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Interview with Jeremy Shellhorn

Interview with Jeremy Shellhorn

Most of the time when I am interviewing or having a written conversation with a person, I ask them for a couple of paragraphs to tell me who they are....

Interview with John Lawrence Geer

Interview with John Lawrence Geer

I’ve known John for a little while now, I met him through social media. Recently, I joined Tenkara USA as a writer and contributor. At the 2017 Tenkara USA Summit,...

Interview transcript with John Gierach

Interview transcript with John Gierach

Adam: John, thank you for allowing me this interview. I’ve read your new book; “All Fishermen Are Liars” and I really enjoyed it however I would like to start the interview...

Interview with Mike Willis

Interview with Mike Willis

by Adam Trahan I asked Mike to sit for this Interview with me based on a small group of anglers that I have been following from afar in social media. Over...

Interview with Thomas "TJ" Ferreira

Interview with Thomas "TJ" Ferreira

by Adam Trahan I already have meet TJ (online) from my own web site and Tenkara USA circles. He is a super nice guy and I want to start off by apologizing to...

tenkara on Colorado Public Radio

tenkara on Colorado Public Radio

Today I had the pleasure to speak about tenkara and my recently released book with Nathan Heffel and Ryan Warner at the Colorado Public Radio (an affiliate of NPR). Click on the...

Tenkara Guide Spotlight: Daniel Pierce II

Tenkara Guide Spotlight: Daniel Pierce II

In this installment of the Tenkara Guide Spotlight, we’d like to introduce you to Daniel Pierce II of our Tenkara Guide Network. Daniel Pierce has been a great help to Tenkara...

Tenkara Guide Spotlight: Jim Mitchell

Tenkara Guide Spotlight: Jim Mitchell

This is the first installment of a new series of blog posts we’d like to bring to you. The Tenkara Guide Spotlight will bring some of the experience and knowledge of the...

Conversations: Japan

Conversations: Japan

This blog entry is a transcription from the Tenkara Cast podcast episode “Conversations: Japan with Adam Trahan and Adam Klags.” We have had many requests to have the podcasts in...

Podcast interview with John Gierach

Podcast interview with John Gierach

I’m so excited about this new episode of the Tenkara Cast that I’m releasing it ahead of schedule. I try to release new episodes on Wednesdays but couldn’t contain myself here. This...

Radio Interview

Radio Interview

Just finished a fun radio interview with John Kovach for his show the “Yankee Fisherman”. You can listen to it here. It was a great conversation and I really enjoyed doing...

Interview with Dave Hughes, PART 2

Interview with Dave Hughes, PART 2

by Adam Trahan This is a continuation of the abridged interview by Adam Trahan with Dave Hughes on the subject of tenkara.Part 1Complete conversation here   Adam: I went through the phase...

Interview with Dave Hughes, PART 1

Interview with Dave Hughes, PART 1

by Adam Trahan This is a two-part interview conducted as a conversation by Adam Trahan of Tenkara-fisher.com. Both parts in our blog have been abridged.For complete conversation please visit this page.Part 2...

Interview with Adam Trahan

Interview with Adam Trahan

Over the years Adam Trahan produced good content about tenkara, particularly in the form of interviews, on his website tenkara-fisher.com. But, while he’s often been the interviewer Adam has not...