In Search of Tenkara, 3
The “one fly” concept of tenkara gets challenged. In this video, Tenkara USA founder, Daniel Galhardo, describes his experience fishing a very challenging river, the Eagle...
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Tenkara - one of the "Manliest hobbies on Earth"
This is too good not to share. Tenkara was named one of the “10 Manliest Hobbies on Earth” by Men’s Health magazine! Sure, considering how many women...
Men's Health: Tenkara, Manliest Hobbies on Earth
Too good not to share. Tenkara was named one of the “10 Manliest Hobbies on Earth” by Men’s Health magazine! Sure, considering how many women are taking...
In Search of Tenkara, 2
On a 3-day backpacking trip in the backcountry of Colorado, Paul Vertrees, Patrick Smith and Daniel Galhardo get closer to finding “Tenkara”. Tenkara is the Japanese...
In Search of Tenkara, 1
This video was entirely shot, narrated and edited on March 8th, 2013. In this 4 minute video Daniel Galhardo, founder of Tenkara USA, shares a bit...
Pike on Tenkara USA Ito
We don’t always share news about some of the larger fish people catch with tenkara. After all we are some of the first to admit tenkara...
Signs of a Good Season - by Jay Pape
Where I live, spring has just begun to show itself but the fishing season does not begin on my favorite, small streams until late May. That...
TENKARA+ Canyoneering [VIDEO]
One of the messages I want to spread far and wide through tenkara is that you don’t have to be a fisherman to fish, nor do...
Fishing Among Tenkara Friends
Fishing Among Tenkara Friends by TJ Ferreira Had a great time this last weekend fishing with some of my tenkara friends. These are friends I have...
John Gierach talks tenkara - All Fishermen are Liars
The legendary fly-fishing author John Gierach is at it again with a new book fresh off the press: “All Fishermen are Liars by John Gierach. Tenkara...
High Country News / Adventure Journal
Tienlon Ho writes about the story of Daniel Galhardo taking her niece tenkara fishing in the Sierra Nevada of California. "The basic tenkara cast looks a...
5 years Tenkara Giveaway
UPDATE: WINNERS! We had 309 comments entered by midnight MST of 04/13 (Sunday Night). All comments were pasted into a worksheet and assigned a number. Then,...
John Gierach, All Fishermen are Liars
Does John Gierach tenkara? Yes! He does. At least some of the time. In his latest book, All Fishermen are Liars, Gierach recounts the story of...
Easiest way to keep fly-fishing simple
The easiest way to keep fly-fishing simple may be to look back at the original practitioners of tenkara, a method of fly-fishing that hails from Japan....
Hold everything on The SimpliFly, a Kickstarter campaign
Here’s an interesting product concept, “The SimpliFly“. The concept is a box that will hold everything you need to fly-fish (and probably more than you need)....
Raise the River
After more than two months of attending a fly-fishing show nearly everywhere weekend, I have decided to go on a long-overdue vacation. Since moving inland to...
A small tip for tenkara casting
Here is a small tip that may help you in casting with your tenkara rod. It surprisingly makes a big difference in the cast. Having a...
Tenkara + Photography: "No Need to Choose" article by Allison Pluda
One of the best things about keeping fly-fishing simple and that it allows us to combine fishing with a lot of different activities. That’s the idea...
TENKARA+ [Contest]
Tenkara+ is the idea that tenkara goes well with anything you already enjoy doing outside. You should not have to choose between activities. I wrote about...
[VIDEOs] The Tenkara Kid in HD Do NOT throw your Tenkara USA rod in the water
Here are two fun episodes on tenkara made for the TV show “Lip’em & Rip’em”. The video was shot last year in the Minturn area of...
Forgiving Boulder Creek by Sasha Barajas
Forgiving Boulder Creek is a story written by Sasha Barajas about her discovery of tenkara and renewed connection with Boulder Creek, which was subject to alarming...
Wild Trout (UK) Auction
The non-profit organization Wild Trout Trust is holding an auction with some items that may be of interest to the tenkara angler. The auction will be...
Tenkara is Who We Are
Tenkara is tenkara. It’s the embrace of simplicity. It’s the light casts, the precise placements, and the enticing manipulation of the fly. Tenkara is casting across...
The Tenkara Timeline
Much has been happening as we continue our mission of sharing the tenkara story here. Here’s a timeline I started putting together earlier this year. I...
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