Manzanar Fishing Club (Movie)
Quite sometime ago we talked about the beginnings of a fascinating film project, the Manzanar Fishing Club. This project documents the stories and history of Japanese and Japanese Americans who...
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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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George Elliott Gregory, first mention of tenkara?
Following my post on the first record of tenkara by Sir Ernest Satow, I received a response from Kevin Kelleher, author of the book Tenkara: Radically Simple, Ultralight Fly Fishing....
First records of Tenkara
The original tenkara angler was generally illiterate, and truth-be-told, not at all interested in making a record of his time fishing. It took a British diplomat, spending time in Japan,...
Tenkara lessons from 6-year old Jack
On my last post I said the off-topic post would not set the precedent to talking about funny cats. But, I could not have predicted the future. In this hillarious...
Wasatch Fly Fishing Expo
This weekend we participated at the Wasatch Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Expo. It was very much a last minute decision to attend. The Tenkara Guides of Utah were participating,...
Camera phone microscope: optical lens for you entomologists
For the first time I'll be taking the liberty to talk about something that is not totally related to tenkara, but which I think you'll enjoy, and which may have...
Revisited: Tenkara in the hands of UK's great anglers
Originally posted on October 22nd, 2009. A look at Tenkara in the hands of some of the great names of fly-fishing in the UK. Great picture by Mr. Peter Lapsley....
Tenkara Idaho - The clinic, landing fish and the photos
Idaho has been awesome and I can't wait to visit other states spreading tenkara. Utah in April and July (at the Tenkara Summit), Oregon in May and maybe your state...
Tenkara Week - Idaho
This is Tenkara Week - Idaho. For quite sometime I have thought of coming to Idaho, it just never seemed to work out in the past. Then, recently a very...
The Fly Fish Journal sneak
It's been a long time coming, and I have been anxiously waiting for these to come out. We finally received our copies of the latest issue of The Fly Fish...
Tenkara Knots - Back to the basics
At recent weeks I have had a chance to spend time with a lot of people who have been doing tenkara for sometime, and others who are completely new to...
New Tenkara bamboo Fly Box
UPDATE: Contest Winner(s) at the end of the post What does tenkara mean to you? (Contest) There are a couple of tenkara contests going around at the moment, like the...
Midcurrent features interview with Tenkara USA founder
Anthony Naples, who runs the blog Casting Around, interviewed me for a feature on the website Midcurrent.com. You're probably tired of hearing my story, but Anthony's questions are good and could only...
Tenkara Guides of Utah on the news!
The guys from Tenkaraguides.com, Erik Ostrander, John Vertelli, and Rob Worthing, marked a new milestone for tenkara's introduction in the US by appearing at the TV program KSL Outdoors with...
Pasadena Fly Fishing Show Bad jokes, a good story, and a phenomenal show
The Pasadena Fly Fishing Show is over, and we consider it another great success thanks to the kind and energetic help of Rick and Sherry Setina, two passionate tenkara customers...
Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show Recap
The Pleasanton show ended yesterday, took me about a day to recover. What a show! For tenkara, this was the apex of the fly fishing show season, and the beginning...