Tenkara fly collection slideshow
Here is a slideshow of the majority of my collection of tenkara flies. Most of these flies were gifts from tenkara anglers in Japan, and a...
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A Good Quote on Tenkara, from 1890
“To an English eye the native [Japanese] method of fly-fishing will be rude; but it is justified by its results.” – Basil Hall Chamberlain in “Things...
Fish Sign Language - How trout communicate
It has just been discovered that some fish use a kind of sign language to help others hunt. So, I decided to investigate the footage I...
Tenkara Diaries, April 28th 2013
I went fishing with Steve Schweitzer, author of Fly Fishing Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park (an excellent guide book that now includes a section on...
Tenkara Diaries - April 26th, 2013
A frying pan and a tenkara Grand Slam in Colorado… Armed with a tenkara rod (I was using the Tenkara USA Ito), tenkara line and tenkara...
Tenkara Colorado Grand Slam
Today I started fishing near Aspen, Colorado, after giving a presentation in the area yesterday. In the morning I headed out with a group and caught...
Iwana = "Rock Fish"
This is the photo of a Japanese char, the Iwana, which I took on one of my trips to Japan. Iwana translates roughly as “rock fish”. Aptly I caught...
Tenkara Diaries, April 20 2013
John Geer and I went to Missoula, Montana to attend the Orvis Guide Rendezvous over the last couple of days. We were invited to share tenkara...
WINNER of the Tenkara Summit Contest
I’m glad to announce a winner for the Tenkara Summit Contest, where we’re giving a free trip to attend the 2013 Tenkara Summit in Harrisonburg, Virginia....
Press Release: Tenkara Summit 2013
For immediate release Tenkara Summit 2013, May 11-12 The 3rd Tenkara Summit will take place in May in Harrisonburg,Virginia. BOULDER, Colorado: For those wanting to learn more...
The Wintertime Blues A collaborative fanzine for tenkara and fly fishing
If you’re looking for some fun reading over the next few days, Anthony Naples created The Wintertime Blues, “a one-time only project dedicated to collecting creative writing,...
Tenkara Diaries 4 - April 14, 2013
Tenkara Diaries 4 - April 14, 2013
"A Boy, a Bus, Tenkara" by TJ Ferreira
TJ, the man in charge of customer service here at Tenkara USA, is a Volkswagen Bus aficionado. He put together this neat video of him going...
Tenkara Diaries 3 - April 13, 2013
Had a fun day of fishing yesterday on the Big Thompson, outside of Estes Park. One of the highlights of the day was a group of...
Tenkara Diaries 2 - April 11, 2013
Headed out for a phenomenal afternoon of tenkara fishing. Carried a prototype tenkara rod I’m working on, tenkara line and two tenkara flies I tied before...
Tenkara Diaries - April 10, 2013
Now that I’m nearer streams, I decided to record more of the experiences I’m having out there. Some may be just a quick recap of what...
Tenkara Guides' TROutreach
The Tenkara Guides’ TROutreach (Tenkara Recreational Outreach) is featured in the March/April issue of InMotion magazine! Erik, John and Rob of the TenkaraGuides.com are doing a terrific job...
My new "One Knot": Double-loop slip knot Tippet to fly
After 2 decades of using an improved clinch to tie my fly to tippet, I decided to give a new knot a real try. This knot was taught...
Took our limit today
Just returned from a good fishing trip with Denver Dobbins, Karel Lansky and Graham Moran. A terrific day on the water. We took home our limit,...
In Search of Tenkara, part 3 [VIDEO]
About “In Search of Tenkara, Part 3″: Let me get this out of the way first: I used non-tenkara flies, split shot and even a bobber!...
The Last Commercial Tenkara Angler - Bunpei Sonehara
For quite sometime I have known about the story of Mr. Bunpei Sonehara, who is largely considered to have been the last commercial tenkara angler in...
Tenkara flies map
I’ve been working on a project that will take me a while to complete, I actually started it almost two years ago, inspired by My Best...
In Search of Tenkara, 2 [VIDEO]
Our search for tenkara continues in this video, which documents a 3-day backpacking trip in the backcountry of Colorado with Paul Vertrees owner of Kifaru Patrick Smith, and...
Tenkara was a hoax
I have a confession to make. I made tenkara up. Yes, it was a long-running (4 years now), full on hoax…a prank…a made up story. I...
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