Hiroto Sasaki, Tying a Tenkara Fly Without a Vise
Our favorite thing about this video is the way Mr. Sasaki finishes off his tenkara fly. Watch him tie his fly without a vise, and then the unique technique he...
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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...
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Small Stream Tenkara Fishing in the G.W. National Forest
Written by Brad Trumbo Dust billowed as my buddy Derek and I traveled an old gravel road through western Augusta County, Virginia. An interesting feature of many streams draining the...
Tenkara: Sawtooth mountains trip report
Hi I’m Jen, I help manage the social media for Tenkara USA. I usually hang back behind the scenes, but Daniel has asked me to come on here and give...
Which rod to buy for Sierra tenkara fishing
Tenkara USA had its origins in San Francisco, California. San Francisco is by no means a fly-fishing destination, but that’s where I lived when tenkara came to me. The best...
Which tenkara rod to buy for Colorado: Boulder / Front Range?
Boulder in Colorado is our home, and we fish all the waters around here frequently. Thus this is a good place to start our, “Which tenkara rod to buy for...
Which tenkara rod to use in this area?
We can give two types of answers: a generic “this tenkara rod is ideal for small streams”, “The Ito is ideal for fishing larger streams and rivers”, etc. Or, we...
How to tenkara : All you need to learn to start tenkara fishing (Video)
We have put together a 17 minute video that goes through everything you need to learn to start tenkara fishing.In this How-to tenkara video, I go through every step of...
All About Tenkara Nets
Over the weekend I created my longest video/podcast episode for the Tenkara Cast yet. This time I cover everything about tenkara nets (also known as tenkara “tamo”): where do they come from,...
Tenkara Cast: Covering Water
Please check out a new episode of the Tenkara Cast, in which I discuss my method for covering water, stealth, and fishing in windy conditions. In this episode I also do...
New Episodes of our podcast are now available: How to Find and Explore New Fishing Waters
We are reviving the Tenkara Cast!After a fairly long hiatus from recording the podcast, the recent circumstances we are all facing made me realize that our need to connect is...
A Message from Tenkara USA: Covid19, Warehouse Closure Sale, and more
Due to a potential warehouse closure, we are offering a 30% discount on all our rods and my book to try to move inventory out of our warehouse while we can so that we...
Tenkara+ Social Distancing
Tenkara+ Social Distancing. Tenkara USA.
Tenkara Magazines - Volumes 1, 2, and 3 now available for free here
As you seek some social distancing by staying at home, we are working on bringing some content for your enjoyment.Starting now, we are putting all 3 volumes of the Tenkara...
New product release - 10 years
We don’t release new products very often, but when we do it is because we think they need to be out there. I hope you will enjoy the offerings below....
Tenkara Summit 2019
The 2019 Tenkara Summit, which celebrated our 10th anniversary is now behind us. It was a blast of an event. In the coming days we will try putting out more...
Quick Facts
tenkara The Book Now in its third printing! - Website launch date: April 12, 2009 - Based in Boulder, Colorado (started in San Francisco, moved to Boulder in 2012)...