I recently tried Tenkara style fishing on a three day hike. I had no success as I was fishing large lakes. I didn't expect to catch anything, I just wanted to try it out.
I used this http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0031278115800a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Products&QueryText=panfish+pole&sort=all&Go.y=0&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form23&Go.x=0&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1 in the 14 foot model.
The tip was to fragile so I shortened it one length. I used some old fly line I had lying around and about a 5 foot 5x tippet. Worked great if you only want to cast around 24ish feet. I'm for sure taking this Whenever I visit places that a very short cast will get you fish.
I'm left wondering how to extend the cast without hauling a real around. Perhaps a regular fly pole tip and a couple clamp on guides?

GD