Japanese fly fishing with Tenkara Rod Co and Tanner Flake

I speak to Tanner Flake, a.k.a Tuna, from Tenkara Rod Co, the company that made this style of Japanese fly fishing even cooler.  Tuna tells me; how they used Kickstarter to fund their first rod production run, why he is into catch-and-release but keeps some fish to eat (now that he isn't allergic anymore), how he got the name Tuna, how to eat trout cheek meat, why Tenkara Rod Co likes to keep fishing simple, how presentation on Tenkara works, how rad Idaho is, how rad it was to fish New Zealand and Patagonia, how Drew Hollenback almost caught a monster brown on a mouse, why access is complicated in the USA, myths about throwin' that rod, and a bunch more.

 

I bemoan the fact that Tenkara is illegal in New Zealand. I talk about my drug induced plans to legalise it (post shoulder operation pain meds are scary). As always I swear up a storm but delete most of it in post production.

 

All music by Jacques van Wyk