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a blog about tenkara gear, techniques & philosophy

Mar162012

Tenkara Brown Trout

First Fish of 2012 and a Strange Catch

  Just got back from Bear creek where I finally caught my first fish of the year.  I can’t believe I went this far into 2012 without catching anything but to be fair, this winter’s fishing conditions haven’t been great and I’ve been going to some tough places like the S. Platte.  But today made…

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5 CommentsTenkara Blog, Trip Reports
Mar142012

Tenkara Popularity in search

State of the Tenkaraverse 2012

Here is a an interesting chart I made using Google Gadgets showing the number of global searches for the keyword “tenkara” since 2004.  Not surprisingly, no data shows prior to 2009 (the year Tenkara USA was founded).  Keep in mind that the numbers on the y-axis are not the actual number of searches, but normalized…

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Mar122012

Tenkara USA Bamboo Fly Box

Tenkara USA Bamboo Fly Box

I just got my Tenkara USA Bamboo Fly Box and it is beautiful.  I got to see a sneak preview of one at the Fly Fishing Show in Denver a few months ago and couldn’t wait until they were for sale.  I’m a sucker for wooden fly boxes so the day they went up on…

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Mar112012

Two Tone Sakasa Kebari

Two-tone Sakasa Kebari

Sakasa Kebari are great attractor patterns and most classic attractors incorporate some kind of contrast or bright colors.  So I thought why not carry this idea to tenkara flies? The idea is simple–the body is made up of two different colored threads.  The brighter (contrasting) thread color covers 50% of the back of the hook…

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Mar82012

The Ultimate Tenkara Rod

The “Perfect” Tenkara Rod

Sitting on the bank during one of those all-too-familiar fishless days on the South Platte, I started thinking about rod design.  With my current favorite in my hand (the Tenkara USA Ito), I began to think about what makes a rod “good”.  I’ve done a fair number of tenkara rod reviews and if you’ve followed this…

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13 CommentsTenkara Blog, Tenkara Gear, Tenkara Rods
Mar72012

Tenkara-Ignorance

Tenkara is a Joke

A long time ago, I wrote a post about five common tenkara myths and busted them.  With all that’s been written about tenkara since then, I still find it amusing when people tweet statements like this:     Let’s carry that statement to its logical conclusion, shall we? 4 weight rods are a joke because…

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Mar62012

Tenkara USA Yellow Level Line

New Tenkara USA Yellow Level Line

The big news this week for lovers of level tenkara lines is that Tenkara USA will be listing a new yellow fluorocarbon line on their website within the next few days.   I recently had a chance to field test the line and here is my initial review. Any discussion of tenkara level line inevitably involves mention of the orange…

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Tenkara Line Spools

Tenkara line spools make both long-term storage and moving from spot to spot more organized and convenient.    But just like every piece of gear, people will have their own preferences and demands. Today, we’re lucky to have a few different designs we can choose from to suit our individual needs.  In this video, I cover just a few different designs and where you can buy them.

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Jason KlassJason Klass is a former fly fishing guide & casting instructor based in Colorado. He was an early adopter of tenkara in the West and has been fishing the method for a variety of species since 2009. Read more >>

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