December 30, 2010 |
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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...
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....
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...
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!...
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...
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,...
November 30, 2010 |
Tenkara |
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
