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The Tenkara Masterclass
Episode 3
The Right Way to Rig for Your Conditions
Episode 4
How to Read a River & Find Trout
Episode 5
How to Catch Trout on a Dry Fly
How-to
Casting
How to Catch Trout on a Dry Fly
In Episode 5 of the Tenkara Masterclass, Pat takes everything we’ve learned so far and puts it to work on small water, using nothing...
Casting
How to Read a River & Find Trout
In Episode 4 of the Tenkara Master Class, Pat takes the lessons onto the water and shows how he methodically breaks apart a river...
Flies
The Right Way to Rig for Your Conditions
In Episode 3 of the Tenkara Master Class, Pat breaks Tenkara rigging down into a simple system built around one thing: where the trout...
Beginner
Getting Ready to Fish: Rod Rigging & Choosing Your Line
In Episode 2 of the Tenkara Master Class, Pat takes us through his simple approach to building and maintaining a Tenkara setup—from choosing the...
Beginner
Tenkara Basics: Introducing the Fundamentals of Tenkara
In this first lesson, Pat walks through the Tenkara rod itself, how to properly extend and retract the telescoping sections, and how to avoid...
Beginner
What Now? Setup, Tips, Tricks & Care for Your Tenkara Rod
Just got your first tenkara rod from Tenkara USA and ready to dive into the wonderful world of tenkara fishing? You're in the right...
Beginner
10 Best Tips for Tenkara Fishing
Whenever we teach people how to tenkara fishing, there are some tips that we share every single time. These are the 10 most valuable...
Beginner
Why Tenkara?
Tenkara anglers are attracted to the simplicity of a method that only uses only a rod, line and fly. But, simplicity wouldn't mean much...
Beginner
The Complete Video Guide to Tenkara: 17 Minutes Covering Everything You Need to Know
Learn everything you've ever wanted to know about tenkara. In this video, Daniel Galhardo, who introduced tenkara outside of Japan, will guide you through...
How-to
All About Tenkara Nets & Net Making
In this episode we cover all you need to know about tenkara nets. The episode is over an hour and twenty minutes, to so...
How-to
How to Choose a Tenkara Rod
Selecting the Perfect Tenkara Rod? Allie Marriott Shows You How! Looking to find your ideal Tenkara USA® rod?
Events
Tenkara Summit 2017 Q&A: What Line Length Do You Use?
Hear from Daniel Galhardo, Dr. Hisao Ishigaki, Yvon Chouinard (founder of Patagonia) and Matt Sment on how they choose their line length and fly...
Events
Tenkara Summit 2017: Advanced Tenkara Techniques with Dr. Hisao Ishigaki
Full presentation by tenkara master, Dr. Hisao Ishigaki, at the 2017 Tenkara Summit hosted by Tenkara USA.
Events
Tenkara Summit 2017 Q&A: How to Choose Fly Size?
At the 2017 Tenkara Summit, we held a panel Q&A session with speakers Daniel Galhardo, Dr. Hisao Ishigaki, Yvon Chouinard (founder of Patagonia) and...
How-to
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...
Beginner
How to Land Fish with Tenkara
In episode 8 of our series, the "2-minute Guides to Tenkara", Daniel answers the question of "how do you land a fish with a...
Beginner
Detecting Strikes and Setting the Hook
In episode 7 of our series, the "2-minute Guides to Tenkara", Daniel Galhardo talks about the things one should look for to detect when...
Beginner
Tenkara Techniques in Two Minutes
In the 6th episode of our series, the "2-minute Guides to Tenkara", Daniel Galhardo talks about the different techniques anglers can use to present...
Beginner
Tenkara Casting in Two Minutes
In episode 5 of our series, the "2-minute Guides to Tenkara", Daniel Galhardo instructs viewers on how to cast with a tenkara rod.
Beginner
Tenkara Flies in Two Minutes
In episode 4 of our series, the "2-minute Guides to Tenkara", Daniel Galhardo talks about tenkara flies and focuses on the reverse-hackle style tenkara...
Beginner
Setting up and Knots for Tenkara
In the third episode of our new series, the "2-minute Guides to Tenkara", Daniel Galhardo shows viewers how to set up tenkara rod, line...
Beginner
Using The Tenkara Rod
In the second episode of our new series, the "2-minute Guides to Tenkara", Daniel Galhardo shows viewers how to use a tenkara rod. This...
How-to
How to Choose a Tenkara Rod
In this short video Daniel will introduce you to the 5 tenkara rods in the Tenkara USA lineup so you can choose the rod...
Beginner
The 2-Minute Intro to Tenkara
In the first episode of our new series, the "2-minute Guides to Tenkara", Daniel Galhardo introduces viewers to the basic concepts behind the simple...
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