Love the kit to keep in my back pack. Well made!
Although my shipment was lost by USPS, Tenkara USA shipped me new parts as soon as I notified them. Outstanding personal service.
Amazing Customer Service. They sent me a replacement segment for my rod asap and TJ walked me through the repair process.
Been fishing for many years with traditional fly rod gear. Thought I would try a Tenkara set up. What a hoot! Perfect match for drifting small flys to trout on my home waters. Great addition to my fly gear .. so happy to have given it a try.
Did manage to break the tip- my fault. Called Tenkara USA - promptly sent out a replacement. 5 star worthy service.
Thanks for your leadership and smarts for believing in your products and business
AMAGO™ 13ft6in (410cm)
Mountain rivers for trout.
Bought it as a gift form my son.
The Ukiyo I purchased was a gift for my daughter. We've been test fishing with it a couple of times, though it is January here in Colorado, I really like the light feel of this rod and am excited to fish mountain streams with my daughter and her Ukiyo this summer....I like this rod so much, I might have to get one for myself!
The furled tapered line casts very well. I also like the visibility of the yellow lines.
I find TenkaraUSA staff and equipment to be outstanding.
I'm a disabled veteran and found the simplicity of fly fishing tenkara to be extremely relaxing. No drama having to deal with all the extra line/gear with western fly fishing.
Simplicity and light weight ready to go anytime anywhere.
Streams, rivers
Very informative, fun to read and great information
Tenkara in the middle of no where or in the hustle & bustle of urben life. Fishing quick and ez.
I just receive my Amago rod and the quality of construction and craftsmanship is excellent. I am looking forward to learning the tenkara method of fishing. I hope to hook some salmon and steelhead. I'll be telling my friends, "Amago fishin tomorrah." 😄
Good service and will get back with you to answer questions.
This book covers the history and technique of this simpler less complicated technique of fly fishing. Finally the equipment works for you freeing up more time to experience time in the outdoors instead of working for the equipment. More time fishing! Love the QR code links to videos.
I haven’t using it yet so I’ll be using it in the spring and I normally fish at streams and rivers with regular fly rods so I’ll try my tenkara on smaller streams.
TenkaraUSA has very good equipment and friendly/ helpful staff.
Colorado streams
I was very disappointed with the nippers and forceps. The black coating was rough and rubbed off easily. The forceps locking mechanism was so stiff that it took considerable force to unlock. The jaws were deformed so that only the tips made contact and there was a noticeable gap in the rest of the supposed contact area. I had to file the locking teeth just to make them barely operable.
This experience is in stark contrast with every other item I have purchased in the past (Amago, Sato, Satoki, braided line, level line, tapered line, flies and line keeper spools), which have all been of the highest quality.
My recommendation is go with uncoated actual stainless steel surgical quality forceps and stainless steel nippers. The ones I received were either poorly designed or part of a flawed batch.
I remain a loyal and highly satisfied customer in every other respect.
Be well and stay safe!
Carlos
Nice and thoughtful design. I like the combination of tools, line management, fly management all in one tool.
I recently purchased my second TenkaraUSA Amago. It's winter and the lakes are rivers in upper Midwest are frozen so I won't be able to use my new Amago until spring. However, I purchased my first Amago (which I still have) in 2014 and have used it to catch trout, bass, panfish, and pike. It has performed very well on all of those species. It's a bit "beefier" than some tenkara rods and fishes better with a furled line versus a level line. From what I've been able to determine indoors, the new Amago has a very similar action to the old Amago. I anticipate that they will perform much alike on the water as well. Obviously, I like the Amago enough to purchase a second one.