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Tenkara Virginia - clinic with Mossy Creek
Had a wonderful day with Mossy Creek Fly Fishing. Greatly enjoyed the audience who attended the presentation. Did a clinic with a small group, everyone caught some...
Tenkara Tennessee - only about 2 hours, but fun!
Had a very brief stop in Tennessee today. My main destinations on this trip were Rosman, NC, and Harrisonburg, VA. I decided the best way to...
Tenkara NC, Day 2: clinic, a big brown and Iron Man
We had a terrific turnout at today’s clinic at Headwaters Outfitters. The weather was gloomy, rainy, and it is Thursday but that didn’t stop about 30...
Tenkara North Carolina
It is my first time in North Carolina, and I’m loving it. I had been meaning to take this trip for quite sometime to familiarize myself...
Anatomy of a tenkara rod
One of our main goals is to make rods that are unbreakable. We have made improvements and with time are getting better rods. But, the reality...
Equinox, by Paul Vertrees
Story written by Paul Vertrees, Photos by Randall HaynesDriving up an asphalt artery in the dark of a Friday evening, I was trying to shake off the...
Takenobu Music
I love writing stories of serendipity, so it surprised me that I hadn’t shared this one with you yet. Earlier this year I was very focused...
Who puts all the flies in those little vials?
People seem to love the packaging for our flies. They come in a glass vial, with a cork that is branded with our logo. In fact, the...
You just had to be there...
Just have to share an experience I had moments ago, because, well, if not with you, then with whom? It was magical, but you probably had...
Tenkara with the "No Handed Bandit" Not using a reel has its advantages
Tenkara has opened the doors to fly-fishing for a lot of people, and it has proved to be a great conduit for plain old fun, no...
John Geer - Interview
Daniel Galhardo: John, most people we are familiar within the small world of tenkara are those who regularly participate on online forums, write blogs about tenkara, or are...
Tribute Yukihiro Yoshimura
Yukihiro Yoshimura was likely the most skilled tenkara net craftsman the world has ever seen. With over 45 years of experience in making tenkara nets, he...
Joy in Tenkara
This picture was shared with us today by Kirby Wilson (of Freshcatchgyotaku.com). Kirby took his son out to a local stream for his son’s first tenkara lesson. The...
China, Day 4 - Yamame and more
Today is day 4 of spending time with our factories in China. It was a very productive day. Margaret joined me in evaluating working conditions at...
Tenkara China Innovation, the best tenkara rods, and working with China
Written by DanielI have been in China for about 3 days now (5 more to go), following a 2-week long stay in Japan. This tour of...
New: Universal Tenkara Rod Caps
AH! Tenkara rod caps. A necessary evil; a love-and-hate relationship with some; a piece destined to be lost by others. Couldn’t there be a solution that is more...
The Sasaki Kebari Hiroto Sasaki of Sansui shows us his tenkara fly
Today is my last day in Japan. Margaret and I returned to Tokyo yesterday to spend time with some friends before we leave to China tomorrow...
Where tenkara became concrete for me
Just about four years ago, this was the store where I purchased my first tenkara rod, and tenkara became real for me. It is in Yamagata,...
The Fly Tying Kids of Maze
In 2011 I taught a kid in Maze, a village in Gifu, Japan, how to tie tenkara flies. Kyosuke was his name. He really enjoyed the...
Kumazaki Kebari - Tenkara Fly Tying Video Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays
Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays is back? On a Tuesday??? I'll be less US-centric time-wise for this post. By the time the post is up on our...
Shallow riffles for now
There is no way around it, it is very difficult to post about things as they happen when things are happening fast and the days are...
Fishing Kids of the Mazegawa
Today I'd like to share one of the memorable moments of this trip so far that does directly involve my wife or I. It was the...
Fishing Cafe
A few months ago I wrote about the visit of Mr. Endo, editor of the Japanese "Fishing Cafe" magazine. I finally got to browse its pages....
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