Which tenkara rod to buy for Colorado: Boulder / Front Range?
Boulder in Colorado is our home, and we fish all the waters around here frequently. Thus this is a good place to start our, “Which tenkara...
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Which tenkara rod to use in this area?
We can give two types of answers: a generic “this tenkara rod is ideal for small streams”, “The Ito is ideal for fishing larger streams and...
Tenkara+ Social Distancing
Tenkara+ Social Distancing. Tenkara USA.
New product release - 10 years
We don’t release new products very often, but when we do it is because we think they need to be out there. I hope you will...
UPDATE: EU Shipments
We received word that the fulfillment center we have worked with in the UK for the past 10 years to fulfill orders in the European Union...
Reports from Japan, 2018
If you have been following us on social media, you may know that I am currently on a 2-week long trip to a few areas of...
Press Release: Tenkara USA hires outdoor industry veteran as new CEO
Press Release, Boulder, CO Fly-fishing equipment company Tenkara USA has named industry veteran Patrick Stratton CEO. He will join Daniel Galhardo on the senior management team....
9th Anniv. outside of Japan
Today we celebrate the 9th anniversary of tenkara’s introduction outside of Japan and the inception of Tenkara USA! On April 12, 2009, Daniel Galhardo launched Tenkara...
Announcing a new rod: The Hane ("huh-neh")
It has been a while since I released a new tenkara rod here at Tenkara USA. The last time was the release of the Sato and Rhodo some 4 years ago....
Japanese Influenced Tenkara
I’m an American tenkara angler that is influenced by Japanese tenkara and my own experiences at home. I initially learned about tenkara nine years ago from Tenkara USA (Daniel...
Tenkara USA Strap Pack
Whether you are a fly fisherman that uses tenkara as a part of your toolbox or a dedicated tenkara minimalist, the Tenkara USA strap pack is...
A Journal of Making a Tenkara Tamo (net)
I remember quite a while ago I thought I was a serious small stream fly fisher. Way before I transitioned to tenkara. I was making bamboo...
...from the book "Learning tenkara"
…from the book. Learning tenkara is easy. You don’t need the internet to become proficient at this simple form of mountain stream fishing. All you need...
Tenkara USA Rhodo
By Daniel Galhardo Ever since the release of the first 12-foot long tenkara rod in the US there have been requests for a 9-foot tenkara rod to...
Tenkara USA Ito
The Ito By the end of 2009, the year I started Tenkara USA, I was offering 3 tenkara rods at tenkarausa.sbs (and a couple of variations...
Tenkara Lifestyle: Lightweight Travel Tips
It has been some years now since I’ve learned about tenkara, an efficient form of mountain stream fishing. Through my experiences using this simple, old style...
Tenkara USA Sato
Tenkara was already getting established in the US for a couple of years, and by then I had heard the question: “what rod length should I...
R.I.P. Doug Heggart
It is with a very heavy heart that I must share that a great friend and positive influence in the tenkara community, Doug Heggart, has passed...
Tenkara USA hits the road
Yesterday part of the Tenkara USA team (myself, my wife and our husky Shiso) hit the road for the first leg of what I expect to...
tenkara fishing in the Driftless region, a trip report (Part 1)
Last Friday I flew to La Crosse, WI, the heart of the famous Driftless region of Wisconsin. I came to the area to participate in the...
The Case for tenkara
Many have noticed the cover for my new book spells tenkara out in lower-case, and a couple of people have already asked if that was done on purpose....
Simplicity is a choice
Simplicity is a choice. It is easy to make many things in life complex, but these complexities don’t usually add to our experience. Even when we...
1 million views!!!
This weekend Tenkara USA reached a milestone when the first video we created to introduce tenkara to the US and beyond reached 1 million views!!! Not...
New Podcast Episode and news!
Got some news about the book: the files have been sent to the printer!!! YEAY! We are told about 2 to 3 weeks for delivery. The...
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