The first official day of the 2013 Tenkara Summit had a little bit of everything…
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| Welcome to the 2013 Tenkara Summit |
Lots of people…
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| A view of the vendor fair floor |
Fly tying…
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| Loften Deprez tying kebari for an onlooker |
Book signing…
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| Misako Ishimura and Kevin Kelleher (not pictured) signing copies of “Tenkara“ |
Gear hawking…
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| The Zimmerbuilt table…it was very brisk all day long |
Knot making…
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| Lance Milks showing how to make that tricky Level Line to Lillian knot |
Raffle items…
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| Lots of items donated by Mossy Creek Fly Fishing & Tenkara USA |
Casting demos…
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| Daniel Galhardo showing casting fundamentals |
Bamboo rods…
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| Some vintage bamboo tenkara rods saw the casting pool as well |
Baby pools…
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| For Tanago rods only… |
DVD previews…
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| Daniel Galhardo previews the upcoming Tenkara DVD |
Technique presentations…
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| Tom Sadler gave an incredibly entertaining presentation |
Stream disclosures…
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| Brian Trow of Mossy Creek Fly Fishing points us all in the right direction |
And Skype-ing with anglers from Japan…
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| Quite possibly the highlight of the day, talking live to Tenkara anglers halfway around the world! |
Got all that?
Good, because there was a bluegrass band too.
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| Shenandoah Alley plays for the after-Summit bar crowd |
And evidently, a lot of blurry cell phone pictures!
Looks like a good turnout. That skype with anglers in Japan is just cool. Great idea. Lance and Loften are great guys. Fished with them both a few times. Loften has accomplished so much at a young age. Crazy.
wow. that is pretty great. I am thankful my parents came to town, but would have loved to make it. I often find after nights like that I spend a decent amount of time deleting photos I don't remember taking… most of them of the floor or a glass of beer as I try to be artistic in a lame, drunk way.