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Tenkara Fishing Tips

Sanpei cartoon, tenkara episodes

Sanpei cartoon, tenkara episodes

It's been a while since I have written anything on tenkara in this blog. To be honest, unless there is something I really feel like I need to share I...

Freeing stuck segments

Freeing stuck segments

While Dr. Ishigaki was visiting he showed us a very cool method for freeing two segments that are stuck on a tenkara rod (or any telescopic rod). It's very simple,...

Tenkara nets now available

Tenkara nets now available

I have said it before and will say it again, I have fallen in love with tenkara nets for stream fishing. After a lot of requests for us to offer...

One fly - Doubt and Confidence

One fly - Doubt and Confidence

Ever since getting into the discipline of using one fly pattern/style only, with no great concern for choosing the "right" fly, but rather focusing proper fishing technique (presentation and manipulation...

Tenkara Ouji

Tenkara Ouji

For the last several years the sport of fly-fishing has been threatened by decline, primarily attributed to young kids not taking up their parent's and grandparent's most soothing activity.  As more...

Tenkara USA featured in Japanese magazine

Tenkara USA featured in Japanese magazine

This month Tenkara USA is being featured in the Japanese fly-fishing magazine, Fly Rodders. Fly Rodders is one of the leading magazines on fly-fishing in Japan. The mention is very...

A conversation with Ishigaki sensei

A conversation with Ishigaki sensei

After knowing Ishigaki sensei for about a year and having  had many communications with him via email, and after spending several days talking and fishing with him while visiting Japan,...

Manzanita tenkara net

Manzanita tenkara net

Today I completed my first own tenkara net. It's made of one manzanita branch, found after much looking and worked on for over a month. The end of the handle...

Tenkara tamo, the experiment continued!

Tenkara tamo, the experiment continued!

I have been having tons of fun searching for the appropriate branches and then embarking on the adventure of making my own tenkara tamo (tenkara nets). As stated, I have...

Tenkara for veterans

Tenkara for veterans

Fly-fishing is one of the most therapeutic activities around, and tenkara's simplicity perhaps even more so. Since the inception of Tenkara USA, we have been approached and supported numerous organizations...

Tenkara flies analyzed by Fujioka-sensei

Tenkara flies analyzed by Fujioka-sensei

While we subscribe to the theory that fishing is extremely simple, and that a person can successfully fish with one fly pattern, whatever pattern they choose, we also really like tenkara flies....