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The Proverbial Last Cast (with tenkara)
Vimeo video, you may have to click on the sound icon on the top left corner to get sound. This is my first attempt at using...
Tenkara USA Dealers Network
The Tenkara USA Dealer network is expanding. We have had a long backlog of dealers interested in carrying our gear since we started, but I have...
Tenkara Tattoo 5: Chris Fahrenbruch
Tattoos are permanent and, as it’s become obvious, so is the passion anglers feel for tenkara. Today we learned of the 5th person to get a...
Wata kebari - Cottonwood fly
Fly tying can be a wonderful hobby in itself. But since I have personally embraced a philosophy in which the fly pattern is not all that...
In Search of Tenkara, story
Slightly over a year ago I wrote about my experience spending 2 months in a village in Japan exclusively to learn more about tenkara. It was...
NEW Tenkara Level Lines now available
New Tenkara Level Lines now available in 2 colors and 3 different weights. We have been working with the manufacturer in Japan for about a year...
Look Both Ways Before You Cross The Road River
Look Both Ways Before You Cross The Road River by TJ Ferreira Remember that old saying that your mother would tell you,”make sure you look both ways before...
Tenkara Summits and Bucket Lists
by TJ FerreiraI feel blessed to have attended all 3 Tenkara Summits and #3 in Virginia was a blast. As this blog is being typed, I...
Interesting Tenkara Photos on Picasa
I have been using Picasa for storing and sharing our photos for a long time. At first it was a handy way to organize the photos on my...
Brookies are awesome
Yesterday, with the Tenkara Summit behind us, TJ, John and I headed to the Virginia mountains in search of brook trout. Brookies were on TJ’s bucket...
Tenkara Summit 2013 Shirts Available
We sold out of the Tenkara Summit 2013 shirts very quickly today, so, here it is if anyone is interested in purchasing them. To make things...
Tenkara fly collection slideshow
Here is a slideshow of the majority of my collection of tenkara flies. Most of these flies were gifts from tenkara anglers in Japan, and a...
A Good Quote on Tenkara, from 1890
“To an English eye the native [Japanese] method of fly-fishing will be rude; but it is justified by its results.” – Basil Hall Chamberlain in “Things...
Fish Sign Language - How trout communicate
It has just been discovered that some fish use a kind of sign language to help others hunt. So, I decided to investigate the footage I...
Tenkara Colorado Grand Slam
Today I started fishing near Aspen, Colorado, after giving a presentation in the area yesterday. In the morning I headed out with a group and caught...
Iwana = "Rock Fish"
This is the photo of a Japanese char, the Iwana, which I took on one of my trips to Japan. Iwana translates roughly as “rock fish”. Aptly I caught...
The Wintertime Blues A collaborative fanzine for tenkara and fly fishing
If you’re looking for some fun reading over the next few days, Anthony Naples created The Wintertime Blues, “a one-time only project dedicated to collecting creative writing,...
Tenkara Diaries 4 - April 14, 2013
Tenkara Diaries 4 - April 14, 2013
"A Boy, a Bus, Tenkara" by TJ Ferreira
TJ, the man in charge of customer service here at Tenkara USA, is a Volkswagen Bus aficionado. He put together this neat video of him going...
Tenkara Diaries 3 - April 13, 2013
Had a fun day of fishing yesterday on the Big Thompson, outside of Estes Park. One of the highlights of the day was a group of...
Tenkara Diaries 2 - April 11, 2013
Headed out for a phenomenal afternoon of tenkara fishing. Carried a prototype tenkara rod I’m working on, tenkara line and two tenkara flies I tied before...
Tenkara Diaries - April 10, 2013
Now that I’m nearer streams, I decided to record more of the experiences I’m having out there. Some may be just a quick recap of what...
Tenkara Guides' TROutreach
The Tenkara Guides’ TROutreach (Tenkara Recreational Outreach) is featured in the March/April issue of InMotion magazine! Erik, John and Rob of the TenkaraGuides.com are doing a terrific job...
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