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www.ntnews.com.au Saturday, December 4, 2010. NT NEWS. 59 PUB: NT NEWS DATE: 4-DEC-2010 PAGE: 59 COLOR: C M YK Ancient art has fly fishers turning Japanese The author with a chunky little diamond scale mullet taken from the rocks at Darwin’s East Point on his tenkara fly fishing pole Picture: Jo Moyle-Reiter ABOUT STEVE STEVE Starling is Australia’s best-known fishing writer and on-screen presenter. You can catch Starlo’s ‘‘Tight Lines’’ fishing report on 104.1 Territory FM every Friday at 7.40am. By STEVE ‘STARLO’ STARLING ... that’s right; there is no reel! I’ve written here before about the great appeal of fly fishing and its growing popu- larity in the Top End. However, this week I want to introduce you to a form of fly fishing you may never have heard of. It’s called tenkara. Tenkara is an ancient form of Japanese fly fishing that’s undergoing a renaissance in the Western world, largely driven by American anglers pursuing small trout in tiny mountain streams. Tenkara involves the use of a long (typically four- metre-plus), very light tele- scopic rod or pole with a four to six metre length of fine line attached – that’s right; there is no reel! Tenkara fly fishing may appear to have limited appli- cations here in Australia’s tropical north but, in actual fact, I’ve been having a ball lately targeting species as di- verse as archer fish, garfish, small reef species and bream using this tackle. Our prolific diamond scale mullet are also made for the tenkara pole, although staying con- nected to a larger specimen can be rather challenging! The makers of modern, graphite telescopic tenkara poles recommend a maxi- mum line strength of around 2.5kg (five pounds) in order to protect the delicate tips of these willowy rods. The combination of a fixed length of line, a five pound tippet, a small bread-imi- tating fly and a big diamond scale mullet is a highly vol- atile one, and some of my en- counters have been shockin- gly brief and violent. However, if you are willing to chase hooked fish (an in- teresting concept when shore fishing!) and combine lots of arm extension with the soft hands of a savvy cricket fielder taking a sharp catch, it is just possible to stay con- nected to a 50cm, kilo-plus diamond scale long enough to actually land the fish on tenkara tackle. The feeling of achievement when you do is wonderful! To the best of my know- ledge, no Aussie tackle stores are yet stocking tenkara tackle, so if you want to find out more, go to www.tenkarausa.com ntnews.com.aul l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l TIGHT LINES ntnews.com.aul l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l WEATHER Katherine DARWIN Jabiru Nhulunbuy Borroloola Alyangula Tennant Creek Alice Springs Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset 6:12 am 7:01 pm 4:31 am 5:39 pm Dec 21 Dec 28 Dec 6 Dec 13 Sat Dec 4 Sun Dec 5 Mon Dec 6 Tue Dec 7 Wed Dec 8 Thu Dec 9 Fri Dec 10 Sat Dec 11 3:55am 6.1m 10:57am 1.1m 5:34pm 7.0m 11:23pm 3.0m 4:43am 6.3m 11:41am 0.8m 6:22pm 7.3m 12:09am 2.9m 5:27am 6.4m 12:22pm 0.6m 7:05pm 7.5m 12:51am 2.7m 6:08am 6.5m 1:00pm 0.6m 7:45pm 7.5m 1:30am 2.7m 6:49am 6.5m 1:37pm 0.8m 8:21pm 7.4m 2:11am 2.7m 7:29am 6.4m 2:13pm 1.1m 8:54pm 7.2m 2:51am 2.7m 8:09am 6.1m 2:45pm 1.5m 9:25pm 6.9m 3:32am 2.8m 8:50am 5.9m 3:15pm 2.0m 9:55pm 6.7m Darwin 25 35 0.2 Katherine 25 37 Jabiru 24 38 Nhulunbuy 23 33 Alyangula 23 Borroloola 18 39 Tennant Creek 22 37 Alice Springs 13 35 Yulara 16 31 Location Min Max *Rain Location Min Max *Rain * rainfall 24 hours to 9am yesterday 1008 1008 1016 1016 1016 1004 L 1000 L 996 L 1020 H 1025 H WARNINGS Latest information at www.bom.gov.au/weather Coastal & Land Weather 1300 659 214 Tropical Cyclone 1300 659 211 NORTHERN TERRITORY Isolated showers and storms over the north and western Top End, Victoria River District, mainly during the afternoon and evening. Isolated showers and gusty storms in the western