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First post here, just wanted to show my current fly fishing setup.

I had previously only tried western fly fishing (which I really enjoy) but while planning a trip not to long ago, I considered not bringing along my fly fishing gear for two reasons:

1) My kit was about 8oz, heavier than I wanted to sacrifice

2) I wanted to be putting in some miles and western fly fishing takes a long time to set up and tear down when you get to a good stream (unpack rod, take out reel, thread line, tie on fly, etc)

So then I got to thinking about how I could make my setup lighter and faster. I knew that tenkara rods were telescoping and that would definitely help with speed (you don’t have to tie on the fly every time) and I don’t even use my reel anyways on the small streams I fish, but I thought all tenkara rods were 10-13’ long and I sometimes struggle with a 7’ rod in the overgrown streams of the smokies.

So I did some more research and found the “Tiny Ten” tenkara rod. It’s 5ft long and weighs 1.5oz including line holders and a line. So that was my starting point and I built the rest of my setup from there. Now I can easily bring this kit on any backpacking trip.

Thanks for reading!