High Country News / Adventure Journal
From the archive · 2014. Some products, prices and details mentioned here may have changed since this was written.
Tienlon Ho writes about the story of Daniel Galhardo taking her niece tenkara fishing in the Sierra Nevada of California. "The basic tenkara cast looks a lot like a Western fly cast, with the advantage that a tenkara angler can cast tight, aerodynamic loops with just one hand. Because it relies on the rod's flexibility, it requires a lot less power. This allows even an inexperienced angler to cast a fly softly and control the line in the current more deftly than is possible with a Western rod. "
Daniel Galhardo and Tenkara USA covered in a story by Tienlon Ho on High Country News and Adventure Journal.
“The basic tenkara cast looks a lot like a Western fly cast, with the advantage that a tenkara angler can cast tight, aerodynamic loops with just one hand. Because it relies on the rod’s flexibility, it requires a lot less power. This allows even an inexperienced angler to cast a fly softly and control the line in the current more deftly than is possible with a Western rod. ” Tienlon Ho
