Allen Seagraves - Colorado
Allen Seagraves has been an avid promoter of tenkara in the Boulder area of Colorado. He decided to become one of a growing number of tenkara guides in the state...
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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
Boulder Creek Cleanup
If you’re anywhere near Boulder, Colorado, mark your calendar for the first annual Boulder Creek Cleanup and Cookout, put together by Tenkara USA dealer Rocky Mountain Anglers. There will be some...
Shinrin yoku - a trip report
I love how the Japanese have terms like “shower climbing” and “forest bathing”. The second, forest bathing, or shinrin yoku, is a new one to me, but it has been one...
Tenkara net making with kids
Tenkara net making may be a good summer activity for kids. But, it’s probably best to start early because of the long drying period – though you can get away...
Let Children Tenkara
We often underestimate kids and what they can do on their own. At least I think I do, and sometimes I forget what I was doing as a kid too....
Quick tip: Spiral line around rod
Quick tip for the day, when walking around in relatively but not completely open terrain with your tenkara rod, spiral the tenkara line around the rod (rather than forming a...
Why Mossy Creek Fly Fishing
Brian and Colby Trow own the Mossy Creek Fly Fishing shop in Harrisonburg, Virginia. They saw the opportunity in carrying tenkara at their shop very early on, embracing it to the extent...
TENKARA+ Family
This is a guest post kindly provided by a tenkara enthusiast about tenkara and his time with his family. Enjoy it! I sure did. By Adam Dailey-McIlrath I love living...
Blame the equipment
We always say that tenkara is much more about the experience rather than gear. I suppose we mean that literally in every way.The other day I was talking to a...
Denver Post, June 8th 2014
Tenkara “fad” hitting its stride in Colorado’s high-country streams, writes Scott Willoughby on his second piece for the Denver Post.
Interview with Adam Trahan
Over the years Adam Trahan produced good content about tenkara, particularly in the form of interviews, on his website tenkara-fisher.com. But, while he’s often been the interviewer Adam has not...
Dave Hughes "Trout from Small Streams" (Book)
Dave Hughes’ Trout from Small Streams has been a popular book since 2003. In its second edition, release in 2014, Dave updates the book with a 21-page chapter devoted to...
"Trout from Small Streams"
Today I received a copy of the new edition (2nd) of his book “Trout from Small Streams”, a classic book that certainly helped inspire my love for small mountain streams and...
Tenkara Rod Tip Field Repair
Even I can find myself with a broken tenkara rod tip in need of repair. The odds implied that it was bound to happen. After about 6 years of tenkara...
Dave Dirks - New York
Dave was stung with the Tenkara bug in 2009 and has enjoyed catching trout on his favorite Catskill trout streams ever since. Dave is a licensed NYS professional fishing guide...
Tenkara Care testimonial
The words below are one of the nicest testimonials about how our Tenkara Care program is ensuring customers use our rods more often than any other, because they know we...