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October 19, 2014 |
How-To's, Tenkara Flies, Tenkara Philosophy |
Tenkara USA |
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Lately I must have been giving too many flies away (and sure, a few were “given” to trees too!). Yesterday I went fishing with some friends and this was what my fly...
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July 9, 2014 |
Tenkara Philosophy |
Tenkara USA |
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We always say that tenkara is much more about the experience rather than gear. I suppose we mean that literally in every way. The other day I was talking to a friend who recently...
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June 23, 2014 |
Tenkara Flies, Tenkara Fly Tying |
Tenkara USA |
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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...
October 31, 2013 |
How to tenkara, Tenkara, Tenkara Technique, Tenkara Videos |
John @ Tenkara USA |
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by John Geer Pulsing flies has become one of my favorite techniques to use with a tenkara rod, but the idea of imparting motion to flies was very strange to me after having the...
September 23, 2013 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Community, Tenkara Events, Tenkara Flies, Tenkara Fly Tying |
admin |
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This weekend we held the first Tenkara Tie-a-thon to help victims of the devastating Colorado flood. The recent floods have swept homes, displaced thousands of people and took a...
July 25, 2013 |
Tenkara Community |
admin |
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Tenkara guide Lance Milks went for it and got a nice tenkara tattoo. Here is his story: “I’ve been playing around with ideas for a tattoo that showed my love for fly...
July 21, 2013 |
Nature, Tenkara, Tenkara Experiences, Tenkara Philosophy, TENKARA+ |
admin |
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I was inspired by the story written by Sebata-san, Go Deeper Upstream with Skill. I enjoyed learning his story, where Sebata-san describes how he learned tenkara, and also the...
June 13, 2013 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Community, Tenkara Culture |
admin |
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Tattoos are permanent and, as it’s become obvious, so is the passion anglers feel for tenkara. Today we learned of the 5th person to get a tenkara tattoo, Chris...
June 10, 2013 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Flies, Tenkara Fly Tying |
admin |
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Fly tying can be a wonderful hobby in itself. But since I have personally embraced a philosophy in which the fly pattern is not all that important, it has been a while since I...
May 28, 2013 |
Tenkara Diaries, Tenkara Videos |
admin |
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Carp fishing with tenkara. It has been done before but I figured it was the time I went out and personally tested our rods with them. Yesterday I spotted a good number of carp...
May 28, 2013 |
Interviews, Tenkara Videos |
admin |
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A few weeks ago I arrived back home from a fishing trip. I got home at night time. As I removed stuff from the back of the car I noticed someone crossing the street in my...
May 2, 2013 |
Tenkara, Tenkara Flies |
admin |
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Here is a slideshow of the majority of my collection of tenkara flies. Most of these flies were gifts from tenkara anglers in Japan, and a large part of this collection was tied...
April 30, 2013 |
Nature, Tenkara Videos |
admin |
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It has just been discovered that some fish use a kind of sign language to help others hunt. So, I decided to investigate the footage I have been capturing over the last couple of...
April 27, 2013 |
Tenkara Diaries, Tenkara Experiences, Tenkara Videos |
admin |
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A frying pan and a tenkara Grand Slam in Colorado… Armed with a tenkara rod (I was using the Tenkara USA Ito), tenkara line and tenkara flies I went fishing near Aspen,...
April 14, 2013 |
Tenkara Diaries, Tenkara Experiences, Tenkara Videos, TENKARA+ |
admin |
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Had a fun day of fishing yesterday on the Big Thompson, outside of Estes Park. One of the highlights of the day was a group of rams butting heads on the side of the road. All we...