This site has limited support for your browser. We recommend switching to Edge, Chrome, Safari, or Firefox.

Cart 0

Use coupon code fishsimply for free US shipping on $100+ orders.

No more products available for purchase

Products
Is this a gift?
Subtotal Free
Shipping, taxes, and discount codes are calculated at checkout

Tenkara Fishing Tips

One more point Angler Etiquette

One more point Angler Etiquette

Upstream or Downstream? The last post was based on the long-held discussion of whether it's better to fish upstream or downstream. Thinking about it, made me discuss a few pragmatical...

Fishing upstream or downstream?

Fishing upstream or downstream?

The long-standing question from a tenkara perspective Many times inspiration for our blog posts comes straight from the great community of tenkara anglers hosted in our forum. In recent days...

Book Review: Tenkara

Book Review: Tenkara

It's official, the first book in English about tenkara has been published! This is the great work of tenkara enthusiasts Kevin C. Kelleher, MD, and Ms. Misako Ishimura, and marks...

Tenkara fly-tying shot with macro lens

Tenkara fly-tying shot with macro lens

Today we have showing the simplicity of tenkara fly-tying. It was shot with a 100mm macro lens in real time, not edited, with the fly being tied beginning to end....

Tenkara fly-tying, large sakasa kebari

Tenkara fly-tying, large sakasa kebari

Tenkara fly-tying, sakasa kebari Demonstration on how to tie a tenkara sakasa kebari (reverse-hackle tenkara fly). This fly is tied on a large, size 8 hook. It is ideal for fishing...

Tenkara Tea and Fly Tying

Tenkara Tea and Fly Tying

One of the reasons I created Tenkara USA is because I really like introducing friends to things that I love, tenkara fly-fishing, tenkara rods, tenkara nets, now tenkara tea! Drinking...

Tenkara techniques: Part 3 (sinking your fly)

Tenkara techniques: Part 3 (sinking your fly)

Think about the origins of tenkara and western fly-fishing. Tenkara was originated by commercial fishermen, whose livelihoods depended on very efficiently and cheaply catching fish. Instead of spending time tying...