and central Alice Springs District. Light to moderate north to northwest winds, fresh at times in the south. Fire danger: high north of the Elliott. DARWIN and RURAL AREA Afternoon shower or storm. Light to moder- ate northeast winds before an afternoon seabreeze. Min 26 Max 35 Rural: Min 23 Max 36 Sunday: Afternoon shower or storm. Min 26 Max 34 Monday: Afternoon shower or storm. Min 26 Max 34 Tuesday: Afternoon shower or storm. Min 27 Max 34 DARWIN HARBOUR Variable winds to 10 knots before an after- noon northwest seabreeze 10 to 15 knots. Seas to 1 metre. Isolated storms with gusts to 35 knots. Sunday: Variable winds to 10 knots. Afternoon seabreezes. Monday: Variable winds to 10 knots. Afternoon seabreezes. Relative Humidity: Darwin 70% (9am) 35% (3pm) Barometer: Darwin (3pm) - 1004.0 hPa Alice Springs (3pm) - 1006.9 hPa Rainfall: 24hr rainfall to 9am 3 December 2010 0.4 mm (yesterday) Monthly total to 9am 3 December 2010 16.8 mm Average for month of December 250.4 mm October to 3 December 2010 382.8 mm on 34 rain days Average from October to end of December 459.4 mm December 4, 2010 © Commonwealth of Australia 2010 Darwin 35 Broome 32 Alice Springs 35 Cairns 32 Hobart 22 Brisbane 24 Sydney 22 Canberra 20 Adelaide 36 Perth 23 Melbourne 31 26 35 Yulara L L 1024 1008 1008 1016 1016 998 L 998 L 1022 H Auckland Bangkok Beijing Geneva Hanoi Hong Kong Jakarta Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Manila Moscow New York Singapore Tel Aviv Tokyo windy 21 15 fine 32 26 fine 6 -3 clear 0 -7 fine 26 18 fine 23 19 rain 29 26 rain 32 24 fine 0 -1 fine 22 8 haze 30 29 fine -13 -21 fine 6 1 rain 32 23 fine 26 11 rain 17 12 DARWIN UV ALERT 8:40am - 4:40pm MAX UV Index 15 (extreme) Wadeye 25 35 Pirlangimpi 25 34 25 34 25 37 25 34 24 36 21 41 23 39 21 33 21 35 23 37 Lajamanu 21 36 Yuendumu PROVINCIAL CENTRES Katherine: Possible afternoon storm. Max 36 Sunday: Possible afternoon storm. Min 24 Max 36 Tennant Creek: Afternoon cloud. Max 39 Sunday: Afternoon cloud. Min 25 Max 40 Alice Springs: Afternoon shower, gusty storm. Max 35 Sunday: Afternoon shower, gusty storm. Min 21 Max 36 Jabiru: Afternoon shower or storm. Max 37 Sunday: Afternoon shower or storm. Min 26 Max 37 Nhulunbuy: Partly cloudy. Max 34 Sunday: Partly cloudy. Min 25 Max 34 Alyangula: Partly cloudy. Max 34 Sunday: Partly cloudy. Min 25 Max 34 Borroloola: Mostly sunny. Max 41 Sunday: Mostly sunny. Min 23 Max 40 Yulara: Afternoon shower, gusty storm. Max 33 Sunday: Afternoon shower, gusty storm Min 22 Max 35 Lajamanu: Afternoon shower or storm. Max 37 Sunday: Afternoon shower or storm. Min 23 Max 38 Maningrida: Afternoon shower or storm. Max 34 Sunday: Afternoon shower or storm. Min 24 Max 34 Pirlangimpi: Afternoon shower or storm. Max 35 Sunday: Afternoon shower or storm. Min 25 Max 35 Wadeye: Afternoon shower or storm. Max 34 Sunday: Afternoon shower or storm. Min 25 Max 34 Yuendumu: Afternoon shower, gusty storm. Max 36 Sunday: Afternoon shower, gusty storm. Min 23 Max 38 UV FORECASTS Katherine: 15 (extreme). Tennant Creek: 17 (extreme). Alice Springs: 19 (extreme).
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Ancient art has fly fishers turning Japanese
The author with a chunky little diamond scale mullet taken from the rocks at Darwin’s EastPoint on his tenkara fly fishing pole Picture: Jo Moyle-Reiter
ABOUT STEVESTEVE Starling is Australia’sbest-known fishingwriterand on-screen presenter.You can catch Starlo’s ‘‘TightLines’’ fishing report on104.1 Territory FM everyFriday at 7.40am.
By STEVE ‘STARLO’ STARLING
... that’s right; there
is no reel!
I’ve written here beforeabout the great appeal of flyfishing and its growing popu-larity in the Top End.
However, this week I wantto introduce you to a form offly fishing you may neverhave heard of.
It’s called tenkara.Tenkara is an ancient form
of Japanese fly fishing that’sundergoing a renaissance inthe Western world, largelydriven by American anglerspursuing small trout in tinymountain streams.
