Submitted by dhaynes on Mon, 2015-07-13 07:28 National Capital - 011 Maryland - 167 Nemacolin - 199 Potomac-Patuxent - 236 Seneca Valley - 369 Youghiogheny - 335 Mid Atlantic Council 9MD Tenkara Trout Unlimited Council Chairs Women's Initiative Chair Forum National Leadership Council - NLC Vote Up Down +38 + On July 11 and 12th, Maryland Trout Unlimited co-hosted “Tenkara Jam on the Gunpowder” with A appalachian_tenkara_jam.jpg ppalachian Tenkara Anglers and Great Feathers Fly Shop in Sparks, Maryland. Nearly 100 people attended on one or both days of the Jam. During the Jam, participants saw presentations by Dan Galhardo of Tenkara USA on the cultural roots of Tenkara and on Casting with a fixed line, by Rob Worthing, Tenkara Guides LLC, on landing fish with Tenkara, by Matt Sment, Badger Tenkara, on Tenkara Fishing Strategies, and by Chris Stewart, TenkaraBum, on rods, lines and other gear. Casting for Recovery and Project Healing Waters also gave informative talks. Don Haynes, Chair of the TU Mid-Atlantic Council, gave a talk on TU’s conservation work, particularly on small streams loved by Tenk tenkara small.jpg ara Anglers and Brenda Foster from MDTU spoke on Women and Tenkara. Lefty Kreh joined us at the Jam on Saturday morning. In addition to local peoples, attendees came from Idaho, Colorado, Pennsylvania, New Jerssy, New York, North Carolina and Virginia. There was, of course, time set aside to fish the Gunpowder River and some of its small tributaries. For more information and photos, visit http://appalachiantenkara.com Vendors at the Jam: Rob Lepcyzk and Michael Watkiss from Great Feathers Fly Shop, Jason Sparks of Appalachian Tenkara Anglers Dan Galhardo from Tenkara USA Matt Sment of Badger Tenkara Michael and Kathie Moline of Streamside Leaders Chris Stewart, the original TenkaraBum Steve Monahan, Mark Lamos, and Lefty Kreh of Temple Fork Outfitters Brent Auger of Dragontail Tenkara, John Cianchetti of Tenkara Customs Rob Worthing of Tenkara Guides LLC Tom Glace Watercolors, vawter_kreh.jpg Participating organizations other than MDTU included: Larry Vawter and Valerie Takesue with Project Healing Waters. Casey Peltier from Casting for Recovery, Louise Peltier from Chesapeake Women Anglers, Al Aborn from Project Healing Waters This was an extraordinary weekend event. Attendees got to put their hands on a lot of different rods including many Japanese imports, learn to tie Kebari flies thanks to Larry Vawter’s PHWFF group, watch a master water-colorist at work creating beautiful images of trout, joinJ ohn Cianchetti's workshop on buidling your own Tenkara rod, and meet up with many like minded Tenkara Anglers from all over the country! A few more photos follow. Don Haynes discusses TU's conservation efforts on small, headwater streams... dhaynes_talk.jpg Chris Stewart, the TenkaraBum tenkarabum.jpg Tom Glace, Master Water Colorist... glace.jpg Tenkara Anglers at the Boulder Pool, Gunpowder River... boulder_pool_tenkara.jpg The "Real" Tenkara Jam!!!!@ jam_table.jpg Thanks for looking.... Don Haynes