Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show And, TFM Spotting Pictures
Our booth has been up and running at the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show the last couple of day, and again I have to consider it a wild success! The show,...
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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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Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show
Today we setup our booth at the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show, tomorrow the real fun starts!Daniel has two demonstrations scheduled at this show, one on Saturday at 10:15AM, and one...
Article: "The More You Know The Less You Need"
This article was originally written by Daniel Galhardo for Ryan Jordan, of Backpackinglight.com, with the theme "Pack Less Be More": The More you Know the Less you Need The first...
Image for the day: In Search of Tenkara
A picture I took while in Japan has been receiving a lot of comments on Facebook, so I thought I would share that here today. This image was taken in...
"Tenkara is not dapping" campaign
The most common misconception about tenkara it that it is just dapping - that because the line is tied to the tip of the rod, it is only lowered onto...
Maruhachi - A taste of old Japan in a mountain ryokan
Last May I got to spend 2 months in the Japanese mountain village of Maze, on the shores of the Mazegawa (Maze River). I went exclusively to learn everything I...
Tenkara USA, passionate bloggers and Somerset
"Otsukaresama deshita" can be taken to mean "thank you for being tired", more literally "you are tired", and is usually used to express "good job" after a hard day of...
Tenkara USA at Somerset Fly Fishing Show - Day 1
Wow, what a show this is! Today was the first time we held out own booth at a Fly Fishing show, and the first day at the Somerset Fly Fishing...
Somerset Fly Fishing Show - Setting up
Somerset, NJ Fly Fishing Show, January 27-29: This will be the big one! Not only is Somerset the biggest fly-fishing only show in the world, but Tenkara USA will be having...
Tenkara Photograph of the Day
After the extremely popular post on my interaction with Lefty Kreh, him calling tenkara a fad even as TFO wanted to make their own tenkara rods, and then a recap...
Lefty Kreh, TFO: "Tenkara is a fad"
"Tenkara is a fad and it won't last long", Lefty Kreh, the legendary fly-caster and face for TFO (a fly-fishing company) told me this morning as we walked toward the...
Tenkara at upcoming Fly Fishing Shows
On Thursday I head to the East Coast to participate in a couple of Fly Fishing Shows. Please come by to check out tenkara. And, don't miss the casting demonstrations...
Tenkara Catches On
The current issue of Fly Tyer magazine (Winter 2011) has an article marking a milestone for tenkara in the USA. Morgan Lyle, the author, has been following the tenkara movement...
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As we try to spread the word about tenkara, advertising can be a powerful tool (though not nearly as powerful as you spreading the word to friends and family!). We...
Tenkara at the Denver Fly Fishing Show
Being at the fly-fishing shows has been much more fun than I thought it would be! Originally intimidated by the prospect of participating and introducing tenkara to the large Fly...
Tenkara at The Fly Fishing Show(s)
After 3 years in business we have decided it was time to come out of our shell a bit and get both our feet wet at the Fly Fishing Shows!...