Long Line Tenkara
Since the introduction of tenkara outside of Japan, to many people the method has seemed to acquire the meaning of “short-line fly-fishing.” Yet, just like tenkara is not dapping, and...
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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, the ninja fly-fishing?
Now, I'm not crazy about associating tenkara with stereotypical images of Japan (e.g. samurai fishing, martial arts references, etc), but yesterday I ran across the image above on the web...
Tenkara - Post of the Day
We have an incredible resource in this blog, over 100 posts of high-quality content on tenkara. To make sure you don't miss out on great content that we have already...
Tenkaramobile - the new license plates
Just got the new plates for the Tenkaramobile. Can you guess what car it is? The first person to answer what car this license plate is on will receive a...
Tenkara Rod Racks
A couple of weeks ago I was browsing an online forum and saw our good friend Troutrageous! posting a plan for a tenkara rod rack. He is a passionate angler...
A Tenkara Day for Veterans
On this Veteran's day Tenkara USA sends a special thanks for all men and women who have served this country. We have been very proud to fish with you in...
Tenkara net making Setting up for the months ahead
As we near the end of fishing season and I looked for more things to do around here, I saw several branches sitting in the garage and decided it was...
Simplicity The design philosophy of Apple's Jonathan Ive
Like many of other people out there, I'm currently reading Steve Job's biography. It's an incredible story. I decided to read it for numerous reasons: Jobs was a brilliant businessman,...
Colorado Picture roll
Here are some pictures of my recent trip to Colorado, 5 days of tenkara! Although I never fish in lakes, as I hiked past a lake I noticed this Greenback...
Tenkara Tattoo
This was the response Brian Howerton gave me when I asked him about his tattoo. On his very first post to our blog, there was no "hello there", or "is...
My “karma-neutralizer” Saving a bird with my tenkara rod
There are several things I want to write about following our trip to Montana. I could write about the 17" rainbow I caught when no one had caught anything bigger...
LearnTenkara.com A great new website
Launched this week, by filmmaker Brian Flemming and his assistant Ashley, is an exciting new website to check out. Their website is a content-rich, independent resource that somewhat follows Brian's...
Iwana sashimi
Even those who really like Japanese food and enjoy eating slices of raw fish, known as sashimi, are often surprised to learn that trout can also make awesome sashimi. This...
Tenkara rod plugs
A combination of post-trip lack of inspiration, moving to a new house/office and adopting a new high-energy dog have kept me completely away from writing on this blog. To the...
A few last images from Japan
Back from an incredible 2-month journey through Japan, where I went in search of tenkara. The experiences I had were nothing short of "tenkara", as in "from heaven". It's as...
Meeting one of the old tenkara masters Ishimaru Shotaro
Spending nearly 2 months in Japan has opened up opportunities to meet people I never have thought I'd be able to. Last week I had an incredible encounter with 89-year old...