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My Journey into Tenkara
I’m Amanda, but everyone may already know me as @LadyTenkaraBum on Instagram. I dubbed myself LTB within the past year and boy has it been an eye-opening...
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Techniques, gear, flies and places to fish, from more than fifteen years of tenkara on the water.
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Tenkara Fishing Yellowstone National Park
Tenkara fishing Yellowstone National Park can be a very enjoyable experience if you’re up for it, but planning ahead is key. Here’s what you need to...
Fishing simply
June 2021 – As we drove down the canyon following a stream, my friend Val and I couldn’t help but notice how much gear everyone was wearing to...
No Lines Attached - Become The Kebari - Tenkara Fly Fishing
Written by TJ FerreiraSitting at a nice warm spot in the sun, taking a breather next to a very small creek many moons ago, I was...
Countdown to Spring Tenkara Fishing
Hey everyone, happy March. Can you believe there’s only a couple more weeks until the official first day of Spring on March 20th?! The days are getting...
Winter Fly-Fishing for Rainbows on the Urban Landscape
Written by Brad Trumbo February 7th, 2021. It had been one year to the day that I stood downstream of the rusty, graffiti-tagged rail bridge on...
2020 Retrospective: Tenkara in the Present
Written by Daniel Galhardo It’s a bit of a coincidence that I was in the middle of writing a blog post with a similar theme on...
Your Guide To Winter Tenkara Fishing
Your Guide to Winter Tenkara Fishing Written by Jen Kugler Hansen While some anglers seem to have gone into hibernation and are sitting at their fly-tying vices this time of...
Tenkara Pocket Water in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains
Written by Joel St. Marie Local water travels from many places on the Eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Small creeks from the headwaters above...
New Video: 10 Tips for Tenkara Fishing
Whenever we put a tenkara rod in someone’s hands, it seems like the tips we share on how to use the rods are the same. So,...
Sticking to the Familiar Is All We Really Need
Whole wheat bread with a glob of peanut butter on one side and a wash of jelly on the other. PBJ’s never let you down. Adding...
Tenkara Rods for Beginners and more! Browse tenkara gear based on your needs
We hope you’re enjoying our new website! This year we have been working on improving the way we present you the tenkara gear and content that...
Technique
Tenkara Rod Care and Maintenance
Proper care of your tenkara rod will ensure it performs well and decrease chances of the rod breaking. Here’s how to care for your tenkara rod....
Tenkara Fishing Rocky Mountain National Park, Boulder Creek and Beyond
Tenkara Community Submitted Content Written by Cheri Felix To be honest, I just started fishing a few months ago. I used to know the exact number...
Reading water
Finding the Perfect Tenkara Water
In some sort of unwritten understanding amongst the angling crowd, a tenkara-toting fisher is often considered a “do-it-yourselfer” – an artist and an angler. Being...
How to tie tenkara flies: The Ishigaki Kebari
How to tie tenkara flies: The Ishigaki Kebari™ Materials: 1) Size 12 hook (this can vary according to preference, size 12 is the one Ishigaki uses...
My favorite tenkara tip: dealing with tangled tenkara lines
The most appreciated tenkara tip we share with people might also be the shortest and simplest. When we are learning how to cast with tenkara, it...
Troubleshooting Your Tenkara Cast
Troubleshooting the Tenkara Cast: Learn how to make your casting with a tenkara rod better An excerpt from tenkara – the book I have noticed a few...
Casting
Tenkara Casting Tips
One does not have to go to summer camp or learn physics to learn how to fly cast, at least not with tenkara. Tenkara casting is...
What we go through to catch trout
“Well, I guess we will find out if the rope is long enough.” I was standing on the edge of a cliff with Steve Conrad looking...
The Most Popular Tenkara Rods
Over the years we have worked on a number of tenkara rod concepts. Most of them are still around, due to their popularity with tenkara anglers....
Catch & Release
CATCH AND RELEASE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES by Jack Williams An excerpt from the Tenkara Magazine 2015 One of the true joys of fishing is not only...
Mr. Yoshida ties a Kenbane tenkara fly
Mr. Takashi Yoshida is an innovative fly tyer based in Japan. Here he shows how to tie a tenkara fly using the Alula feather of a pheasant,...
Tenkara Lake Fishing in the Indian Peaks Wilderness
Written by Oliver Smith Living in Lyons, Colorado is a wonderful thing. Walking two blocks to the St. Vrain river to drop a fly in the...
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