Japan, Day 2: Intro to Telescopic Rods and Tenkara Rods
Yesterday several of you requested to learn more about the different telescopic rods available in Japan. There is an incredible variety of fixed-line methods of fishing...
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Tenkara & Project Healing Waters
written by JasonThis weekend, I was invited to give a tenkara demo to a group of soldiers from Project Healing Waters. If you're not familiar with...
Tenkara Hit Vision DVD Review
written by JasonI finally had a chance to sit down and watch this DVD. I had first heard about it back in January but never got...
Improve your Tenkara Casting Accuracy with a Fun Game
written by JasonJeremy (aka adventureR) posted about a fun game he calls Knothead Trout. It's not only fun, but is a great way to improve casting...
Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays: The Horse Hair Sakasa Kebari
written by Jason This is one of my go-to patterns and lots of people have asked for a video on how to tie. It's a simple...
Tools for Tenkara Fly Tying
Written by JasonAt some point in every fly angler’s life they consider tying their own flies. For some, this happens right at the beginning. For others,...
Let my Children Go Fishing
Guest post by John Vetterli, of Tenkaraguides.comI don’t know how many of you have seen the short video Daniel made of my 6 year old son...
Confessions of a Recovering EZ Keeper User
Written by JasonMany people might not realize this but I was actually the first person to suggest using EZ Keepers on tenkara rods as a line...
Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays Olive Dubbed Body Sakasa Kebari
Written by JasonHappy 4th of July! Here's a simple pattern I've been using lately that I've been having a lot of success with. I normally fish...
Tenkara Level Lines - cut them or join them
Maybe we need to revise the term "fixed-line fishing" slightly. While it is accurate to describe tenkara as a "fixed-line" method of fishing, it should be...
Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays Yoshida Kebari, using the alula feather
Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays! How does that sound? Every Wednesday, as you find yourself looking forward to the coming weekend and still with a couple of...
Good points about Tenkara
Margaret will have to forgive me for having fun with some video clips I captured on my iphone while we visited Colorado a couple of weeks...
Manzanar Fishing Club (Movie)
Quite sometime ago we talked about the beginnings of a fascinating film project, the Manzanar Fishing Club. This project documents the stories and history of Japanese...
Tenkara lessons from 6-year old Jack
On my last post I said the off-topic post would not set the precedent to talking about funny cats. But, I could not have predicted the...
Camera phone microscope: optical lens for you entomologists
For the first time I'll be taking the liberty to talk about something that is not totally related to tenkara, but which I think you'll enjoy,...
Tenkara Knots - Back to the basics
At recent weeks I have had a chance to spend time with a lot of people who have been doing tenkara for sometime, and others who...
"Tenkara is not dapping" campaign
The most common misconception about tenkara it that it is just dapping - that because the line is tied to the tip of the rod, it...
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Tenkara Guides of Utah share a great video
The Tenkara Guides of Utah, Erik Ostrander, Rob Worthing, and John Vetterli, have just posted their awesome video on tenkara online. The video was filmed and...
Kotsuzake, a "ceremonial" cup of sake
Over two years ago my friend Masaki and I went fishing together to shot the first video Tenkara fly-fishing from Tenkara USA on Vimeo. for...
Katsutoshi Amano 勝利天野 Tenkara Fly Tying and Profile
Yesterday I was able to spend time with the well known Mr. Katsutoshi Amano. One of the few people considered to be a living tenkara master...
Zenmai kebari
As I spend time in Japan, I realize how much I have already covered in our blog in regards to tenkara. This blog has a wealth...
Tenkara Tea and Fly Tying
One of the reasons I created Tenkara USA is because I really like introducing friends to things that I love, tenkara fly-fishing, tenkara rods, tenkara nets,...
Tenkara techniques: Landing fish with long lines
Sometimes to improve our technique we must watch examples of how something should not be done. Yesterday a video showing a tenkara angler in Japan using...
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