Tenkara Diaries: Trout, Carp, Bluegills and Bass
Tenkara was a gift from heaven, it perfectly matched the type of water I love most: mountain streams. But, there is plenty of good waters very close to home that...
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Exploring Fall Tenkara Fishing in the Northern Rockies
Fall is a beautiful time of year in the northern Rockies, but for me, it’s always been a little overrated in terms of fishing. Yes, it can be a great...
Tenkara Fishing Tips
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Tenkara [Carp] Diaries, May 28th
Carp fishing with tenkara. It has been done before but I figured it was the time I went out and personally tested our rods with them. Yesterday I spotted a...
Fly angler describes his first experience with tenkara
A few weeks ago I arrived back home from a fishing trip. I got home at night time. As I removed stuff from the back of the car I noticed...
Tenkara Diaries, May 23rd 2013
A quick, 1 minute video of today’s outing with my wife and our dog.Watch in HD, click the gear icon and select 1080!
Look Both Ways Before You Cross The Road River
Look Both Ways Before You Cross The Road Riverby TJ Ferreira Remember that old saying that your mother would tell you,”make sure you look both ways before you cross the road”? I...
Tenkara Summits and Bucket Lists
by TJ Ferreira I feel blessed to have attended all 3 Tenkara Summits and #3 in Virginia was a blast. As this blog is being typed, I am just starting...
Interesting Tenkara Photos on Picasa
I have been using Picasa for storing and sharing our photos for a long time. At first it was a handy way to organize the photos on my computer, and eventually I...
Tenkara Summit Photography
Every event needs a good photographer. We have been very lucky to get professional photographers to attend all of our Tenkara Summits and memorialize the event in superb photos. This...
Tenkara Diaries, May 13 Tactics to catch a lot of fish in the Virginia Mountains
John, TJ and I went tenkara fly-fishing in the Virginia mountains yesterday. We were looking for the beautiful brook trout found in those parts and certainly found some. Pretty fish....
Brookies are awesome
Yesterday, with the Tenkara Summit behind us, TJ, John and I headed to the Virginia mountains in search of brook trout. Brookies were on TJ’s bucket list. Beautiful fish, and...
Tenkara Summit 2013 Shirts Available
We sold out of the Tenkara Summit 2013 shirts very quickly today, so, here it is if anyone is interested in purchasing them. To make things quick (we’re posting this...
Tenkara Summit 2013 - LIVE
Photos from the Tenkara Summit, in Harrisonburg, VA. A blast. Great vibes.
Tenkara Summit 2013 this weekend
The third annual Tenkara Summit is just a couple of days away now! We hope to see you there this weekend. Here’s an overview of the event, and some FAQs:...
Tenkara fly collection slideshow
Here is a slideshow of the majority of my collection of tenkara flies. Most of these flies were gifts from tenkara anglers in Japan, and a large part of this...
A Good Quote on Tenkara, from 1890
“To an English eye the native [Japanese] method of fly-fishing will be rude; but it is justified by its results.” – Basil Hall Chamberlain in “Things Japanese”, 1890
Fish Sign Language - How trout communicate
It has just been discovered that some fish use a kind of sign language to help others hunt. So, I decided to investigate the footage I have been capturing over...