Thread: 40 Foot Fishing Pole?

Just when I think I've seen everything, some nut pulls a new trick on me;

40 foot fishing pole

(it's actually 48' feet long, not sure why they titled the video as they did)

AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHH, Stink - Ya better get a holt of LR and get hima makin you one them poles. Talk about spiderriggin! Ya can knock the neighbors cat off the fence when its raisin cain and never leave the porch.

Already called him...........he said no!

Thanks Stink! I've heard of these but never looked at one, notice he never said how much. It appears to be carbon graphite explains the light weight. There ya go Big George!!! I did have a guy in Illinois e-mail me requesting a 20' surf rod......until he found out the shipping.

I did not see any big fish on that pole and it looked like more trouble than it was worth.
It did remind me of a Japanese man at Dana Point, CA that my late husband and I fished near a few years ago. He had a bamboo pole about 20 feet long and he caught a basket of ocean fish with that thing. No reel and no bait. It was fantastic to watch and I wished I had ask a few questions. He probably did not speak English anyway.

Originally Posted by Southern Woman

I did not see any big fish on that pole and it looked like more trouble than it was worth.
It did remind me of a Japanese man at Dana Point, CA that my late husband and I fished near a few years ago. He had a bamboo pole about 20 feet long and he caught a basket of ocean fish with that thing. No reel and no bait. It was fantastic to watch and I wished I had ask a few questions. He probably did not speak English anyway.

When I was a kid we used cane poles...the Japanese used sorta the same technique for many centuries before that. I fish a lot of small streams with UL spinning or fly gear and I'm quite interested in this. Here is a short review of this in the US
Backcountry Fly Fishing with Tenkara: Ultralight Style and Simplicity @ Backpacking Light

and a link to the US distributor
Tenkara USA

I think I'm gonna order an Ayu.

Floyd

...on the south side of upper Gentry Creek. Those who fish that area know the cove I'm referring to. I've never known its correct name,but have heard it's slang name all my life. I've seen quite a few gentleman using PVC to extend their poles, and some of them have to be 25' long at the least. Funny as heck, because I don't know how many crappie I've seen launched into the tops of tress, or back in the bushes, never to be found.

Gman

Originally Posted by IkenI

When I was a kid we used cane poles...the Japanese used sorta the same technique for many centuries before that. I fish a lot of small streams with UL spinning or fly gear and I'm quite interested in this. Here is a short review of this in the US
Backcountry Fly Fishing with Tenkara: Ultralight Style and Simplicity @ Backpacking Light

and a link to the US distributor
Tenkara USA

I think I'm gonna order an Ayu.

Floyd

What an interesting video but it broke my heart to see him let that delicious trout go back into the river...I loved fly fishing in the High Sierras and did a lot of it on Rush Creek in the June Mountain Loop. Even caught my trout and had it for breakfast with my eggs and toast over a campfire. None better.

Betty.

Originally Posted by Southern Woman

caught my trout and had it for breakfast with my eggs and toast over a campfire. None better.
Betty.

I agree! Many, many years ago I had a passel of cub scouts camping on a working ranch in Chugwater, WY. One morning I caught enough small trout to feed the bunch for breakfast with bacon and eggs. All I had to bread them in was instant pancake mix but they tasted great cooked in that bacon grease. But...now I stock the freezer with crappie and catfish and let most of the trout go to catch another day. I do keep some for a great meal ever now and then (especially stockers). I usually grill them now, tho'.

I ordered my Ayu a little while ago. I think it will work for big bull Bluegill (and maybe some spawning Crappie). I've even tied up some Japanese reverse hackle flies to try. I'll see if I like it. Nothing will beat my traditional Crappie rods or fly rods tho'. I have eight fly rods with some dating back to the early 1960's. At my age I believe "older is better".

BTW...Ike likes this cooler weather and is telling me it's almost bird season.

Floyd

Originally Posted by Gamblinman

...on the south side of upper Gentry Creek. Those who fish that area know the cove I'm referring to. I've never known its correct name,but have heard it's slang name all my life. I've seen quite a few gentleman using PVC to extend their poles, and some of them have to be 25' long at the least. Funny as heck, because I don't know how many crappie I've seen launched into the tops of tress, or back in the bushes, never to be found.

Gman

Now that is funny.......