The Student & The Sensei
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The Further Adventures of Team Ratskin Canoe Mike Hepner
A tale of two friends; the “Mustard Tiger,” also known as the "O.G.,” and the “Gap Tiger,” also known as the “Tenkara Kid” … After six months of planning, a fivemonth countdown from date of reservation confirmation, hours of tenkara fishing in frigid mountain waters to refine and sharpen our skills, and endless hours behind a vice tying kebari specific to the targeted area, we knew we were about to embark on a great trip… what we didn’t know was that the trip would be EPIC. 26
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The destination was to be Poe Valley State park in the Bald Eagle State Forest. A month-long discussion yielded this decision as we could get a cabin and hike in any direction from it and fish four different wild or native trout streams! The primary waterway being world famous Penns Creek. High hopes and laughter filled the O.G.’s Toyota 4Runner the entire two hours of our journey. Pulling off the highway we gave one last look at our phones knowing we would be using them only as cameras for the next
