Tenkara Fishing Rocky Mountain National Park, Boulder Creek and Beyond
Tenkara Community Submitted ContentWritten by Cheri Felix To be honest, I just started fishing a few months ago. I used to know the exact number of days (it’s been about...
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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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Finding the Perfect Tenkara Water
By Steven B. SchweitzerEditor note: Article published on the 1st volume of the Tenkara Magazine. This is a terrific resource for anyone wanting to go fly-fishing in the backcountry, and...
How to tie tenkara flies: The Ishigaki Kebari
How to tie tenkara flies: The Ishigaki Kebari™ Materials: 1) Size 12 hook (this can vary according to preference, size 12 is the one Ishigaki uses most often)2) Sewing thread,...
My favorite tenkara tip: dealing with tangled tenkara lines
The most appreciated tenkara tip we share with people might also be the shortest and simplest.When we are learning how to cast with tenkara, it is common to occasionally have...
Troubleshooting Your Tenkara Cast
Troubleshooting the Tenkara Cast: Learn how to make your casting with a tenkara rod better An excerpt from tenkara – the book I have noticed a few common problems that occur...
Tenkara Casting Tips
An excerpt from tenkara – the book One does not have to go to summer camp or learn physics to learn how to fly cast, at least not with tenkara. Tenkara...
What we go through to catch trout
“Well, I guess we will find out if the rope is long enough.” I was standing on the edge of a cliff with Steve Conrad looking at our objective down...
The Most Popular Tenkara Rods
Over the years we have worked on a number of tenkara rod concepts. Most of them are still around, due to their popularity with tenkara anglers. As we seek to...
Catch & Release
CATCH AND RELEASEPRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES by Jack WilliamsAn excerpt from the Tenkara Magazine 2015One of the true joys of fishing is not only catching fish, but realizing that you have...
Mr. Yoshida ties a Kenbane tenkara fly
Mr. Takashi Yoshida is an innovative fly tyer based in Japan. Here he shows how to tie a tenkara fly using the Alula feather of a pheasant, known in Japanese as...
Tenkara Lake Fishing in the Indian Peaks Wilderness
Written by Oliver Smith Living in Lyons, Colorado is a wonderful thing. Walking two blocks to the St. Vrain river to drop a fly in the water is certainly a...
Hiroto Sasaki, Tying a Tenkara Fly Without a Vise
Our favorite thing about this video is the way Mr. Sasaki finishes off his tenkara fly. Watch him tie his fly without a vise, and then the unique technique he...
Small Stream Tenkara Fishing in the G.W. National Forest
Written by Brad Trumbo Dust billowed as my buddy Derek and I traveled an old gravel road through western Augusta County, Virginia. An interesting feature of many streams draining the...
Tenkara: Sawtooth mountains trip report
Hi I’m Jen, I help manage the social media for Tenkara USA. I usually hang back behind the scenes, but Daniel has asked me to come on here and give...
Which rod to buy for Sierra tenkara fishing
Tenkara USA had its origins in San Francisco, California. San Francisco is by no means a fly-fishing destination, but that’s where I lived when tenkara came to me. The best...
Which tenkara rod to buy for Colorado: Boulder / Front Range?
Boulder in Colorado is our home, and we fish all the waters around here frequently. Thus this is a good place to start our, “Which tenkara rod to buy for...