Chub fishing tenkara style.
I was back on the water pursuing the elusive big chub.
The most abundant insects present where blue damselflies with here and there a lot mayfly.
During the assembly of the fly rod I noticed to my sheer horror that the flyreel was not present in my tackle bag.
Adapt and overcome was the motto.
I tied a long piece of tippet at the hook keeper and started fishing Tenkara style.

I actually caught a little chub by tossing a nymph with a strike indicator at the pool I was fishing.
Tenkara fishing only yielded one small chub so I left in search of a better location .
Action was slow so the more sheltered forest spots upstream where on my mind.
Dace and small roach where cooperating albeit smaller fish.
I looked for the reel back home but it was not to be found and probably lost out in the field … bummer.

Chub
Dace