"A Boy, a Bus, Tenkara" by TJ Ferreira
TJ, the man in charge of customer service here at Tenkara USA, is a Volkswagen Bus aficionado. He put together this neat video of him going to visit a pond...
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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 Diaries 3 - April 13, 2013
Had a fun day of fishing yesterday on the Big Thompson, outside of Estes Park. One of the highlights of the day was a group of rams butting heads on...
Tenkara Diaries 2 - April 11, 2013
Headed out for a phenomenal afternoon of tenkara fishing. Carried a prototype tenkara rod I’m working on, tenkara line and two tenkara flies I tied before heading out. Shot entirely...
Tenkara Diaries - April 10, 2013
Now that I’m nearer streams, I decided to record more of the experiences I’m having out there. Some may be just a quick recap of what I experienced, others may...
Tenkara Guides' TROutreach
The Tenkara Guides’ TROutreach (Tenkara Recreational Outreach) is featured in the March/April issue of InMotion magazine! Erik, John and Rob of the TenkaraGuides.com are doing a terrific job in bringing adaptive tenkara...
My new "One Knot": Double-loop slip knot Tippet to fly
After 2 decades of using an improved clinch to tie my fly to tippet, I decided to give a new knot a real try. This knot was taught to me by Dr....
Took our limit today
Just returned from a good fishing trip with Denver Dobbins, Karel Lansky and Graham Moran. A terrific day on the water. We took home our limit, as seen on the...
The Last Commercial Tenkara Angler - Bunpei Sonehara
For quite sometime I have known about the story of Mr. Bunpei Sonehara, who is largely considered to have been the last commercial tenkara angler in Japan. He recorded his...
Tenkara flies map
I’ve been working on a project that will take me a while to complete, I actually started it almost two years ago, inspired by My Best Mountain Streams – Yoshikazu...
Tenkara angler experience: 6lb Bass on Tenkara USA rod
Maybe we should start featuring more of the images our customers share with us in their experiences with tenkara. The one that Larry Yien, the legendary archer, just shared with us...
Tenkara Video Contest Submission
Ashton Chatelain of “Hints of Emergence Tenkara has submitted a good entry to the Tenkara Summit Video Contest. Sure, it is taking a slight jab at the pointless “what is tenkara?” discussions,...
Luke Uyeda, Product Designer Newest addition to the Tenkara USA team
(Daniel): Tenkara USA is entering a new era. From the beginning I feel the company has followed the intended vision for its timeline. On our first year in business (2009)...
Yesterday's tenkara photos
It snowed almost 10 inches here overnight and the snow continues to fall. As I shoveled the driveway, my next-door neighbor asked me “how do you like Colorado [now]?”I love...
"Dream Homework"
Yesterday I took 10-year old Sofi tenkara fishing for her first time. She emailed me last week to ask if I could teach her tenkara for her “Dream Homework” assignment....
Read Tenkara Article in the Big Sky Journal
The Big Sky Journal is featuring a nice story on tenkara this month, written by Chad Hanson. You can read the article in its entirety on their website Tenkara Article in Big Sky Journal.
My office is in a stream
This week we’re holding our first company retreat. The Tenkara USA team is mostly virtual and we don’t always get to see each other and talk in person, so I...