Do NOT throw your tenkara rod in the water
We’ve been hearing a lot of comments recently about the very stupid myth, or “instruction”, that if you catch a good size fish on tenkara, you...
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Tenkara One Fly V. The Marginal Benefits of Multiple Flies
The “One fly” concept of tenkara – in which it is observed that most experienced tenkara anglers in Japan stick with one fly and don’t change it all...
Amago on tenkara, by Discover Tenkara
Our customer service staff member, John Geer, says “Sometimes I think tenkara rods are as much for catching beauty as they are for catching fish.” Wouldn’t...
Welcome to Tenkara 2.0
Press Release Here Five years ago we embarked on an adventure of sorts, introducing a method of fishing unknown outside of Japan at the time to...
Blue Ridge Outdoors: Tenkanyoneering
A fantastic piece by Graham Averill on a tenkara plus canyoneering trip out in North Carolina. “And thanks to the streamlined gear and telescoping rods, tenkara...
One fly - Tenkara
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Tenkara Knot: one knot for tippet to line and tippet to fly
Learn how to tie the “Double-Loop slip knot” for tenkara, one very simple tenkara knot that can be used to tie your tippet to tenkara line...
Knots for tenkara
Learn the basic knots used in tenkara fly-fishing. Tie your tenkara line to rod, tippet to line and fly to tippet. There are a few knots...
Pause-and-drift technique and landing
Here’s a good video shot at Mossy Creek, Virginia, demonstrating the effective use of the pause-and-drift technique for tenkara. It also perfectly illustrates how to land...
Techniques for tenkara
Tenkara places more emphasis on technique rather than gear. One way to simplify is to reduce the number of fly choices and try different techniques. In...
Learn How to cast with tenkara
Casting with tenkara rods is not difficult. In fact, we find it to be a very intuitive thing to do. Learn how to cast tenkara rods...
Tying the Amano Kebari
One of the most renowned tenkara anglers in Japan, Mr. Katsutoshi Amano shows us how to tie tenkara flies without a vise. Mr. Katsutoshi Amano is...
Tying the Takayama Tenkara Fly
Tenkara fly tying can be pretty easy. Watch this video to learn how to to tie the takayama kebari (tenkara fly), a fly thought to have...
Tenkara Summit 2014 - Boulder, CO, Sep 27th
Tenkara is taking over the town by a storm, being featured in the local Boulder Weekly newspaper today and all, so this announcement is timely. Tenkara Summit 2014...
Boulder Weekly
Boulder Weekly, our home newspaper, covered tenkara on May 1st, 2014 as tenkara takes Boulder by a storm. The Tenkara Girls group is also featured in...
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