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The Tenkara USA journal

Tenkara Fishing Tips

Techniques, gear, flies and places to fish, from more than fifteen years of tenkara on the water.

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Boulder Creek Cleanup

If you’re anywhere near Boulder, Colorado, mark your calendar for the first annual Boulder Creek Cleanup and Cookout, put together by Tenkara USA dealer Rocky Mountain Anglers....

From the archive · 20141 min read

Shinrin yoku - a trip report

I love how the Japanese have terms like “shower climbing” and “forest bathing”. The second, forest bathing, or shinrin yoku, is a new one to me, but...

From the archive · 20145 min read

Tenkara net making with kids

Tenkara net making may be a good summer activity for kids. But, it’s probably best to start early because of the long drying period – though...

From the archive · 20144 min read

Let Children Tenkara

We often underestimate kids and what they can do on their own. At least I think I do, and sometimes I forget what I was doing...

From the archive · 20143 min read

Quick tip: Spiral line around rod

Quick tip for the day, when walking around in relatively but not completely open terrain with your tenkara rod, spiral the tenkara line around the rod...

From the archive · 20141 min read

Why Mossy Creek Fly Fishing

Brian and Colby Trow own the Mossy Creek Fly Fishing shop in Harrisonburg, Virginia. They saw the opportunity in carrying tenkara at their shop very early on, embracing...

From the archive · 20141 min read

TENKARA+ Family

This is a guest post kindly provided by a tenkara enthusiast about tenkara and his time with his family. Enjoy it! I sure did. By Adam...

From the archive · 20144 min read

Blame the equipment

We always say that tenkara is much more about the experience rather than gear. I suppose we mean that literally in every way. The other day...

From the archive · 20143 min read

Denver Post, June 8th 2014

Tenkara “fad” hitting its stride in Colorado’s high-country streams, writes Scott Willoughby on his second piece for the Denver Post.

From the archive · 20141 min read

"Trout from Small Streams"

Today I received a copy of the new edition (2nd) of his book “Trout from Small Streams”, a classic book that certainly helped inspire my love for...

From the archive · 20142 min read

Tenkara Rod Tip Field Repair

Even I can find myself with a broken tenkara rod tip in need of repair. The odds implied that it was bound to happen. After about...

From the archive · 20141 min read

Tenkara Care testimonial

The words below are one of the nicest testimonials about how our Tenkara Care program is ensuring customers use our rods more often than any other,...

From the archive · 20141 min read

Best hydration solution for fishing

A few months ago I wrote about what has become my best hydration solution while fishing. For years I used to carry a water bottle, but then...

From the archive · 20141 min read

TJ ties the "Salt and Pepper" Sakasa Kebari

TJ ties his favorite tenkara fly, the Salt and Pepper tenkara fly, in the  sakasa kebari style. He will be tying the “gourmet” version, which is...

From the archive · 20141 min read

Discovering Tenkara

Guest Blog Post by Discover Tenkara team Producing fly fishing DVDs is a wonderful labour of love with the potential satisfaction of creating something that could...

From the archive · 20143 min read

The Vagabox saga

Oh, the places you’ll go! Have you heard of the Vagabox? In 2012 one of the users of our forum, Acheateaux, had this idea of creating...

From the archive · 20141 min read

Ask About Fly Fishing.com

On June 4th Daniel participated the internet radio show Askaboutflyfishing.com. Roger Maves and I talked about “Tenkara’s Evolution”. We started talking about the basics of what tenkara...

From the archive · 20141 min read

TENKARA+ Biking

Tenkara biking? You betcha. We like to think that we exist to inspire you to get outside. And, we recognize most of your lives do not...

From the archive · 20141 min read

Tenkara Master For A Day

Ever have one of those days on the river where everything goes perfect? Perfect temperature outside, perfect river flows, perfect casting, perfect hook-sets, perfect landing, perfect...

From the archive · 20141 min read

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