What folks are saying about tenkara (VIDEO)
Today I have been asking people what they think about tenkara. Here are a few people we met today and their thoughts about this simple way of fly-fishing.
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Exploring Fall Tenkara Fishing in the Northern Rockies
Fall is a beautiful time of year in the northern Rockies, but for me, it’s always been a little overrated in terms of fishing. Yes, it can be a great...
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[VIDEO] Tenkara Syndicate Water in the UK
John Pearson and Paul Gaskell just shared the beautiful short video below with us, which they say gives us a "flavour of the UK's first dedicated tenkara fly fishing syndicate...
VIDEO: Pause and Drift, Tenkara Technique
Video shot by Brian Trow, of Mossy Creek Fly Fishing.Please click on the gear icon and select the higher resolution (1080p), and/or make the video bigger by clicking on the lower...
Takenobu Music
I love writing stories of serendipity, so it surprised me that I hadn’t shared this one with you yet. Earlier this year I was very focused on writing an (still)...
Tenkara with the "No Handed Bandit" Not using a reel has its advantages
Tenkara has opened the doors to fly-fishing for a lot of people, and it has proved to be a great conduit for plain old fun, no matter the ability of...
Tribute Yukihiro Yoshimura
Yukihiro Yoshimura was likely the most skilled tenkara net craftsman the world has ever seen. With over 45 years of experience in making tenkara nets, he had honed his craft...
The Sasaki Kebari Hiroto Sasaki of Sansui shows us his tenkara fly
Today is my last day in Japan. Margaret and I returned to Tokyo yesterday to spend time with some friends before we leave to China tomorrow morning. I decided to...
Kumazaki Kebari - Tenkara Fly Tying Video Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays
Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays is back? On a Tuesday??? I'll be less US-centric time-wise for this post. By the time the post is up on our site, it will be...
Japan, Day 2: Intro to Telescopic Rods and Tenkara Rods
Yesterday several of you requested to learn more about the different telescopic rods available in Japan. There is an incredible variety of fixed-line methods of fishing in this country. Different...
Tenkara & Project Healing Waters
written by Jason This weekend, I was invited to give a tenkara demo to a group of soldiers from Project Healing Waters. If you're not familiar with the program, it's...
Tenkara Hit Vision DVD Review
written by Jason I finally had a chance to sit down and watch this DVD. I had first heard about it back in January but never got around to ordering...
Improve your Tenkara Casting Accuracy with a Fun Game
written by Jason Jeremy (aka adventureR) posted about a fun game he calls Knothead Trout. It's not only fun, but is a great way to improve casting accuracy. And to...
Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays: The Horse Hair Sakasa Kebari
written by Jason This is one of my go-to patterns and lots of people have asked for a video on how to tie. It's a simple pattern, but the...
Tools for Tenkara Fly Tying
Written by Jason At some point in every fly angler’s life they consider tying their own flies. For some, this happens right at the beginning. For others, it might be...
Let my Children Go Fishing
Guest post by John Vetterli, of Tenkaraguides.com I don’t know how many of you have seen the short video Daniel made of my 6 year old son Jack practicing casting...
How to Choose the Right Tenkara Rod
Written by Daniel & Jason The number one question we are asked by new tenkara anglers is, “which rod should I get?” It certainly can be confusing since tenkara rods...