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...
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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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Tenkara reaches Finland Interview with Tenkara USA founder
Finnish blogger and ultralight backpacker Hendrik Morkel, of the site "Hiking in Finland", conducted a good interview with Tenkara USA founder, Daniel Galhardo (yes, that's me, and another "ego boosting"...
Studying Japanese Another book post
In just about 3 months I will be heading to Japan to learn the intricacies of tenkara. For 2 months I will be living in a fairly remote village, by...
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...
Field & Stream Fly Talk by Kirk DeeterFly Trends for 2011
Kirk Deeter and Tim Romano at the Fly Talk blog by Field & Stream magazine were some of the first to tell their readers about tenkara fly-fishing [though they have...
The creation of a new product categoryTenkara fly-fishing in a graph
Tenkara USA created a brand new category, a new market, in the fly-fishing industry: tenkara (you may also call it "simpler fly-fishing", "mountain stream fly-fishing" and a "great fly-fishing method...
Talking of tenkara flies... Tenkara flies analyzed
Some people consider winter the fly-tying season, thus our recent posts on tenkara fly-tying. With the very large number of new tenkara adopters and readers of our blog since this...
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, 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
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 rod, Iwana redesignFeedback from tenkara masters
While Tenkara USA is a fully independent company with no commercial ties with a Japanese company, we are very fortunate to have established very strong relationships with tenkara masters in...
Live interview for Japanese radio 東京ラジオ局J-Wave ・テンカラのインタビュー
I have suspected that the popularization of tenkara in the US would help create even more interest for tenkara fly-fishing in Japan. Today, Tenkara USA founder and CEO (yes, me,...
Tenkara techniques: Landing fish with long lines
Sometimes to improve our technique we must watch examples of how something should not be done. Yesterday a video showing a tenkara angler in Japan using a very long line...
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...
Tenkara techniques: Part 2 (not swinging a fly)
Two of the main goals to fly-fishing technique are attracting a fish, and getting the fish to actually take the fly. Dr. Ishigaki and other anglers in Japan have done...
Tenkara techniques: Part 1 (drag-free drift)
A post on tenkara fishing techniques has been long overdue. I have written many times about how relying on technique instead of fly patterns and additional gear is a good...