The following is a compilation of links with information about micro-fishing. If anyone knows of other resources we welcome your input.
Micro-Fishing
This is a young method of angling in North America that focuses on fish that have been overlooked for lack of size such as minnows, darters, and killifish.
Forum of Micro-Fishing at Roughfish
Forum of Micro-Fishing at NT-Fishing
Tackle for Micro-Fishing Setup by Catch-M-All
Environment and Images of Micro-Fish at Kimfish (Fish Stories Tab)
North American Native Fishes Association
Micro-Fishing Field Books, Tackle, and Equipment
Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, Second Edition
Micro-Fishing Hooks at TenkaraBum
Device Designed for Taming Line/Tackle by Arian Ten Kley at Roughfish.com
Rod and Line Taming for Micro-Fishing by Kernel J. at Roughfish.com
B’n'M Black Widow Ready Rig 13-Feet Rod (4 Piece)
Frog Hair Fluorocarbon 7x Tippet Spool 25 Meters
Umpqua Fly Tying Hooks U203 50Pk 24 Curved Hook Straight Eye 3X Long Std Wire
Photo-Tank for Fish Photography Plans
Micro-Fishing Species
Blackstripe Topminnow Video by Microfisherman
Longnose Dace Video by Microfisherman
Spotfin Shiner Video by Microfisherman
Spottail Shiner by Catch-M-All
Stickleback Fishing in England by Mike Thrussell
Stickleback Video by The Great Rod Race
Stoneroller (Highland) by TheOkieAngler
Western Mosquitofish Video by Microfisherman
Micro-Fishing Techniques
Pre-Baiting with Bloodworm by Gofishing.co.uk
Pre-Baiting with Bloodworm by Prebait.com
Tanago
A popular sport in Japan, Tanago is a well known form of angling complete with specialized tackle that targets bitterling.
Tanago Tackle by the In-Complete Angler
Tanago Fishing Systems (in Japanese)
Tanago Video of Specialized Tackle Systems
Lambari
This is a form of micro-fishing that is popular in Brazil. Currently little information exists on the web for this sport.
amazing! i need to find some of this tackle i love fishing for all things
Just found your site, great! reminds me of my childhood learning about fishing in UK. Minnows, baby perch, gudgeon and bleak were the main prey with home made rods rarely over 6ft long; the line was a single strand of white horse hair from a suffok punch cart horse float was a chicken quill and the hook a penny size 16 from a shop in the market town. all this was almost 70 years ago but still very fresh in my memory.
In the garden I have a stand of bamboo and a light rod could easily be made to catch the local smelt and inanga …………. second childhood roll on!!!
Yesterday I took my tenkara rod (12ft) with some 2 lb mono a 2×4 pole float a size 18 hook to 1lb nylon which is 0.008mm and some paste made to a Japanese recipe and tried my luck in an old silted up canal. What fun for a morning, I fished in amongst the reeds and rush beds and caught 3 Inanga ( a small native fish) and 5 small rudd all under 4 inches on a classic autumn morning. I also saw Canada geese flighting in from the high country for their winter by the sea and my second cattle egret ever. All so very different from my usual trout fly fishing.
RECIPE for PASTE
1 tea spoon std white flour
1 tea spoon gluten flour
4 drops of cod liver oil
Boiling water
Method: Mix dry ingredients, add oil and mix in. Now add the boiling water to make a smooth dough. Cool and use. The paste will be very elastic and stays on the hook for ages. I guess that this recipe would last a full day with wheat grain size baits.
This is really cool! Reminds me of my youth, catching creek chubs in the creek in my backyard in Georgia. I never had tackle this small, though. I must revisit this. Thanks for the helpful info!