August 25, 2010 |
Tenkara |
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For the last several years the sport of fly-fishing has been threatened by decline, primarily attributed to young kids not taking up their parent’s and grandparent’s...
August 17, 2010 |
Tenkara |
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This month Tenkara USA is being featured in the Japanese fly-fishing magazine, Fly Rodders. Fly Rodders is one of the leading magazines on fly-fishing in Japan. The mention is...
August 11, 2010 |
Tenkara |
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How can I possibly start writing about a fishing trip with two of the finest anglers in the US, if not by repeating an older post that I must have been living a dream? And that,...
July 31, 2010 |
Interviews, Tenkara |
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After knowing Ishigaki sensei for about a year and having had many communications with him via email, and after spending several days talking and fishing with him while visiting...
July 30, 2010 |
Tenkara |
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Today I completed my first own tenkara net. It’s made of one manzanita branch, found after much looking and worked on for over a month. The end of the handle features a deer...
July 20, 2010 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Nets |
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I have been having tons of fun searching for the appropriate branches and then embarking on the adventure of making my own tenkara tamo (tenkara nets). As stated, I have fallen in...
July 13, 2010 |
Tenkara |
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At the invitation of Tenkara USA and The Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club (GGACC), GGACC is proud to host renowned tenkara fly-fishing master, Dr. Hisao Ishigaki, for a unique...
July 8, 2010 |
Tenkara |
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Fly-fishing is one of the most therapeutic activities around, and tenkara’s simplicity perhaps even more so. Since the inception of Tenkara USA, we have been approached and...
July 1, 2010 |
Tenkara |
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A big tenkara WOW: Wow! Don’t do this at home, really. # ...
June 29, 2010 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Nets |
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I told you, I have fallen in love with the simple, organic elegance of tenkara nets. Though I have very little experience with wood work, I have decided to embark on the journey...
June 25, 2010 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Flies |
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While we subscribe to the theory that fishing is extremely simple, and that a person can successfully fish with one fly pattern, whatever pattern they choose, we also really...
June 21, 2010 |
Tenkara |
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It had been quite a while since I was last excited about fishing magazines. With the exception of a couple of magazines’ recent issues that brought something authentically...
June 17, 2010 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Gear, Tenkara Nets |
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I have absolutely fallen in love with Tenkara nets (tenkara tamo in Japanese). As I got to see many examples up close, and learn about how they are made, and about their design,...
June 16, 2010 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Flies |
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I love the idea of using natural materials on all my flies. Through tenkara I learned about a material most people accustomed to the western fly-tying traditions have never heard...
June 15, 2010 |
Japan, Tenkara, Tenkara Rods |
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There is something to be said about using a natural material as a tool. Particularly if this is simply crafted. Particularly if the focus is not on manufacturing it, but on...
