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Tenkara Fishing Tips

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Another Tenkara angler’s

We receive a lot of good emails from clients, but have always kept them to ourselves. Yesterday I set up the precedent of asking for permission...

From the archive · 20132 min read

Email: A new tenkara angler's email to us

This weekend Tenkara USA participated at the Marlborough Fly Fishing Show in MA. I got to meet some great folks and the interest in tenkara was...

From the archive · 20132 min read

Baby Name: Tenkara

No, Margaret and I are not about to have a baby. And, no, we’re not talking about baby names yet either. Jason Klass of TenkaraTalk.com just shared this post...

From the archive · 20131 min read

Using All Your Senses

Written by TJDuring my lunch time I enjoy watching fly fishing shows that I have recorded on my DVR. One of those shows is Fly Rod...

From the archive · 20133 min read

Top 10 posts of 2012

The year is coming to an end, and we’re looking forward to all 2013 will bring. Thought  it would be fun to recap the top posts...

From the archive · 20122 min read

Inspiration: Natural Bonsai Tour

Every morning since moving to Colorado I have been taking morning hikes with my dog, Yuki. We go to a trail near home, and I’m thrilled...

From the archive · 20121 min read

Winter Maintenance of my Tenkara Gear

Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Jay Pape at the first Tenkara Summit. Jay works for the National Forest Service out of Bozeman, Montana,...

From the archive · 20122 min read

To long line or not to long line?

Written by TJ, It seems there are many conversations about tenkara these days about line length. I guess when you have simple form of fly fishing...

From the archive · 20125 min read

12-12-12 goal

I was planning to leave home early today and go fishing, with the goal of catching 12 trout on this day of 12-12-12. Well, I got...

From the archive · 20121 min read

Tenkara USA PAY IT FORWARD SALE

This has been a great year for us here at Tenkara USA. We have far exceeded any expectations in sales and the number of new people...

From the archive · 20121 min read

One Fly Thoughts

There is a very good exchange on the Tenkara Anglers page on Facebook about the now famous tenkara approach of using one fly. Tenkara Guide Tom...

From the archive · 20121 min read

Black Friday Special: Free Shipping

We don't work with the high margins of many retailers, but in this special shopping day we can at least offer you free shipping in the...

From the archive · 20121 min read

Tenkara USA moving to Boulder, Colorado

It was only 6 months ago where he asked me what my greatest regret was, and I answered “Settling down in a great city that is...

From the archive · 20122 min read

Sharing Tenkara with a 7-year-old

Written by DanielI have been sharing some good stuff on our Facebook page and thought I should also share them with you, our loyal blog reader. This post...

From the archive · 20125 min read

Tenkara Flies: Conservative, Moderate, Liberal

Written by Daniel No, this blog is not about to become political. After going through the highly turbulent political times of the election campaigns – phew,...

From the archive · 20123 min read

The Story of Vagabox Continues

Written by DanielForum user Acheateaux had a brilliant idea: the Vagabox. The Vagabox is a traveling fly box that will be “bringing surprise, intrigue and fishing stoke with it...

From the archive · 20121 min read

Tenkara Line Lengths and Stealth

The other day I came across this great chart put together by Vlad Odnoshivkin, from the blog Tenkara in Siberia. It was too good not to share it...

From the archive · 20121 min read

Tenkara License Plates

Written by DanielMost states in the US allow for customized license plates. Several of them allow for 7 characters, the perfect number for the word TENKARA....

From the archive · 20121 min read

Species caught on tenkara

A quick google search for “how many fish species are there?” wil reveal it’s either 230,000 or 30,000…depending on whether you click on search result #1...

From the archive · 20122 min read

Ended Mid-atlantic tenkara tour

Ended the Mid-Atlantic tenkara tour in a high note, leaving Virginia with this beautiful fish fresh in my memory. Caught using the Ito, with 20ft of...

From the archive · 20121 min read

Tenkara North Carolina

It is my first time in North Carolina, and I’m loving it. I had been meaning to take this trip for quite sometime to familiarize myself...

From the archive · 20123 min read

Anatomy of a tenkara rod

One of our main goals is to make rods that are unbreakable. We have made improvements and with time are getting better rods. But, the reality...

From the archive · 20122 min read

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