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...
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TJ ties the "Salt and Pepper" Sakasa Kebari
TJ ties his favorite tenkara fly, the Salt and Pepper tenkara fly, in the sakasa kebari style. He will be tying the “gourmet” version, which is...
TENKARA+ Biking
Tenkara biking? You betcha. We like to think that we exist to inspire you to get outside. And, we recognize most of your lives do not...
Welcome to Tenkara 2.0
Press Release Here Five years ago we embarked on an adventure of sorts, introducing a method of fishing unknown outside of Japan at the time to...
Tenkara Knot: one knot for tippet to line and tippet to fly
Learn how to tie the “Double-Loop slip knot” for tenkara, one very simple tenkara knot that can be used to tie your tippet to tenkara line...
Knots for tenkara
Learn the basic knots used in tenkara fly-fishing. Tie your tenkara line to rod, tippet to line and fly to tippet. There are a few knots...
Pause-and-drift technique and landing
Here’s a good video shot at Mossy Creek, Virginia, demonstrating the effective use of the pause-and-drift technique for tenkara. It also perfectly illustrates how to land...
Techniques for tenkara
Tenkara places more emphasis on technique rather than gear. One way to simplify is to reduce the number of fly choices and try different techniques. In...
Learn How to cast with tenkara
Casting with tenkara rods is not difficult. In fact, we find it to be a very intuitive thing to do. Learn how to cast tenkara rods...
Tying the Amano Kebari
One of the most renowned tenkara anglers in Japan, Mr. Katsutoshi Amano shows us how to tie tenkara flies without a vise. Mr. Katsutoshi Amano is...
Tying the Takayama Tenkara Fly
Tenkara fly tying can be pretty easy. Watch this video to learn how to to tie the takayama kebari (tenkara fly), a fly thought to have...
In Search of Tenkara, 3
The “one fly” concept of tenkara gets challenged. In this video, Tenkara USA founder, Daniel Galhardo, describes his experience fishing a very challenging river, the Eagle...
In Search of Tenkara, 2
On a 3-day backpacking trip in the backcountry of Colorado, Paul Vertrees, Patrick Smith and Daniel Galhardo get closer to finding “Tenkara”. Tenkara is the Japanese...
In Search of Tenkara, 1
This video was entirely shot, narrated and edited on March 8th, 2013. In this 4 minute video Daniel Galhardo, founder of Tenkara USA, shares a bit...
TENKARA+ Canyoneering [VIDEO]
One of the messages I want to spread far and wide through tenkara is that you don’t have to be a fisherman to fish, nor do...
John Gierach talks tenkara - All Fishermen are Liars
The legendary fly-fishing author John Gierach is at it again with a new book fresh off the press: “All Fishermen are Liars by John Gierach. Tenkara...
John Gierach, All Fishermen are Liars
Does John Gierach tenkara? Yes! He does. At least some of the time. In his latest book, All Fishermen are Liars, Gierach recounts the story of...
Hold everything on The SimpliFly, a Kickstarter campaign
Here’s an interesting product concept, “The SimpliFly“. The concept is a box that will hold everything you need to fly-fish (and probably more than you need)....
Raise the River
After more than two months of attending a fly-fishing show nearly everywhere weekend, I have decided to go on a long-overdue vacation. Since moving inland to...
[VIDEOs] The Tenkara Kid in HD Do NOT throw your Tenkara USA rod in the water
Here are two fun episodes on tenkara made for the TV show “Lip’em & Rip’em”. The video was shot last year in the Minturn area of...
[VIDEO] Introducing Tenkara USA's new rod models
Here’s a video introduction to our newest tenkara rod releases. In this video, I talk about the adjustable Sato and Rhodo tenkara rods. Video shot and...
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