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Tenkara Fishing Tips

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Tenkara Tea and Fly Tying

Tenkara Tea and Fly Tying

One of the reasons I created Tenkara USA is because I really like introducing friends to things that I love, tenkara fly-fishing, tenkara rods, tenkara nets, now tenkara tea! Drinking...

Freeing stuck segments

Freeing stuck segments

While Dr. Ishigaki was visiting he showed us a very cool method for freeing two segments that are stuck on a tenkara rod (or any telescopic rod). It's very simple,...

Fly Tying material: Zenmai (Fern dubbing)

Fly Tying material: Zenmai (Fern dubbing)

I love the idea of using natural materials on all my flies. Through tenkara I learned about a material most people accustomed to the western fly-tying traditions have never heard...

Tenkara Level Lines and Larger Streams

Tenkara Level Lines and Larger Streams

There has been much discussion about, and a long wait for "the other" line used in tenkara fly-fishing, the tenkara level line. In tenkara, two types of lines are used:...

The Tenkara Experience - New Video

The Tenkara Experience - New Video

We just posted a new video of tenkara fly-fishing on our gallery and also below. As one tenkara angler who watched it put it, this video is a "this is...

Landing fish

Landing fish

Since introducing tenkara to the US one of the most common questions we have received or read on forums regards landing, and safely landing fish with a tenkara rod. If...

"From Barbed Wire to Barbed Hooks"

"From Barbed Wire to Barbed Hooks"

About a month ago I learned about a project called "Manzanar: "From Barbed Wire to Barbed Hooks"...fishing stories from Manzanar". As mentioned on their site, the project is "documenting the...