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Tenkara Fishing Tips

Tenkara Takeover - Boulder Creek

Tenkara Takeover - Boulder Creek

How much fun would it be to have a bunch of tenkara anglers show up in mass with their tenkara rods in hand at a tenkara-perfect mountain stream that is...

Tenkara rod plug holder

Tenkara rod plug holder

Our friend and tenkara enthusiast Aaron “Tye” shared a cool DIY idea for keeping track of your rod plug. He cut a small piece of bamboo, drilled the node off...

3 Myths about Fly-fishing with a Reel

3 Myths about Fly-fishing with a Reel

You can reach everywhere: People must assume that because they have a lot of line in their reels that it will give them unlimited reach. But, first we should keep in...

Cuttbow  on tenkara

Cuttbow on tenkara

This weekend I hiked up to the high country, exploring the headwaters of one of my favorite local streams. The characteristic of the water changed dramatically, becoming steep, tumbling and...

DEALERS-ONLY SALE

DEALERS-ONLY SALE

Tenkara USA is running a special dealers-only sale on the Ayu II and 11 ft Iwana. The rods will be on sale through our dealers for $125 (regular price is $169.95 for...

Grayling on Tenkara

Grayling on Tenkara

Just got on the road for the 6-hour drive back to Anchorage, Alaska, from 3-days of fishing with veterans of Project Healing Waters. I’ll be writing a full trip report...

Tenkara USA on Vimeo

Tenkara USA on Vimeo

One more social vimeo networking blog for you to try, and we're having a surprising amount of fun with this 6-second video app.Here are the "Vines" we have created recently:How...

Tenkara USA Dealers Network

Tenkara USA Dealers Network

The Tenkara USA Dealer network is expanding. We have had a long backlog of dealers interested in carrying our gear since we started, but I have deliberately taken this process...

Tenkara Tattoo 5: Chris Fahrenbruch

Tenkara Tattoo 5: Chris Fahrenbruch

Tattoos are permanent and, as it’s become obvious, so is the passion anglers feel for tenkara.Today we learned of the 5th person to get a tenkara tattoo, Chris Fahrenbruch. Chris...

Wata kebari  - Cottonwood fly

Wata kebari - Cottonwood fly

Fly tying can be a wonderful hobby in itself. But since I have  personally embraced a philosophy in which the fly pattern is not all that important, it has been...

In Search of Tenkara, story

In Search of Tenkara, story

Slightly over a year ago I wrote about my experience spending 2 months in a village in Japan exclusively to learn more about tenkara. It was published in the Fly Fish...

NEW Tenkara Level Lines now available

NEW Tenkara Level Lines now available

New Tenkara Level Lines now available in 2 colors and 3 different weights. We have been working with the manufacturer in Japan for about a year to come up with...