The practical tenkara fly
Written by Daniel Ishimaru Shotaro, an 89 year old tenkara angler in Japan, offered to give me some of his tenkara flies. He opened the box and out came an...
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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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Trout Hangouts: Bridges
Written by Jason "Trout Hangouts" is an ongoing series in which I highlight one specific element or structure of a river, stream, creek, or lake where trout like to hold...
How to Fish in Chocolate Milk: Tips for Fishing High, Muddy Rivers
Written by Jason It happens to all of us at some point in our fly fishing career: You travel to a stream all full of hope and optimism along the...
Tenkara: No Entomology Required
Written by Jason Where I grew up, knowing aquatic entomology was considered just as much of a necessary skill in fly fishing as casting. In fact, being able to identify...
Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays The Mamushi Kebari - Snake-skin tenkara fly
Written by Daniel Back in 2010 I wrote about the Mamushi-kebari, or "the snake-skin tenkara fly". Mr. Hirata is the person who either invented it or at least became known...
Press Release: Orvis to Sell Tenkara USA gear
Some very exciting news and a huge milestone for the introduction of tenkara outside of Japan: Orvis, the 156-year old fly-fishing company starts carrying our equipment today! That's an incredible...
Advantages of Zoom Rods
Written by Jason Anyone who has followed my writing probably already knows that my tenkara rod of choice is the Tenkara USA Ito. First and foremost, I love the action...
7lb brown trout on Tenkara
Written by Daniel In his website Ryan Jordan says of tenkara, "If you think roping a bull in a cattle chute with a piece of dental floss sounds totally cool,...
Tenkara Tattoo: 2
I never thought I'd have a follow up to a post I did almost a year ago about someone who got so into tenkara that he got some ink on...
Reaching and holding a fish - not like an eagle.
Written by Daniel My wife and I were reviewing pictures from a recent fishing trip we took with two friends who are new to fly-fishing. I mentioned how it was...
Is Terminal Tackle Killing your Versatility?
Written by Jason After recently rewatching Ralph Cutter's excellent Bugs of the Underworld DVD, I came to three conclusions: Nymphs are more buoyant than I thought Nymphs move more...
The Story of the Vagabox
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...
Tenkara USA Rods - A Liquid Asset
"A liquid asset has some or all of the following features. It can be sold rapidly, with minimal loss of value, any time within market hours." Source: Wikipedia. It is...
Tenkara Fish Catch Secrets
Written by Jason Many people have claimed that switching to tenkara has helped them catch more fish. Some have even described it as “magical”. I’ll leave it up to you...
The Tenkara Guide Network™
From our inception we have been approached by numerous clients asking where/with whom they could learn more about tenkara. As a result, and in collaboration with The Tenkara Guides of...
Traditional Tenkara Lines
I normally fish tenkara level lines, but today, something possessed me to dig up my traditional tenkara line and give it a workout. "Traditional" may not be 100% accurate as...