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Techniques, gear, flies and places to fish, from more than fifteen years of tenkara on the water.
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Tenkara USA Rhodo
By Daniel Galhardo Ever since the release of the first 12-foot long tenkara rod in the US there have been requests for a 9-foot tenkara rod to...
Tenkara USA Ito
The Ito By the end of 2009, the year I started Tenkara USA, I was offering 3 tenkara rods at tenkarausa.com (and a couple of variations...
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Interview Transcript with John Gierach
Adam: John, thank you for allowing me this interview. I’ve read your new book; “All Fishermen Are Liars” and I really enjoyed it however I would like...
Eating Fish Shioyaki Style
by Daniel Galhardo I will occasionally eat fish when I’m out. Killing fish, and eating them seem to be a part of the human instinct. I’m...
Tenkara Lifestyle: Lightweight Travel Tips
It has been some years now since I’ve learned about tenkara, an efficient form of mountain stream fishing. Through my experiences using this simple, old style...
One simple way to finish tying a fly
In 2012, I filmed tenkara angler Hiroto Sasaki tying a fly in Tokyo, Japan. And, as it always happens when watching someone tying a fly, I learned a...
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Tenkara Rod Breakages
Since Tenkara USA was founded in 2009, we’ve heard a lot of different stories of rod breakage from our customers. Some of these are pretty obvious,...
Tenkara USA Sato
Tenkara was already getting established in the US for a couple of years, and by then I had heard the question: “what rod length should I...
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Interview with Mike Willis
I asked Mike to sit for this interview with me based on a small group of anglers that I have been following from afar in...
Interview with Thomas "TJ" Ferreira
by Adam Trahan I already have meet TJ (online) from my own web site and Tenkara USA circles. He is a super nice guy and I want to start...
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Reflections on the 2017 Tenkara USA Summit
It has been more than a week now and I’ve had a chance to digest my experience at the Tenkara USA 2017 Summit. Meeting Daniel, Margaret...
Tenkara Summit 2017: Full presentation by Yvon Chouinard
On September 16th, 2017 over 300 people watch Mr. Yvon Chouinard talk about the threats facing our planet and more specifically our rivers. He argues that...
Tenkara Summit: Full presentation by Dr. Hisao Ishigaki
Here’s a recording of Dr. Hisao Ishigaki’s full presentation
2017 Tenkara Summit (report 1)
The biggest tenkara event – ever! – happened this weekend. The 2017 Tenkara Summit brought together the largest gathering of tenkara anglers anywhere. Just over 300...
R.I.P. Doug Heggart
It is with a very heavy heart that I must share that a great friend and positive influence in the tenkara community, Doug Heggart, has passed...
Mushroom Walk (video)
This video has no fishing in it, at all. But I thought you would enjoy the video I just created. Yesterday morning, at the last day...
VanLife and Bass Fishing with tenkara
We have been on the road for 11 days now. Margaret and I have been enjoying our time together (we actually celebrated our 10th anniversary on...
Tenkara USA hits the road
Yesterday part of the Tenkara USA team (myself, my wife and our husky Shiso) hit the road for the first leg of what I expect to...
Tenkara Summit 2017
Things are coming together nicely for the 6th Tenkara Summit, which will take place in Estes Park on September 16th. This year we are counting on...
Ep.9: Reading and Covering a Stream for Tenkara Fishing
In episode 9 of our series, the "2-minute Guides to Tenkara", Daniel talks about the basics of reading water to find fish and then how to...
tenkara fishing in the Driftless region, a trip report (Part 1)
Last Friday I flew to La Crosse, WI, the heart of the famous Driftless region of Wisconsin. I came to the area to participate in the...
tenkara on Colorado Public Radio Network
As I mention in my segment, I started Tenkara USA with the aim of introducing more people to the joy fly-fishing, and tenkara was a great...
tenkara on Colorado Public Radio
Today I had the pleasure to speak about tenkara and my recently released book with Nathan Heffel and Ryan Warner at the Colorado Public Radio (an affiliate of...
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