Tenkara is NOT
As Dr. Ishigaki's humourous business card suggests, in Japan many non-anglers are not familiar with tenkara. It's not their fault though, Japan has at least a dozen methods of fresh...
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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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Stop Coal Mining
From Coal River Mountain Watch - www.crmw.net This week, over 200 citizens from Appalachia and across the US are gathering in our nation's capital as part of the 5th Annual...
Give a man a fish: Finding a stream
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Chinese proverb OR, "Tell a...
UTAH - Public water access
Tenkara USA is largely founded on philosophical principles, primarily: simplify your gear to enjoy the experience (no need to be weighed down by extra stuff), and protect our waters. It...
Tenkara in Brazil
Brazil...land of peacock bass, huge snook, and monster amazonic fish! Where could tenkara fit in? Being originally from Brazil I had some sweet memories of my earliest days of fishing,...
2010 Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Today Midcurrent sent out a newsletter with a topic named "Fearless Fly Fishing Predictions - 2010". No one explicitly said 2010 was going to be the year...
Our 1% for the Planet Trout
As you may have seen, Tenkara USA has been a member of the 1% For the Planet initiative since its inception. Recently we also joined the World Trout program, which...
Tenkara Level Lines and Larger Streams
There has been much discussion about, and a long wait for "the other" line used in tenkara fly-fishing, the tenkara level line. In tenkara, two types of lines are used:...
Tenkara featured in California Fly Fisher
The December '09 edition of California Fly Fisher magazine has a great interview with Tenkara USA founder. The interview is featured across 3 pages of the magazine and has several...
World Trout
Tenkara USA joined the World Trout initiative To raise funds for the conservation of wild trout and their habitat, Tenkara USA designed exclusive t-shirts featuring the stunning watercolor painting of...
American Angler magazine
We were very happy to learn that the newest issue of American Angler magazine (November/December 09) contains an article on tenkara fly-fishing. Unfortunately, there were a few mistakes made in...
Tenkara Comics from tenkara father
A couple of days ago a package arrived at my mailbox. As I opened it, I was quite overwhelmed, wowed!, astounded, ecstatic, well you get the picture. A very good...
Tenkara: fly-fishing in great hands
Long story short, tenkara just found itself in the hands of some great anglers, one may say "the biggest of big guns" at a gathering in the River Itchen, one...
First Tenkara Outing
This last weekend Tenkara USA hosted the first tenkara outing in Northern California. And, it was absolutely phenomenal. Leaves were changing colors, weather was cool and crisp, and the fish...
The Tenkara Experience - New Video
We just posted a new video of tenkara fly-fishing on our gallery and also below. As one tenkara angler who watched it put it, this video is a "this is...