The Proverbial Last Cast (with tenkara)
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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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Tenkara USA Dealers Network
The Tenkara USA Dealer network is expanding. We have had a long backlog of dealers interested in carrying our gear since we started, but I have deliberately taken this process...
Tenkara Tattoo 5: Chris Fahrenbruch
Tattoos are permanent and, as it’s become obvious, so is the passion anglers feel for tenkara.Today we learned of the 5th person to get a tenkara tattoo, Chris Fahrenbruch. Chris...
Wata kebari - Cottonwood fly
Fly tying can be a wonderful hobby in itself. But since I have personally embraced a philosophy in which the fly pattern is not all that important, it has been...
In Search of Tenkara, story
Slightly over a year ago I wrote about my experience spending 2 months in a village in Japan exclusively to learn more about tenkara. It was published in the Fly Fish...
NEW Tenkara Level Lines now available
New Tenkara Level Lines now available in 2 colors and 3 different weights. We have been working with the manufacturer in Japan for about a year to come up with...
Look Both Ways Before You Cross The Road River
Look Both Ways Before You Cross The Road Riverby TJ Ferreira Remember that old saying that your mother would tell you,”make sure you look both ways before you cross the road”? I...
Tenkara Summits and Bucket Lists
by TJ Ferreira I feel blessed to have attended all 3 Tenkara Summits and #3 in Virginia was a blast. As this blog is being typed, I am just starting...
Interesting Tenkara Photos on Picasa
I have been using Picasa for storing and sharing our photos for a long time. At first it was a handy way to organize the photos on my computer, and eventually I...
Brookies are awesome
Yesterday, with the Tenkara Summit behind us, TJ, John and I headed to the Virginia mountains in search of brook trout. Brookies were on TJ’s bucket list. Beautiful fish, and...
Tenkara Summit 2013 Shirts Available
We sold out of the Tenkara Summit 2013 shirts very quickly today, so, here it is if anyone is interested in purchasing them. To make things quick (we’re posting this...
Tenkara fly collection slideshow
Here is a slideshow of the majority of my collection of tenkara flies. Most of these flies were gifts from tenkara anglers in Japan, and a large part of this...
A Good Quote on Tenkara, from 1890
“To an English eye the native [Japanese] method of fly-fishing will be rude; but it is justified by its results.” – Basil Hall Chamberlain in “Things Japanese”, 1890
Fish Sign Language - How trout communicate
It has just been discovered that some fish use a kind of sign language to help others hunt. So, I decided to investigate the footage I have been capturing over...
Tenkara Colorado Grand Slam
Today I started fishing near Aspen, Colorado, after giving a presentation in the area yesterday. In the morning I headed out with a group and caught some beautiful rainbows, mostly...
Iwana = "Rock Fish"
This is the photo of a Japanese char, the Iwana, which I took on one of my trips to Japan. Iwana translates roughly as “rock fish”. Aptly I caught this guy on the Tenkara...