Cuttbow on tenkara
This weekend I hiked up to the high country, exploring the headwaters of one of my favorite local streams. The characteristic of the water changed dramatically,...
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Happy 4th of July! Tenkara Independence Kebari
Just started the celebration by tying a fly with an independent spirit, the Tenkara Independence Kebari. Happy Independence Day everyone! Near the end of the day...
DEALERS-ONLY SALE
Tenkara USA is running a special dealers-only sale on the Ayu II and 11 ft Iwana. The rods will be on sale through our dealers for $125 (regular...
Grayling on Tenkara
Just got on the road for the 6-hour drive back to Anchorage, Alaska, from 3-days of fishing with veterans of Project Healing Waters. I’ll be writing...
Tenkara USA on Vimeo
One more social vimeo networking blog for you to try, and we're having a surprising amount of fun with this 6-second video app. Here are the...
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...
Tenkara Diaries: Trout, Carp, Bluegills and Bass
Tenkara was a gift from heaven, it perfectly matched the type of water I love most: mountain streams. But, there is plenty of good waters very...
Tenkara [Carp] Diaries, May 28th
Carp fishing with tenkara. It has been done before but I figured it was the time I went out and personally tested our rods with them....
Fly angler describes his first experience with tenkara
A few weeks ago I arrived back home from a fishing trip. I got home at night time. As I removed stuff from the back of...
Tenkara Diaries, May 23rd 2013
A quick, 1 minute video of today’s outing with my wife and our dog. Watch in HD, click the gear icon and select 1080!
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...
Tenkara Summit Photography
Every event needs a good photographer. We have been very lucky to get professional photographers to attend all of our Tenkara Summits and memorialize the event...
Tenkara Diaries, May 13 Tactics to catch a lot of fish in the Virginia Mountains
John, TJ and I went tenkara fly-fishing in the Virginia mountains yesterday. We were looking for the beautiful brook trout found in those parts and certainly...
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 Summit 2013 - LIVE
Photos from the Tenkara Summit, in Harrisonburg, VA. A blast. Great vibes.
Tenkara Summit 2013 this weekend
The third annual Tenkara Summit is just a couple of days away now! We hope to see you there this weekend. Here’s an overview of the...
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