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December 30, 2010 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Flies |
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Some people consider winter the fly-tying season, thus our recent posts on tenkara fly-tying. With the very large number of new tenkara adopters and readers of our blog since this...
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December 29, 2010 |
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Today we have a great video showing the simplicity of tenkara fly-tying. It was shot with a 100mm macro lens in real time, not edited, with the fly being tied beginning to end....
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December 27, 2010 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Flies |
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A new, shorter version of the tenkara fly-tying video featured in our tea post. Tenkara fly-tying, sakasa kebari Demonstration on how to tie a tenkara sakasa kebari...
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December 23, 2010 |
Tenkara Flies |
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One of the reasons I created Tenkara USA is because I really like introducing friends to things that I love, tenkara fly-fishing, tenkara rods, tenkara nets, now tenkara tea!...
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December 15, 2010 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Rods |
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While Tenkara USA is a fully independent company with no commercial ties with a Japanese company, we are very fortunate to have established very strong relationships with tenkara...
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December 2, 2010 |
Interviews, Japan, Tenkara |
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I have suspected that the popularization of tenkara in the US would help create even more interest for tenkara fly-fishing in Japan. Today, Tenkara USA founder and CEO (yes, me,...
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November 30, 2010 |
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Sometimes to improve our technique we must watch examples of how something should not be done. Yesterday a video showing a tenkara angler in Japan using a very long line was...
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November 11, 2010 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Technique |
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Think about the origins of tenkara and western fly-fishing. Tenkara was originated by commercial fishermen, whose livelihoods depended on very efficiently and cheaply catching...
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November 10, 2010 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Technique |
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Two of the main goals to fly-fishing technique are attracting a fish, and getting the fish to actually take the fly. Dr. Ishigaki and other anglers in Japan have done many studies...
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November 9, 2010 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Technique |
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A post on tenkara fishing techniques has been long overdue. I have written many times about how relying on technique instead of fly patterns and additional gear is a good way to...
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November 5, 2010 |
Tenkara |
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It’s been a while since I have written anything on tenkara in this blog. To be honest, unless there is something I really feel like I need to share I won’t try taking...
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September 29, 2010 |
Tenkara Rods |
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While Dr. Ishigaki was visiting he showed us a very cool method for freeing two segments that are stuck on a tenkara rod (or any telescopic rod). It’s very simple, and...
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September 24, 2010 |
Tenkara Gear |
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I have said it before and will say it again, I have fallen in love with tenkara nets for stream fishing. After a lot of requests for us to offer tenkara nets and a long period...
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September 17, 2010 |
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A major milestone for tenkara in the US. Yesterday an article on tenkara was published in the New York Times! It is inevitable that after the period of intrigue, and reluctance,...
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September 4, 2010 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Flies, Tenkara Technique |
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Ever since getting into the discipline of using one fly pattern/style only, with no great concern for choosing the “right” fly, but rather focusing proper fishing...
