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Tenkara Fishing Tips

Tying the Ishigaki kebari

Tying the Ishigaki kebari

Dr. Ishigaki, the most renowned tenkara angler in Japan, shows us that tying tenkara flies can be pretty simple. Tenkara fly patterns come in all shapes, but you don’t need...

Tying the Amano Kebari

Tying the Amano Kebari

One of the most renowned tenkara anglers in Japan, Mr. Katsutoshi Amano shows us how to tie tenkara flies without a vise.Mr. Katsutoshi Amano is one of the most renowned...

Tying the Takayama Tenkara Fly

Tying the Takayama Tenkara Fly

Tenkara fly tying can be pretty easy. Watch this video to learn how to to tie the takayama kebari (tenkara fly), a fly thought to have originated in the area...

Tenkara Summit 2014 - Boulder, CO, Sep 27th

Tenkara Summit 2014 - Boulder, CO, Sep 27th

Tenkara is taking over the town by a storm, being featured in the local Boulder Weekly newspaper  today and all, so this announcement is timely. Tenkara Summit 2014 Registrations for the 4th...

Boulder Weekly

Boulder Weekly

Boulder Weekly, our home newspaper, covered tenkara on May 1st, 2014 as tenkara takes Boulder by a storm. The Tenkara Girls group is also featured in a photograph.

In Search of Tenkara, 3

In Search of Tenkara, 3

The “one fly” concept of tenkara gets challenged.In this video, Tenkara USA founder, Daniel Galhardo, describes his experience fishing a very challenging river, the Eagle River in Colorado, where local...

In Search of Tenkara, 2

In Search of Tenkara, 2

On a 3-day backpacking trip in the backcountry of Colorado, Paul Vertrees, Patrick Smith and Daniel Galhardo get closer to finding “Tenkara”.Tenkara is the Japanese method of fly-fishing that uses...

In Search of Tenkara, 1

In Search of Tenkara, 1

This video was entirely shot, narrated and edited on March 8th, 2013. In this 4 minute video Daniel Galhardo, founder of Tenkara USA, shares a bit of his philosophy on...

Pike on Tenkara USA Ito

Pike on Tenkara USA Ito

We don’t always share news about some of the larger fish people catch with tenkara. After all we are some of the first to admit tenkara is not designed for...

Signs of a Good Season - by Jay Pape

Signs of a Good Season - by Jay Pape

Where I live, spring has just begun to show itself but the fishing season does not begin on my favorite, small streams until late May. That doesn’t keep me from...

TENKARA+ Canyoneering [VIDEO]

TENKARA+ Canyoneering [VIDEO]

One of the messages I want to spread far and wide through tenkara is that you don’t have to be a fisherman to fish, nor do you have to go...

Fishing Among Tenkara Friends

Fishing Among Tenkara Friends

Fishing Among Tenkara Friendsby TJ Ferreira Had a great time this last weekend fishing with some of my tenkara friends. These are friends I have met in the last few...

High Country News / Adventure Journal

High Country News / Adventure Journal

Tienlon Ho writes about the story of Daniel Galhardo taking her niece tenkara fishing in the Sierra Nevada of California. "The basic tenkara cast looks a lot like a Western...