June 27, 2011 |
Japan, Tenkara, TENKARA+ |
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When I first started researching tenkara I ran into some Japanese blogs with some awesome pictures of people climbing waterfalls, swimming through pools, rappelling, and then...
June 17, 2011 |
About tenkara, Japan |
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Tomorrow morning I’m headed for a 2-day tenkara event, and next week my schedule is packed. I hope to write more soon, but thought I’d leave you with a post of fishing...
May 23, 2011 |
About tenkara, Japan, Tenkara International |
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It’s been 12 days since I arrived in Japan seeking to learn more about tenkara and experience the mountain fishing culture of Japan. This is my third visit to Japan, and...
April 24, 2011 |
About tenkara, Interviews, Tenkara |
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Misako Ishimura is the co-author of the book Tenkara – Radically Simple, Ultralight Fly-fishing , and she agreed to give us an interview, sheding a bit of light on her...
April 15, 2011 |
About tenkara, Japan, Tenkara Technique, Tenkara Videos |
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In May 2010, Daniel Galhardo, founder of Tenkara USA, spent 2 weeks in Japan learning more about tenkara, and fishing with two of the most renowned tenkara masters in the country,...
March 8, 2011 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Nets |
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It has been a while since I last posted something on tenkara nets. So, I thought I’d give you an update on nets that I have recently finished. Also, be on the lookout this...
March 5, 2011 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Flies |
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Three beautiful tenkara flies today: Mr. Kuhlow from our forum tied the nice western/tenkara hybrid above, he says, “I called it the Royal Sakasa Kebari for kind of obvious...
March 4, 2011 |
Tenkara |
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Jay (Yakfisher) from our forum, tied this wonderful fly. He says he’s tied less than 100 flies and is just “beginning to understand the techniques involved”, but...
March 2, 2011 |
Tenkara |
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Rick Setina tied the fly below and says “I chose the sakasa kebari with a black body and a red tail section. I used grizzly hackle because that color combination did so well...
February 25, 2011 |
About tenkara, Tenkara |
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Very often people ask me what the name tenkara means. When someone familiar with Japanese reads the name in Roman characters (tenkara), and not in the katakana characters...
February 24, 2011 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Technique |
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The last post was based on the long-held discussion of whether it’s better to fish upstream or downstream. Thinking about it, made me discuss a few pragmatical reasons to...
February 16, 2011 |
Tenkara |
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Many times inspiration for our blog posts comes straight from the great community of tenkara anglers hosted in our forum. In recent days two threads were posted in our forum...
January 8, 2011 |
Tenkara |
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It’s official, the first book in English about tenkara has been published! This is the great work of tenkara enthusiasts Kevin C. Kelleher, MD, and Ms. Misako Ishimura, and...
January 3, 2011 |
Tenkara |
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Tenkara USA created a brand new category, a new market, in the fly-fishing industry: tenkara (you may also call it “simpler fly-fishing”, “mountain stream...
December 29, 2010 |
Tenkara |
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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....
