Quick Guide to Tenkara - Tenkara net making: connecting the mesh bag to net frame
A good friend of mine decided to give her dad a tenkara net (also known as a “tamo“) for Christmas. She’s been working on the branch frame for a few...
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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 Videos
Blood Knot, the film
In 2013, we were pitched the idea of sponsoring a film about two brothers who absolutely love fly-fishing. The story would be centered on the Trow brothers, who own and...
Fly-tying without a vise
John Geer shows us how to tie flies without a vise. That’s simple fly-tying. Tenkara flies happen to be some of the easiest to tie without the use of a...
Tenkara Fly-Tying Video Series: John Geer fly tying without a vise
In today’s weekly video for our Tenkara Fly-Tying Video Series, John Geer shows some fly tying without a vise. This video goes very well with our newly released “No tools...
What about new tenkara rods for Christmas?
Still looking for a holiday gift? What about the most innovative tenkara rods around?Louis Cahill from the must-follow blog Gink & Gasoline, stopped by our booth at a tradeshow earlier this...
Tenkara Fly-Tying Video Series (2)
Tenkara Guide Allen Seagraves, who is based in Boulder, Colorado, shows us how to tie a simple tenkara fly pattern in today’s video.
Simple kebari with Allen Seagraves
Allen Seagraves, a tenkara guide based in Boulder, Colorado, shows us how to tie a simple kebari.
Chartreuse Black Kebari with Mark Bolson
Tenkara Fly-Tying Video Series In this video Mark Bolson shows us how to tie a tenkara fly (kebari) he calls the Chartreuse Black Kebari.
Ryan Jordan - Montana
Ryan Jordan was the first state-licensed tenkara guide in the western United States. Ryan is a licensed fly fishing guide in the State of Montana, and the only Montana guide...
Tenkara Fly-Tying Video Series (1)
Today we launch the Tenkara Fly-Tying Video Series. The Tenkara Fly-Tying Video Series will be an on-going series of videos released weekly, every Tuesday. The intent of the series is to show...
Why do rivers bend?
I spend a lot of time in streams of different types. My favorite thing about stream fishing is all the curves they present, that makes it so that every few...
Casual Fly-tying
Fly tying can be as simple and spontaneous as one wants it to be.Yesterday I met up with a couple of friends for some wine at their place. As we...
Trout Unlimited - 10 Special Places
Trout Unlimited (TU) is an organization we have supported from our inception. Their mission is “to conserve, protect and restore North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.” For over 5 years...
The Tenkara Movement
Yesterday I wrote a post I titled the “The Tenkara Industry”. It would have been equally apt to title it “The Tenkara Movement”, for that’s what it is. I talked...
Allen Seagraves - Colorado
Allen Seagraves has been an avid promoter of tenkara in the Boulder area of Colorado. He decided to become one of a growing number of tenkara guides in the state...
Tenkara Rod Tip Field Repair
Even I can find myself with a broken tenkara rod tip in need of repair. The odds implied that it was bound to happen. After about 6 years of tenkara...