Tenkara Summit 2013, May 11-12, Harrisonburg Virginia
For those wanting to learn more about tenkara, the Japanese method of fly-fishing, Tenkara USA, along with Mossy Creek Fly-fishing, will be holding the 3rd annual Tenkara Summit in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The two day event will be held on May 11th-12th.
Tenkara has been growing in popularity in the USA. Tenkara is a simple method of fly-fishing that uses only a rod, line and fly and was first introduced outside of Japan in 2009 by Daniel Galhardo, and his company, Tenkara USA.
This will be the first Tenkara Summit held on the East Coast. Harrisonburg, Virginia, was chosen due to its very central location on the East coast, as it is within an easy drive for most Eastern states. The area also boasts of hundreds of miles of tenkara-perfect waters all around it.
The purpose of the Tenkara Summit is to bring together tenkara anglers and to share knowledge about the Japanese method of fly-fishing known as tenkara. The event is split into two days. Day one will be held at the Holiday Inn Harrisonburg, with presentations as well as casting and fly-tying clinics ($25, including lunch and evening entertainment). Day 2 will consist of free morning demos at the Riven Rock Park, with optional guided trips in the afternoon ($75, including lunch).
For more information and to register, please visit: Tenkara Summit 2013
About Tenkara USA
Tenkara USA is a fully independent, US-based company. Founded in 2009 by Daniel W. Galhardo. Tenkara USA is the first company to introduce the traditional method of Japanese fly-fishing, tenkara, outside of Japan.
About Mossy Creek Fly-Fishing
Located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley only minutes away from spring creek brown trout and mountain brookies. Mossy Creek Fly-Fishing is a full-featured fly shop owned by brothers Brian and Colby Trow, and one of the first Tenkara USA dealers in the country and home to the first dedicated tenkara guide in the USA, Tom Sadler.
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BEAVER CREEK VIRGINIA
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ADDITIONAL SUMMIT INFORMATION
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday:
9AM - 9:15 Welcome
9:15-9:45 - "In Search of Tenkara", presentation by Daniel Galhardo
10:00-12:00 - Clinics, vendor tables
Clinics:
1- Fly Tying (Jason Klass, Misako Ishimura, Loften Duprez)
2- Casting at the pool (Daniel)
3- Knots (John Geer)
Vendors:
1- Mossy Creek
2- Tenkara USA
3- Kevin Kelleher
4- Dave Dirks
5- Zimmerbuilt
12:00-1:00 - Lunch
1:00-1:15 - Video presentation by Daniel Galhardo, preview of upcoming DVD
1:30-2:45 - TU presentation, Seth Coffman
3:00-3:45 - Techniques with a tenkara rod, Tom Sadler
3:50-4:50 - Tenkara in Virginia - Local waters - Brian Trow, Tom Sadler
4:50-5:00 - Final remarks, directions to Day 2 by Daniel and Tom Sadler?
6:00-10:00 Dinner/Band/Party
Sunday:
Free demos/gathering at Riven Rock Park on Dry River from 10-12pm
Guided clinics (50 people) 1pm-5pm
LODGING:
Holiday Inn Harrisonburg - 1400 East Market Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. Rate: $89.95 (special group rate if you mention "Tenkara Summit", please call 540-433-2521 to book - deadline for booking at discounted rate is April 26th, 2013). We will be having an evening party at the hotel and encourage participants to stay at this hotel. There are also more than a dozen hotels in Harrisonburg. We recommend the Hampton Inn, Marriott Courtyard, Village Inn, Marriott Residence Inn, or the Holiday Inn Express as other options.
CAMPING:
KOA Harrisonburg, about 10 minutes from town and is great for "comfort camping". They allow trailers, have showers etc.: http://koa.com/campgrounds/harrisonburg/
Hone Quarry Campground, about 25 minutes from town, and in the National Forest. It is more primitive, but has picnic tables and toilets. Hone Quarry Campground - USDA Forest Service. There is also North River Campground, KOA Verona and Natural Chimney's Campground. Primitive camping is available in most of the GW Forest outside of private land and wilderness areas.
WHERE TO FISH:
Mossy Creek's webpage on streams that are great for fly fishing in the area. For Tenkara anglers looking for wild mountain trout, the Shenandoah National Park has dozens of quality streams available.
FISHING LICENSES:
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Website. Here people can purchase their fishing license. http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/licenses/
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FLY FISHING SCHOOLS
MOSSY CREEK FLY FISHING AND DUSTY WISSMATH HAVE JOINED FORCES!
We are introducing our new 2 day fly fishing schools and 1 day advanced clinics! We plan on providing the BEST possible fly fishing education available in the Mid Atlantic!
CLICK HERE FOR OUR SCHOOL INFORMATION PAGE.
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 SCOTT FLY ROD FAN?
If you are, come give one a wiggle at Mossy Creek! We have A4's, S4's, S4S's, and F2's in stock in the most popular sizes for our area. Scott has been in high demand in our shop for years. Our recent merger with Dusty Wissmath solidified our need for rods. Dusty has been on the Scott Pro Staff for around 15 years. Chuck Kraft, a shop ambassador and legendary VA guide has been on the Scott Pro Staff almost his entire career. Come see why Scott has been so popular for 4 decades!
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Attention All Anglers!
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The spring fishing has been excellent. We literally caught brookies, browns, rainbows, smallmouth, and musky all in the same days worth of guiding last week! The big smallmouth are getting ready to spawn. We are seeing more and more spawning beds being swept every day. The big fish are aggressively eating CK baitfish, Clawdads, and Tube flies. The musky are finishing up spawning. Many of the fish look rough with cuts and scrapes from their recent spawning rituals. They are eating aggressively moving flies stripped deep and fast. Be sure to have full sinking lines right now as water levels are still up. The brook trout fishing has been fantastic. We have had some reports of 75 plus fish days out on Dry River. The dry fly action has been hot. The Shenandoah National Park streams are all fishing well. Get out and enjoy some wonderful spring time brookie fishing while we have great water flow. The spring creeks are fishing well. We have finally started to see some sulphur activity. These bugs are a tad late this year but we are also starting to see some early hatching drakes and grasshoppers.....yes, grasshoppers are already buzzing around the fields at Mossy Creek and Beaver Creek. We have epic water folks, great weather, and great populations of fish this year. Get out and enjoy it when you can!
Sincerely,
Colby Trow, Brian Trow, and The Mossy Creek Staff
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