Episode 1
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...
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Tenkara Masterclass with Pat Jager
Learn tenkara from the ground up — from choosing a rod and line to reading water and landing fish — in short, practical lessons filmed on the stream.
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Episode 2
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...
Episode 3
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...
Episode 4
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...
Episode 5
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...
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Pat Jaeger
For over twenty years, Pat has worked as a licensed guide specializing in the waters of Bishop, Mammoth Lakes and Northern California.
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Fish The West Films explores every corner of fly fishing — from trout to carp to bass to species most anglers never think about. If it can be caught on a fly, we want to tell its story.
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