Today I completed my first own tenkara net. It’s made of one manzanita branch, found after much looking and worked on for over a month. The end of the handle features a deer antler tip, which in Japanese superstition is believed to protect anglers in the water.
Raw branch:
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like a filigrane spider web woven in a branch. very beautiful.
What is the source of your net? Very nice.
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