Hoping for some further help here in selecting my first rod, line and flies as the choices online are frankly overwhelming. I did peruse the links on this sub & as advised by Jason Klass, here's my criteria;

• I want to fish tenkara in Scottish sea & land lochs and small, fast flowing streams
• I live on the Isle of Skye, literally on the shore of a sea loch
• The species I want to target are whatever happens to be in reach of my hook right now although mackerel are tasty!
• My background in fly (and all) fishing is zero beyond practicing some casts on land with a friend's rod
• My budget is flexible, albeit at a beginner level

TIA 🙏

Did what it was suppose to! I paired this rod with the Platinum Brookie short creek leader from moonlit fly fishing. Catching these tiny cutthroats on a 5:5 action rod was a blast! I did however lose a lot more as I’m not use to the flexibility of this action, many were able to flop off easily (especially since I run barbless). I’ll be doing a larger review of this rod for the use in ultra these mini creeks soon.

I have no idea how I got so tangled. One second I was snagged on a twig, the next second I have this mess. Oh well it happens. Onwards and upwards.