Confessions of a Recovering EZ Keeper User
Written by Jason Many people might not realize this but I was actually the first person to suggest using EZ Keepers on tenkara rods as a line storage solution. That’s...
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Exploring Fall Tenkara Fishing in the Northern Rockies
Fall is a beautiful time of year in the northern Rockies, but for me, it’s always been a little overrated in terms of fishing. Yes, it can be a great...
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Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays Olive Dubbed Body Sakasa Kebari
Written by Jason Happy 4th of July! Here's a simple pattern I've been using lately that I've been having a lot of success with. I normally fish thread-bodied flies but...
Tenkara Level Lines - cut them or join them
Maybe we need to revise the term "fixed-line fishing" slightly. While it is accurate to describe tenkara as a "fixed-line" method of fishing, it should be noted there is more...
Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays Yoshida Kebari, using the alula feather
Tenkara Flies on Wednesdays! How does that sound? Every Wednesday, as you find yourself looking forward to the coming weekend and still with a couple of days to tie new...
Good points about Tenkara
Margaret will have to forgive me for having fun with some video clips I captured on my iphone while we visited Colorado a couple of weeks ago. This video was...
Manzanar Fishing Club (Movie)
Quite sometime ago we talked about the beginnings of a fascinating film project, the Manzanar Fishing Club. This project documents the stories and history of Japanese and Japanese Americans who...
Tenkara lessons from 6-year old Jack
On my last post I said the off-topic post would not set the precedent to talking about funny cats. But, I could not have predicted the future. In this hillarious...
Camera phone microscope: optical lens for you entomologists
For the first time I'll be taking the liberty to talk about something that is not totally related to tenkara, but which I think you'll enjoy, and which may have...
Tenkara Knots - Back to the basics
At recent weeks I have had a chance to spend time with a lot of people who have been doing tenkara for sometime, and others who are completely new to...
"Tenkara is not dapping" campaign
The most common misconception about tenkara it that it is just dapping - that because the line is tied to the tip of the rod, it is only lowered onto...
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The Tenkara USA catalog
Tenkara Guides of Utah share a great video
The Tenkara Guides of Utah, Erik Ostrander, Rob Worthing, and John Vetterli, have just posted their awesome video on tenkara online. The video was filmed and produced by Ben Luthy,...
Kotsuzake, a "ceremonial" cup of sake
Over two years ago my friend Masaki and I went fishing together to shot the first video Tenkara fly-fishing from Tenkara USA on Vimeo. for this website. It was...
Katsutoshi Amano 勝利天野 Tenkara Fly Tying and Profile
Yesterday I was able to spend time with the well known Mr. Katsutoshi Amano. One of the few people considered to be a living tenkara master in Japan, Amano-sensei is...
Zenmai kebari
As I spend time in Japan, I realize how much I have already covered in our blog in regards to tenkara. This blog has a wealth of information regarding tenkara,...
Tenkara Masters (video)
Tenkara Masters: Lessons w/ Dr. Hisao Ishigaki and Sakakibara Masami In May 2010, Daniel Galhardo, founder of Tenkara USA, spent 2 weeks in Japan learning more about tenkara, and fishing...