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This weekend Tenkara USA participated at the Marlborough Fly Fishing Show in MA. I got to meet some great folks and the interest in tenkara was superb. From fathers getting...
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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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Baby Name: Tenkara
No, Margaret and I are not about to have a baby. And, no, we’re not talking about baby names yet either. Jason Klass of TenkaraTalk.com just shared this post of someone thinking of...
Using All Your Senses
Written by TJ During my lunch time I enjoy watching fly fishing shows that I have recorded on my DVR. One of those shows is Fly Rod Chronicles with Curtis...
Top 10 posts of 2012
The year is coming to an end, and we’re looking forward to all 2013 will bring. Thought it would be fun to recap the top posts of 2012: 1) “Tenkara...
Inspiration: Natural Bonsai Tour
Every morning since moving to Colorado I have been taking morning hikes with my dog, Yuki. We go to a trail near home, and I’m thrilled that this area provides...
Winter Tip: Leave your Boots Outside = no Didymo
We finally got some snow here in the new Tenkara USA home of Boulder, CO. And, with it, some very cold weather. The low tonight is expected to be a...
Winter Maintenance of my Tenkara Gear
Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Jay Pape at the first Tenkara Summit. Jay works for the National Forest Service out of Bozeman, Montana, and this year I...
To long line or not to long line?
Written by TJ, It seems there are many conversations about tenkara these days about line length. I guess when you have simple form of fly fishing where just a rod,...
12-12-12 goal
I was planning to leave home early today and go fishing, with the goal of catching 12 trout on this day of 12-12-12. Well, I got caught up but hope...
Tenkara USA PAY IT FORWARD SALE
This has been a great year for us here at Tenkara USA. We have far exceeded any expectations in sales and the number of new people taking up tenkara has...
One Fly Thoughts
There is a very good exchange on the Tenkara Anglers page on Facebook about the now famous tenkara approach of using one fly. Tenkara Guide Tom Sadler put some thoughts...
Black Friday Special: Free Shipping
We don't work with the high margins of many retailers, but in this special shopping day we can at least offer you free shipping in the USA (normally $12).
Tenkara USA moving to Boulder, Colorado
It was only 6 months ago where he asked me what my greatest regret was, and I answered “Settling down in a great city that is so far from good...
Sharing Tenkara with a 7-year-old
Written by Daniel I have been sharing some good stuff on our Facebook page and thought I should also share them with you, our loyal blog reader. This post started out as...
Tenkara Flies: Conservative, Moderate, Liberal
Written by Daniel No, this blog is not about to become political. After going through the highly turbulent political times of the election campaigns – phew, so glad that is...
The Story of Vagabox Continues
Written by Daniel Forum user Acheateaux had a brilliant idea: the Vagabox. The Vagabox is a traveling fly box that will be “bringing surprise, intrigue and fishing stoke with it wherever it goes....