There is a place here in town that prints them out overnight…once you pay! They rescaled and pieced together multiple survey maps to get the entire 1M+ acres.
How detailed is in the map once you are up close?
It’s great for getting the “big picture” and it has all the major trails, landmarks, water bodies, etc. It’s my first step for trip planning. I take photos of sections to review on my phone while I’m out there or print out pics….better than looking at my small gps screen.
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Subscribed!
Perhaps not a surprise, but you do what I’m doing here in the Sierras of California, only my fishing focus is headwater streams.
Having spent last year transitioning to more of an ultralight backpacking kit I’d love to see videos of the backpacking side of your trips. I don’t think many people realize how easy it is to get away from people in just a couple hours of hiking, and what amazing places there are just a mile or two off the trails.
I hope your channel does well!
(ps. Just a bit of unsolicited advice, it’s ok to smile in your videos.)
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Thanks @jamezu! My son told me the same thing about smiling:) I’m sure I’ll get more comfortable as time goes on. An old friend at the gym called me “stoic”…he was being kind.
Regarding the UL backpacking…I am going to follow @TenkaraAddict’s process of having a sister channel. I will be starting a second channel that will be based solely on the backpacking aspect of my hiking/fishing trips. I didn’t want to start 2 channels simultaneously since it is all new to me and I can’t do much hiking until spring. There will be some overlap since some of the gear I use is pertinent to both aspects and I will start doing some general gear/planning/tips videos once I get the tenkara channel self-sustaining. Stay tuned!
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Excellent!
Have you looked at any of the Japanese “shower hiking” videos? I’m not really ready to put on a climbing helmet and rope up… yet. But these were the inspiration to my fascination with headwater fishing.
I’ll keep an eye out for your videos.
Best of luck in your ventures!!
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That’s great. I am excited about that aspect. I have been doing a lot of research about UL hiking gear, so learning more about your items, approach, tips, etc would be very cool.
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Congrats @Kris.Franqui on starting the channel!
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I got a chance to test my new Gamakatsu Multiflex Suimu EX 500 before the storms rolled in a couple days ago. Dr Tom’s review was spot on. It casts wonderfully for a “big fish” rod. Unfortunately it got too windy by the time I tried my new Sawanobori 72.
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My First Time Fishing with Dry Flies! (Tenkara Fly Fishing)
Because this was first put up under an obscure title on the Kebari and Flies Board, it may not have gotten the exposure I feel it deserves, so we will try it again under Tenkara Videos.
Since Tenkara Addict fished with the Well-Hung Spider pattern, he has made 3 more Saturday Tenkara fishing videos, fishing an hour on two of the streams, and 1.5 hours on the other one, which had fewer but much bigger trout. And all of those were Free Stone Streams, which are generally considered to be easier to catch fish from than Spring Creeks are. All of the freestone streams were fished with Wet Fly Kebari Patterns and produced 10 trout each in their allotted fishing times. Whereas the Spring Creek fished with the Dry Fly, produced 22 trout in an hour long fishing session. Tristan is certainly welcome to stay with his more traditional Kebari wet fly patterns if he wants to do that but, he might be able to catch even more fish by fishing with dry fly patterns.
It might be a fun experiment to run a series of tests on a number of streams or through a whole season, fishing a dry pattern for 30 minuets and then fishing with a wet fly for the second 30 minuets, and keeping track of the fish counts with Tenkara Addict’s Fish Counter, and recording the results in a fishing log, alternating which fly style goes first on each trip to keep things as even as possible over the season. Just some Food for Thought…Karl.
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@T-stillwater This has way more to do with the stream itself than the fly used. I could fish a 3-inch long piece of yarn tied to a hook with a granny knot and catch 20 fish on that spring creek in an hour 
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Tristan, I have been fishing variations on the Foam Spider for more than 30 years now, mostly on brown trout and rainbow streams but including golden and brook trout as well. The trout I do not have access to are the various races of cutthroat, and I hoped You would give it a try on them as I lack those opportunities where I live and fish. In my very limited experience with cuts, flies good for rainbow trout will also work well on cutthroat trout in lakes and streams. The Foam Spider does not need to be fished in easy water. What I was hoping for was a Representative Fishing Test in the types of streams you typically fish to show what the pattern is capable of doing. Perhaps, I should have given you more direction in asking you to test this fly pattern, and I thank you very much for putting in the effort to try and film your efforts for me…Karl.
Kris, now that I’ve seen the size of some of the water you have to fish, I have a much better understanding of the appeal the longer rods have for you. I also have Gamakatsu rod that I dearly love but do not fish much, for fear of damaging it. mine is the Ryokei 36, my son got for me in Japan, on business trip. Thank you for filming an amazing video. It looks like, as things warmed up a little, the fishing really turned on. It looked like you were getting fish on every cast, and quickly too. Keep up the great work…Karl.
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Thanks Karl. Big water is not my preference, but sometimes it’s all I have available. It provides a nice change of pace and the opportunity for big fish is a bonus. I also use longer rods up in the wilderness since I’m above tree line with unlimited casting room as well as on lakes. My ideal situation is tiny water in the wilderness, small fish, and the lightest seiryu rod I can get away with.
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Hey everyone! New to Tenkara and fishing in general. I just started towards the end of November and have been going weekly ever since. I’m out in Utah and either fish the Ogden or Logan river due to ease of access and less snow. Can’t wait for Spring or summer to come. I started using my GoPro to capture some of these fishing trips, but usually only catch one or two trout. Anyways here’s the last video I’ve made and try to share every week!
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This week’s video we fished the Ogden River and landed two browns. I recently started tying my own flys and caught both of these fish with Utah Killer Bug.
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Thanks for joining us and hope your enjoy your time here.
Just a quick tip. If you put your YouTube link on it’s own individual line with no other formatting, it would automatically embed the video in your post.
Like this:
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Thanks Peder!
Also, similar to most social media sites/apps, if you use @ before someone’s username, they get notified you’re trying to communicate with them. Like @justin_Garin, does this make sense? Have fun!
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@justin_Garin welcome! I have only fished the Ogden river a couple of times, the South Fork more. I’ve fished the Logan and friends probably too much ;). I post some fairly mediocre fly tying videos here if you’re bored: https://youtu.be/iGfK1FE3OhU
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