Japan, Day 3 and 4: Gyotaku, Museum tenkara rod
By the title of this post, you know there is something disgusting to come, and I'll save that for the end. The last couple of days...
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Japan, Day 2: Intro to Telescopic Rods and Tenkara Rods
Yesterday several of you requested to learn more about the different telescopic rods available in Japan. There is an incredible variety of fixed-line methods of fishing...
Japan, day 1: Tea, Hachiko, and Telescopic rods
Margaret and I decided to sit-out the 90 degree heat at a cafe, after an enjoyable day in Tokyo. It was an easy day, beginning with...
Japan Revisited - In Search of Tenkara?
Tomorrow morning I will be heading to Japan for my 4th visit. It is part of a journey I have so far called "my search for...
Show award Tenkara USA IFTD
Written by Daniel Tenkara USA was just awarded a "Best of Show" award at the International Fly Tackle Dealer show (IFTD)!!! Wohooo! We received the prize...
Tenkara & Project Healing Waters
written by JasonThis weekend, I was invited to give a tenkara demo to a group of soldiers from Project Healing Waters. If you're not familiar with...
Yvon Chouinard and Craig Mathews host new show featuring tenkara
Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia, and Craig Mathews of Blue Ribbon Flies (one of our dealers) host the TV show American Fly Guide with Yvon fishing with...
Trout Hangouts: Waterfall Pools
Written by Jason"Trout Hangouts" is an ongoing series in which I highlight one specific element or structure of a river, stream, creek, or lake where trout...
Tenkara Hit Vision DVD Review
written by JasonI finally had a chance to sit down and watch this DVD. I had first heard about it back in January but never got...
Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays: Masami Tanaka's Flies
In a recent post, I wrote about some of the flies I got from the Tenkara Summit. One of the featured tiers was Japanese tenkara angler...
Cops Crash Tenkara Tea Ceremony
written by JasonNever in a million years would I guess that a peaceful streamside tea ceremony would draw the attention of local law enforcement, but the...
Trout Hangouts: Rock Walls
written by Jason“Trout Hangouts” is an ongoing series in which I highlight one specific element or structure of a river, stream, creek, or lake where trout...
Tenkara Flies From the Summit
written by JasonThe flies were flying at this year's summit with anglers generously opening their fly boxes to share some of their favorite patterns with other...
Ishigaki Style Wooden Tenkara Line Spool
written by JasonThere were many unique tenkara items up for auction at this year's Tenkara Summit and I was determined to come home with at least...
Tenkara Fly Tying DVD Now Available Here
written by JasonThe first in a series of tenkara fly tying videos is now available on the Tenkara USA website. If you're just getting into tenkara...
Improve your Tenkara Casting Accuracy with a Fun Game
written by JasonJeremy (aka adventureR) posted about a fun game he calls Knothead Trout. It's not only fun, but is a great way to improve casting...
The Tenkara Summit crew
A big thanks to the entire crew that helped out at this weekends Tenkara Summit!
Tenkara summit day 2
Day 2 of Tenkara Summit is on, quick lunch break.
Some Pre-Tenkara Summit Fishing
Written by DanielThe idea for a Tenkara Summit originated last year, when Dr. Ishigaki saw pictures of a trip I took to Montana and told me...
Tenkara Summit, Salt Lake City Press Release
Tenkara Anglers Hold Convention in Salt Lake City For Immediate Release Salt Lake City, Utah - Practitioners of a Japanese style of fly fishing called “tenkara”...
A Tenkara Summit Checklist
written by JasonWith the 2012 Tenkara Summit only a few days away, I’m starting to think of what I’ll be taking. Of course, there is the...
Fly Box (Dis-)Organization
written by JasonBack when I “matched the hatch” and carried various stages of each species of insect, my fly boxes were the epitome of organization. Each...
Palmered Flies for Tenkara
Written by JasonDaniel has been posting a lot of flies from tenkara anglers in Japan over on the Tenkara USA Facebook page lately (click here to...
Featured tenkara flies from Japan
For a couple of weeks we have been posting numerous interesting tenkara fly patterns on our Facebook page - daily. Many of these were tied by Mr....
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