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Tenkara Fishing Tips

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Good points about Tenkara

Good points about Tenkara

Margaret will have to forgive me for having fun with some video clips I captured on my iphone while we visited Colorado a couple of weeks ago. This video was...

Manzanar Fishing Club (Movie)

Manzanar Fishing Club (Movie)

Quite sometime ago we talked about the beginnings of a fascinating film project, the Manzanar Fishing Club. This project documents the stories and history of Japanese and Japanese Americans who...

Tenkara lessons from 6-year old Jack

Tenkara lessons from 6-year old Jack

On my last post I said the off-topic post would not set the precedent to talking about funny cats. But, I could not have predicted the future. In this hillarious...

Tenkara Knots - Back to the basics

Tenkara Knots - Back to the basics

At recent weeks I have had a chance to spend time with a lot of people who have been doing tenkara for sometime, and others who are completely new to...

"Tenkara is not dapping" campaign

"Tenkara is not dapping" campaign

The most common misconception about tenkara it that it is just dapping - that because the line is tied to the tip of the rod, it is only lowered onto...

Tenkara Guides of Utah share a great video

Tenkara Guides of Utah share a great video

The Tenkara Guides of Utah, Erik Ostrander, Rob Worthing, and John Vetterli, have just posted their awesome video on tenkara online. The video was filmed and produced by Ben Luthy,...

Kotsuzake, a "ceremonial" cup of sake

Kotsuzake, a "ceremonial" cup of sake

Over two years ago my friend Masaki and I went fishing together to shot the first video Tenkara fly-fishing from Tenkara USA on Vimeo.   for this website. It was...

Zenmai kebari

Zenmai kebari

As I spend time in Japan, I realize how much I have already covered in our blog in regards to tenkara. This blog has a wealth of information regarding tenkara,...

Tenkara Masters (video)

Tenkara Masters (video)

Tenkara Masters: Lessons w/ Dr. Hisao Ishigaki and Sakakibara Masami In May 2010, Daniel Galhardo, founder of Tenkara USA, spent 2 weeks in Japan learning more about tenkara, and fishing...