No-Tools Tenkara Fly-Tying Kit
Have you seen the video of Mr. Amano tying tenkara flies without a vise? Tenkara fly-tying can be as simple as one wishes it to be. The...
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Tenkara Fly-Tying Video Series (2)
Tenkara Guide Allen Seagraves, who is based in Boulder, Colorado, shows us how to tie a simple tenkara fly pattern in today’s video.
Simple kebari with Allen Seagraves
Allen Seagraves, a tenkara guide based in Boulder, Colorado, shows us how to tie a simple kebari.
Tenkara Fly-Tying kit now available
It’s been a long-time coming and with many requests from our customers. We have been working for a while on putting together a tenkara fly-tying kit...
Guest post: My personal fishing journey by Brian Lindsay
My father never said much. He was a quiet man. He lived a full life in secrecy. It was the nature of his work, and his...
Chartreuse Black Kebari with Mark Bolson
Tenkara Fly-Tying Video Series In this video Mark Bolson shows us how to tie a tenkara fly (kebari) he calls the Chartreuse Black Kebari.
Tenkara Fly-Tying Video Series (1)
Today we launch the Tenkara Fly-Tying Video Series. The Tenkara Fly-Tying Video Series will be an on-going series of videos released weekly, every Tuesday. The intent of the...
Legalize Tenkara in Washington - Follow up
A while ago we wrote about how the state of Washington still considers tenkara “illegal” in fly-fishing only waters. Tim Harris of the blog Northwest Tenkara has been...
Why do rivers bend?
I spend a lot of time in streams of different types. My favorite thing about stream fishing is all the curves they present, that makes it...
New tenkara hat and shirt designs now available
Our new tenkara hat and shirt designs just arrived and we’re psyched to now have these on offer for you. This year we have been focused...
Tenkara Fly Tying Video Series, coming soon
This winter we will give you plenty of fly-tying related stuff to do. Right now we are finalizing a great series of fly-tying videos, which will...
Cold Weather Fishing Tips
Originally posted on November 15th, 2014. Last Sunday my wife and I sat outside for lunch, I was wearing a t-shirt and was very comfortable. On...
Tenkara Magazine coming soon
We are on the final stretches of putting the Tenkara Magazine together. Tonight I’m doing some late night editing. It’s my first time going thru most...
Scott Hunter of Vedavoo on Tenkara
Scott Hunter created his company, Vedavoo, at around the same time we were starting Tenkara USA. He learned to sew and soon realized there was good demand...
Save the Date: Tenkara Summit 2015
Save the Date: the Tenkara Summit 2015 will be held in Estes Park, Colorado on September 19th, 2015. More information, schedule and registrations will be posted...
Casual Fly-tying
Fly tying can be as simple and spontaneous as one wants it to be. Yesterday I met up with a couple of friends for some wine...
Questions and Answers
Please ask any questions you may have about tenkara. It doesn't matter if it's been answered before, if you're not easily finding it, I'll be happy...
Trout Unlimited - 10 Special Places
Trout Unlimited (TU) is an organization we have supported from our inception. Their mission is “to conserve, protect and restore North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.”...
Fly Fishing Guide to Indian Peaks Wilderness
I use all sorts of guide books. Whether for fly-fishing, for hiking a new wilderness area or rock-climbing, they are invaluable resources that will save you...
Baltimore Sun
Read story here “Forget about ‘Western’ fly-fishing rods. The new rage around the area is tenkara fishing.” “The most significant advantage of tenkara style is no...
Whiskey, beer and tenkara fly-tying
talked about how empty my fly box was starting to look. I have been fly-tying for a long time, as a matter of fact fly-tying is what got...
6 things about fly-fishing
Before I discovered tenkara I had been fly-fishing for nearly 13 years. I picked up western fly-casting fairly quickly, and because of that I thought I...
Men's Journal Gear
“While tenkara is great for fly-fishing beginners, it can be a revelation for the enthusiast and an opportunity to get away from the overpacking ways that’s popular in the Western...
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