ISE Sacramento and Tenkara
Phew! Day 2 of the ISE Sacramento show is behind us, and 2 more days ahead. As TJ wrote about it on facebook “busy, busy, busy”…...
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Tenkara USA Fishing shows
We’ll be attending several of the Fly Fishing Shows in the next two months. We’d love to see you coming by our booth if you’re near...
Top 10 posts of 2012
The year is coming to an end, and we’re looking forward to all 2013 will bring. Thought it would be fun to recap the top posts...
Inspiration: Natural Bonsai Tour
Every morning since moving to Colorado I have been taking morning hikes with my dog, Yuki. We go to a trail near home, and I’m thrilled...
Winter Tip: Leave your Boots Outside = no Didymo
We finally got some snow here in the new Tenkara USA home of Boulder, CO. And, with it, some very cold weather. The low tonight is...
Winter Maintenance of my Tenkara Gear
Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Jay Pape at the first Tenkara Summit. Jay works for the National Forest Service out of Bozeman, Montana,...
Tenkara Summit 2013
We just received the artwork from Anthony Naples for the 3rd Annual Tenkara Summit, which will be held in Harrisonburg, VA on May 11 and 12. We’ll count...
To long line or not to long line?
Written by TJ, It seems there are many conversations about tenkara these days about line length. I guess when you have simple form of fly fishing...
12-12-12 goal
I was planning to leave home early today and go fishing, with the goal of catching 12 trout on this day of 12-12-12. Well, I got...
Tenkara USA PAY IT FORWARD SALE
This has been a great year for us here at Tenkara USA. We have far exceeded any expectations in sales and the number of new people...
SAVE THE DATE TENKARA SUMMIT 2013: May 11-12 - Harrisonburg, VA
Update 11/26: Mossy Creek Fly Fishing and Tenkara USA continue to talk and nail down more specific details about the 2013 Tenkara Summit. We’ll have the...
One Fly Thoughts
There is a very good exchange on the Tenkara Anglers page on Facebook about the now famous tenkara approach of using one fly. Tenkara Guide Tom...
Black Friday Special: Free Shipping
We don't work with the high margins of many retailers, but in this special shopping day we can at least offer you free shipping in the...
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy thanksgiving! I'd like to say I'm thankful for your support, thankful for the community of tenkara anglers that is always ready to help others, thankful...
Tenkara USA moving to Boulder, Colorado
It was only 6 months ago where he asked me what my greatest regret was, and I answered “Settling down in a great city that is...
Sharing Tenkara with a 7-year-old
Written by DanielI have been sharing some good stuff on our Facebook page and thought I should also share them with you, our loyal blog reader. This post...
Tenkara Flies: Conservative, Moderate, Liberal
Written by Daniel No, this blog is not about to become political. After going through the highly turbulent political times of the election campaigns – phew,...
The Story of Vagabox Continues
Written by DanielForum user Acheateaux had a brilliant idea: the Vagabox. The Vagabox is a traveling fly box that will be “bringing surprise, intrigue and fishing stoke with it...
TENKARA USA - SANDY RELIEF AUCTION
UPDATE (11/05): The auction has now closed. We’re delighted to announce Sandy Auction by Tenkara USA. We have raised $1,026 in funds. A beneficiary organization will be...
Full-Time Tenkara Junkie TJ, What were you thinking?
Many of our customers will be delighted to know we convinced a very talented guy to join Tenkara USA full time. It’s a milestone for Tenkara...
Tenkara Line Lengths and Stealth
The other day I came across this great chart put together by Vlad Odnoshivkin, from the blog Tenkara in Siberia. It was too good not to share it...
Tenkara License Plates
Written by DanielMost states in the US allow for customized license plates. Several of them allow for 7 characters, the perfect number for the word TENKARA....
Species caught on tenkara
A quick google search for “how many fish species are there?” wil reveal it’s either 230,000 or 30,000…depending on whether you click on search result #1...
Ended Mid-atlantic tenkara tour
Ended the Mid-Atlantic tenkara tour in a high note, leaving Virginia with this beautiful fish fresh in my memory. Caught using the Ito, with 20ft of...
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