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Tenkara USA team has spent countless hours expertly learning tenkara fly fishing, and organizing it into all types of tenkara fly fishing articles for tenkara anglers. Topics include how to fish tenkara, catching fish, fixed line fly fishing, tenkara rods, tenkara fly lines, tenkara flies, tenkara gear, tenkara casting, and common problems with tenkara fishing. Read our articles on fly fishing below to learn more about tenkara and level up your tenkara fly fishing skills and knowledge with advice from Tenkara USA’s experienced anglers.

10 Best Tips for Tenkara Fishing
10 Best Tips for Tenkara Fishing
Learn the most common and best tips we share for tenkara fishing in this video...
Tenkara rod care and maintenance
Tenkara rod care and maintenance
Proper care of your tenkara rod will ensure it performs well and decrease chances of the rod breaking. Here’s how to care for your tenkara rod. Tenkara rods have a...
Finding the Perfect Tenkara Water
Finding the Perfect Tenkara Water
Finding the Perfect Tenkara Water By Steven B. Schweitzer Editor note: Article published on the 1st volume of the Tenkara Magazine. This is a terrific resource for...
My favorite tenkara tip: dealing with tangled...
My favorite tenkara tip: dealing with tangled...
The most appreciated tenkara tip we share with people might also be the shortest and simplest. When we are learning how to cast with tenkara, it is common to...
How to tie tenkara flies: The Ishigaki...
How to tie tenkara flies: The Ishigaki...
How to tie tenkara flies: The Ishigaki Kebari™ Materials: 1) Size 12 hook (this can vary according to preference, size 12 is the one Ishigaki uses most often) 2)...
Troubleshooting Your Tenkara Cast
Troubleshooting Your Tenkara Cast
Troubleshooting the Tenkara Cast: Learn how to make your casting with a tenkara rod better An excerpt from tenkara – the book I have noticed a few common problems...
Tenkara Casting Tips
Tenkara Casting Tips
An excerpt from tenkara – the book One does not have to go to summer camp or learn physics to learn how to fly cast, at least not with tenkara. Tenkara casting is...
What we go through to catch trout
What we go through to catch trout
“Well, I guess we will find out if the rope is long enough.” I was standing on the edge of a cliff with Steve Conrad looking at our objective down below, the North...
The Most Popular Tenkara Rods
The Most Popular Tenkara Rods
Over the years we have worked on a number of tenkara rod concepts. Most of them are still around, due to their popularity with tenkara anglers. As we seek to keep our...
Catch & Release
Catch & Release
CATCH AND RELEASE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES by Jack Williams An excerpt from the Tenkara Magazine 2015 One of the true joys of fishing is not only catching fish, but...
Learn How to cast with tenkara
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 in this video with Daniel Galhardo....
Techniques for tenkara
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 Japan I’ve...
Pause-and-drift technique and landing
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...

Tenkara Coloring Book
Tenkara Coloring Book
Our designer Jeremy just finished putting together the first Tenkara Coloring Book! We hope this may be a fun activity for you and your family, or something that will...
mounTEN: issue 6, March 2019
mounTEN: issue 6, March 2019
Welcome to the sixth issue of Tenkara USA’s official monthly ezine, covering the best stories on the tenkara method of fly-fishing. mounTEN brings forth content...
mounTEN: issue 5, February 2019
mounTEN: issue 5, February 2019
Welcome to the fifth issue of Tenkara USA’s official monthly ezine, covering the best stories on the tenkara method of fly-fishing. mounTEN brings forth content...
mounTEN: issue 4, January 2019
mounTEN: issue 4, January 2019
Welcome to the fourth issue of Tenkara USA’s official monthly ezine, covering the best stories on the tenkara method of fly-fishing. mounTEN brings forth...
mounTEN: issue 3 PDF, December 2018
mounTEN: issue 3 PDF, December 2018
This issue of Tenkara USA’s official monthly ezine, mounTEN, covers the best content created by Tenkara USA over the last 10 years in a fun-to-read format. This...
mounTEN: issue 2, November 2018
mounTEN: issue 2, November 2018
mounTEN: Issue 2, November 2018 The official ezine of Tenkara USA As we near our TENth anniversary, we are bringing forward the best stories shared in the last TEN years...
mounTEN: issue 1 PDF, October 2018
mounTEN: issue 1 PDF, October 2018
Announcing our first issue of mounTEN! The official “e-zine” of Tenkara USA. Look for it on the TENth of every month, each issue is a collection of essays,...