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June 23, 2014 |
Tenkara Flies, Tenkara Fly Tying |
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TJ ties his favorite tenkara fly, the Salt and Pepper tenkara fly, in the sakasa kebari style. He will be tying the “gourmet” version, which is tied with two...
November 16, 2013 |
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While not all tenkara flies have the hackle facing forward (away from the bend of the hook / “reverse”), the most popular and most easily recognizable tenkara flies...
August 23, 2013 |
About tenkara, Japan, Tenkara Culture, Tenkara Videos |
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We are often asked about the correct pronunciation of some tenkara words, so I asked Mr. Yuzo Sebata, Ms. Akiko Takamatsu, Mr. Mano and Mr. Yoshida to share the correct way of...
February 3, 2013 |
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The Tenkara Guides of Utah put together this really cool fly-tying video below. I love their use of multiple cameras and embedded picture-in-picture editing. Check it out: ...
January 31, 2013 |
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For the last 14 years, just about half of my life, I have thought of getting a tattoo. I know it is a permanent thing, so I certainly never felt the need to rush it. Yet, I knew...
August 8, 2012 |
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written by Jason In a recent post, I wrote about some of the flies I got from the Tenkara Summit. One of the featured tiers was Japanese tenkara angler Masami Tanaka....
August 3, 2012 |
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written by Jason The flies were flying at this year’s summit with anglers generously opening their fly boxes to share some of their favorite patterns with other attendees....
July 21, 2012 |
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Written by Jason Daniel has been posting a lot of flies from tenkara anglers in Japan over on the Tenkara USA Facebook page lately (click here to see Daniel’s summary from...
July 4, 2012 |
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Written by Jason Happy 4th of July! Here’s a simple pattern I’ve been using lately that I’ve been having a lot of success with. I normally fish thread-bodied...
June 26, 2012 |
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There are many variables that make an artificial fly attractive to fish: size, silhouette, movement, and color. Anyone who has seen a sakasa kebari underwater knows that...
May 12, 2012 |
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This is one of the most difficult concepts to embrace in tenkara, but in my view the most liberating. What I am talking about is the idea of using [any] one fly pattern in pursuit...
June 7, 2011 |
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Yesterday I was able to spend time with the well known Mr. Katsutoshi Amano. One of the few people considered to be a living tenkara master in Japan, Amano-sensei is very well...
March 4, 2011 |
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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 3, 2011 |
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Karel Lansky, of the website Tenkara on the Fly Blog tied the first fly featured today, and says, “I wanted to crate a fly imitating a very widespread insect, a caddis,...
March 1, 2011 |
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How I love our community of tenkara anglers, their enthusiasm and passion for tenkara inspires me to run Tenkara USA and try to make it better every day. As the flies of our...