Tenkara involves the useof a long (typically four-metre-plus), very light tele-scopic rod or pole with a fourto six metre length of fineline attached – that’s right;there is no reel!
Tenkara fly fishing mayappear to have limited appli-cations here in Australia’stropical north but, in actualfact, I’ve been having a balllately targeting species as di-
verse as archer fish, garfish,small reef species and breamusing this tackle. Our prolificdiamond scale mullet arealso made for the tenkarapole, although staying con-nected to a larger specimencan be rather challenging!
The makers of modern,graphite telescopic tenkarapoles recommend a maxi-
mum line strength of around2.5kg (five pounds) in orderto protect the delicate tips ofthese willowy rods.
The combination of a fixedlength of line, a five poundtippet, a small bread-imi-tating fly and a big diamondscale mullet is a highly vol-atile one, and some of my en-counters have been shockin-gly brief and violent.
However, if you are willingto chase hooked fish (an in-teresting concept when shorefishing!) and combine lots ofarm extension with the softhands of a savvy cricketfielder taking a sharp catch,it is just possible to stay con-nected to a 50cm, kilo-plusdiamond scale long enoughto actually land the fish ontenkara tackle.
The feeling of achievementwhen you do is wonderful!
To the best of my know-
ledge, no Aussie tackle stores
are yet stocking tenkara tackle,
so if you want to find out more,
go towww.tenkarausa.com
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WARNINGSLatest information at www.bom.gov.au/weatherCoastal & Land Weather 1300 659 214Tropical Cyclone 1300 659 211
NORTHERN TERRITORYIsolated showers and storms over the northand western Top End, Victoria River District,mainly during the afternoon and evening.Isolated showers and gusty storms in thewestern and central Alice Springs District.Light to moderate north to northwest winds,fresh at times in the south. Fire danger: highnorth of the Elliott.
DARWIN and RURAL AREAAfternoon shower or storm. Light to moder-ate northeast winds before an afternoonseabreeze.Min 26 Max 35Rural: Min 23 Max 36Sunday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 26 Max 34Monday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 26 Max 34Tuesday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 27 Max 34
DARWIN HARBOURVariable winds to 10 knots before an after-noon northwest seabreeze 10 to 15 knots.Seas to 1 metre. Isolated storms with guststo 35 knots.Sunday: Variable winds to 10 knots.Afternoon seabreezes.Monday: Variable winds to 10 knots.Afternoon seabreezes.
Relative Humidity: Darwin 70% (9am) 35% (3pm)Barometer: Darwin (3pm) - 1004.0 hPa Alice Springs (3pm) - 1006.9 hPaRainfall: 24hr rainfall to 9am 3 December 2010 0.4 mm (yesterday)Monthly total to 9am 3 December 2010 16.8 mmAverage for month of December 250.4 mmOctober to 3 December 2010 382.8 mm on 34 rain daysAverage from October to end of December 459.4 mm
December 4, 2010
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Darwin 35
Broome32
Alice Springs35
Cairns32
Hobart22
Brisbane24
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Canberra20
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Perth23
Melbourne31
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PROVINCIAL CENTRESKatherine: Possible afternoon storm. Max 36Sunday: Possible afternoon storm.Min 24 Max 36Tennant Creek: Afternoon cloud. Max 39Sunday: Afternoon cloud. Min 25 Max 40Alice Springs: Afternoon shower, gusty storm.Max 35Sunday: Afternoon shower, gusty storm.Min 21 Max 36Jabiru: Afternoon shower or storm. Max 37Sunday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 26 Max 37Nhulunbuy: Partly cloudy. Max 34Sunday: Partly cloudy. Min 25 Max 34Alyangula: Partly cloudy. Max 34Sunday: Partly cloudy. Min 25 Max 34Borroloola: Mostly sunny. Max 41Sunday: Mostly sunny. Min 23 Max 40Yulara: Afternoon shower, gusty storm. Max 33Sunday: Afternoon shower, gusty stormMin 22 Max 35Lajamanu: Afternoon shower or storm. Max 37Sunday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 23 Max 38Maningrida: Afternoon shower or storm.Max 34Sunday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 24 Max 34Pirlangimpi: Afternoon shower or storm.Max 35Sunday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 25 Max 35Wadeye: Afternoon shower or storm. Max 34Sunday: Afternoon shower or storm.Min 25 Max 34Yuendumu: Afternoon shower, gusty storm.Max 36Sunday: Afternoon shower, gusty storm.Min 23 Max 38UV FORECASTSKatherine: 15 (extreme).Tennant Creek: 17 (extreme).Alice Springs: 19 (extreme).
