Some of my non-angling friends keep joking with me that I catch small fish. They don’t understand why I don’t show them pictures of monster catches.
Usually, I just laugh it off, and they move on to something else. Lately, I’ve been teaching a lot of anglers how to fish the tenkara method. When I tell people that you can use tenkara for all types of freshwater species, they often ask what my favorite is. My answer usually surprises them. They are expecting me to say something like “trophy” size rainbow or brown trout in the rivers of western Massachusetts. But in reality, I’d rather be fishing for wild brook trout all over New England. Whether I’m fishing the thinnest blue line or a raging river, to me, nothing beats landing a wild brook trout.
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