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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Tenkara fishing. I drenched my camera.
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:56:15 +0100
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Flyfishing is for the impatient fisherman. Not much waiting and, usually, 
beautiful location.
OTOH it is quite difficult to master the techniques.
cheers,
FD

On 7 Jun, 2011, at 08:26, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Some really lovely countryside you have there. Fishing is not my thing (I 
> am too impatient to wait for the fish to bite) but I can see how it is 
> enjoyable to do it there.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> YNWA
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> 
> On Jun 6, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Peter Cheyne wrote:
> 
>> I usually take my Fujifilm Klasse on fishing trips.  Yesterday I waded in 
>> water too deep for comfort and the camera got submerged.  I took the 
>> battery out and hoped hanging it around my neck would let the sun dry it. 
>>  The next day I removed the Neopan 400 B&W film.  I had taken only about  
>> 11 shots, so cut away the remainder of the film.  The Klasse winds all 
>> the film onto the free spool first, so exposed film is already in the 
>> can.  The can is sitting on my desk.  I'll send it in for developing one 
>> of these days.  After sitting on my windowsill, the camera is in 
>> apparently perfect working order.  However, I'm thinking of retiring it 
>> from fishing trips and using a mechanical camera instead.  Maybe one of 
>> my Kodak Stereo Cameras loaded with Velvia.
>> 
>> If you're interested in this meditative, light-packing form of river 
>> fishing, check out tenkarausa.com.
>> 
>> Here is a photo set from a previous river fishing trip, about three weeks 
>> ago.
>> 
>> http://tinyurl.com/3t5ac4f
>> 
>> All the best,
>> 
>> Peter Cheyne
>> 
>> 
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In reply to: Message from geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] IMGs: Tenkara fishing. I drenched my camera.)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMGs: Tenkara fishing. I drenched my camera.)