OR for smallmouth
* fish more Puget Sound area lakes from kayak
Rods
* figure out what I like/want from a Tenkara rod
* buy 1 decent rod from American company that I want to support
Flies
* tie more types of flies
* fish only with my flies
Fish Species (that I want to catch, in order of importance)
* mountain whitefish
* bass (small and largemouth)
* perch and bluegill
* trout
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2023 was a tough year. I only got out 69 days but am hoping to do better this year. 
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I hope 2023 will be a lot better than 2022. We had a lot of deaths in the family (Mom & Dad included) so hopefully this will be behind me and I can fish more this year. I am hoping to take both grandsons to the mountains to fish for trout which would be a lot of fun. I am hoping to fish Grayson Co. area (Wilson Creek ,South Folk of the Holston, and Whitetop Laurel) and the upper Rapidan River. I used to fish a lot of days each year but now I shooting for 50-80 days if possible. Sometimes I spend as much time collecting insects as I do fishing.
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Thanks @troutrageous1 for getting the topic started. It’s always interesting to see what people are planning. I’ve debated responding here or starting a new topic or just continuing to sit in the background, as I do most of the time. I think you’ll understand why if you continue reading.
It’s crazy to think that in 24 hours and 10 minutes (as I write this), the 10CT forum will have been here for 6 years! Thanks to all the members out there keeping it alive. I don’t promote the forum or do anything to get the word out, so it’s thanks to all of you for keeping it active.
I am with @Kookagee and I too hope that 2023 will be a lot better than 2022. In April of this past year, I was diagnosed with cancer and went through 6 months of chemotherapy, followed by a bone marrow transplant. I went fishing once this year (normally I average about 50 days per year) - for which I was/am very grateful. December of 2022 was a complicated month for me. On the 3rd I learned I was losing my job. Four days before Christmas, I found out I was in full remission and am cancer free.
My plans for 2023… For starters, it’s to remain cancer free. After that, it’s to get excited about tenkara and fly tying again. I hope to get in more days fishing than I ever have before. I hope to make at least one major trip and fish somewhere new. I also want to explore more of the many tributaries to the rivers and streams I already call home.
I wish all of you a happy, healthy, and grateful New Year.
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@Peder - I am so very happy to hear your cancer is in remission and your health is on the rebound. I can’t imagine how difficult your '22 was, here’s to a much better '23 my friend. I really hope you are able to make that big fishing trip, time on the water does a lot for the mind and body.
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So very true, very true. Thanks for your thoughts and wishes, they’re much appreciated.
Thank you for sharing this information with us. I am very sorry you had to go through so much however, I’m happy that you are now in remission. Can’t believe your company would let you go 4 days before Christmas. It is sad that companies now worry more about the bottom line than developing long term loyal workers. I am sure you will get employed really soon Peder. It is great you are staying positive during this difficult time, I know it can be hard. Hopefully, you will get a lot of fishing in during this time and tie up some great kebari you have shown us. If there is something on my end that I could do to help please let me know.
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@Peder so glad you are out of the woods and still with us. Looking forward to wetting a line with you soon. There is a lot to celebrate.
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A number of years ago I purchased a Tenkara rod from Chris Stewart but found it less suited to my Manitoba fishing haunts than my traditional fly rods. So after catching a few pike in a small stream pool I retired the rod and reverted to conventional fly fishing with rod and reel.
This year I’ve decided to attend the Wisconsin Tenkara outing in June as my introduction to fixed line fishing. Because I enjoy fiberglass rods, I’ve also ordered a Dragontail FoxFIRE and will hopefully like it. I’ve also bought a couple of Chinese rods as spares.
As far as plans for 2023 are, one destination is the Cypress hills in Saskatchewan where I exercised a few ultralight rods last fall and feel that tenkara fishing might prove to be a winning formula. A number of years ago my wife and I did a couple of weeks hiking in the Wind River range and I would truly enjoy going back there for an abbreviated trip (abbreviated? …getting older).
I also own a VW camper and my wife has indicated a willingness to accompany me on some fishing adventures in the coming year so I’m going to leave myself open to whatever might present itself.
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