Scott Hunter of Vedavoo on Tenkara
Scott Hunter created his company, Vedavoo, at around the same time we were starting Tenkara USA. He learned to sew and soon realized there was good demand from tenkara anglers for...
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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...
Tenkara Fishing Tips
Save the Date: Tenkara Summit 2015
Save the Date: the Tenkara Summit 2015 will be held in Estes Park, Colorado on September 19th, 2015.More information, schedule and registrations will be posted on the event page: https://www.tenkarausa.com/summit
Casual Fly-tying
Fly tying can be as simple and spontaneous as one wants it to be.Yesterday I met up with a couple of friends for some wine at their place. As we...
Questions and Answers
Please ask any questions you may have about tenkara. It doesn't matter if it's been answered before, if you're not easily finding it, I'll be happy to answer it here....
Trout Unlimited - 10 Special Places
Trout Unlimited (TU) is an organization we have supported from our inception. Their mission is “to conserve, protect and restore North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.” For over 5 years...
Fly Fishing Guide to Indian Peaks Wilderness
I use all sorts of guide books. Whether for fly-fishing, for hiking a new wilderness area or rock-climbing, they are invaluable resources that will save you a lot of time...
Baltimore Sun
Read story here “Forget about ‘Western’ fly-fishing rods. The new rage around the area is tenkara fishing.” “The most significant advantage of tenkara style is no drag on your fly,”...
Whiskey, beer and tenkara fly-tying
talked about how empty my fly box was starting to look. I have been fly-tying for a long time, as a matter of fact fly-tying is what got me into fly-fishing. But...
6 things about fly-fishing
Before I discovered tenkara I had been fly-fishing for nearly 13 years. I picked up western fly-casting fairly quickly, and because of that I thought I was at least adequate...
Men's Journal Gear
“While tenkara is great for fly-fishing beginners, it can be a revelation for the enthusiast and an opportunity to get away from the overpacking ways that’s popular in the Western style of the sport.”...
My fly box yesterday
Lately I must have been giving too many flies away (and sure, a few were “given” to trees too!). Yesterday I went fishing with some friends and this was what...
Leapfrogs and Ducks
When I started getting into fly-fishing, it was for me a solitary activity. Perhaps I wanted to hide the poor line management and inaccurate casts; or perhaps it’s just that...
Kudo Award - Fly Rod and Reel magazine
The Tenkara USA Rhodo, an adjustable tenkara rod we released earlier this year, just received the “Kudo Award” from renowned author and tenkara angler Dave Hughes and Fly Rod & Reel...
Tenkara Summit 2014 Video
Yesterday I showed you the clip of the crazy dancer starting a movement. In today’s video you can see the tenkara movement happening. Here’s the Tenkara Summit 2014 video.
The Tenkara Movement
Yesterday I wrote a post I titled the “The Tenkara Industry”. It would have been equally apt to title it “The Tenkara Movement”, for that’s what it is. I talked...
The Tenkara Industry
In 2008/2009 I started creating the business of Tenkara USA. The objective was to show people how simple fly-fishing could be by introducing the method of tenkara outside of Japan....