How to tie tenkara flies: The Ishigaki Kebari
How to tie tenkara flies: The Ishigaki Kebari™ Materials: 1) Size 12 hook (this can vary according to preference, size 12 is the one Ishigaki uses...
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My favorite tenkara tip: dealing with tangled tenkara lines
The most appreciated tenkara tip we share with people might also be the shortest and simplest. When we are learning how to cast with tenkara, it...
Troubleshooting Your Tenkara Cast
Troubleshooting the Tenkara Cast: Learn how to make your casting with a tenkara rod better An excerpt from tenkara – the book I have noticed a few...
What we go through to catch trout
“Well, I guess we will find out if the rope is long enough.” I was standing on the edge of a cliff with Steve Conrad looking...
The Most Popular Tenkara Rods
Over the years we have worked on a number of tenkara rod concepts. Most of them are still around, due to their popularity with tenkara anglers....
Catch & Release
CATCH AND RELEASE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES by Jack Williams An excerpt from the Tenkara Magazine 2015 One of the true joys of fishing is not only...
Tenkara Magazines - Volumes 1, 2, and 3 now available for free here
As you seek some social distancing by staying at home, we are working on bringing some content for your enjoyment. Starting now, we are putting all...
mounTEN: Issue Seven, April 2019
Welcome to the seventh issue of Tenkara USA’s official monthly ezine, covering the best stories on the tenkara method of fly-fishing. mounTEN brings forth content created...
mounTEN: Issue Six, March 2019
Welcome to the sixth issue of Tenkara USA’s official monthly ezine, covering the best stories on the tenkara method of fly-fishing. mounTEN brings forth content created by Tenkara...
mounTEN: Issue Five, February 2019
Welcome to the fifth issue of Tenkara USA’s official monthly ezine, covering the best stories on the tenkara method of fly-fishing. mounTEN brings forth content created by Tenkara...
mounTEN: Issue Four, January 2019
Welcome to the fourth issue of Tenkara USA’s official monthly ezine, covering the best stories on the tenkara method of fly-fishing. mounTEN brings forth content created by...
Latest from Tenkara USA
Besides the blog posts below, here you’ll find the newest content from Tenkara USA: mounTEN – the tenkara ezine mounTEN brings to you the best stories...
mounTEN: issue 3, December 2018
Welcome to the third issue of Tenkara USA’s official monthly ezine, covering the best stories on the tenkara method of fly-fishing. mounTEN brings forth content created...
mounTEN, issue 2
We received some great feedback and a lot of downloads of the inaugural edition of mounTEN, our new ezine. So, we bring to you the 2nd...
mounTEN: issue 1, October 2018
Announcing our first issue of mounTEN! The official “e-zine” of Tenkara USA. Look for it on the TENth of every month, each issue is a collection of essays,...
Pause-and-drift technique and landing
Here’s a good video shot at Mossy Creek, Virginia, demonstrating the effective use of the pause-and-drift technique for tenkara. It also perfectly illustrates how to land...
Techniques for tenkara
Tenkara places more emphasis on technique rather than gear. One way to simplify is to reduce the number of fly choices and try different techniques. In...
Learn How to cast with tenkara
Casting with tenkara rods is not difficult. In fact, we find it to be a very intuitive thing to do. Learn how to cast tenkara rods...
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