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“Tenkara in Ten Words” Fly Giveaway

April 15, 201983 CommentsTenkara Contests & GiveawaysBy Jason Klass

Tenkara Fly Giveaway

For the month of April, I’m giving away a box of my Shetland Killers! The box is slotted foam (handmade by me) and is filled with a dozen #12 weighted Shetland Killers (tied by me) in my favorite colors! All you have to do to enter is answer the following in the comments section below:

Describe tenkara in TEN words or less

One winner will be chosen at random on Saturday, April 27th, 2019. And by the way, you can’t use, “a rod, line, and a fly” as your answer!

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Jason Klass

Jason is an avid fly angler and backpacker. As a former fly fishing guide originally from Western New York, he moved to Colorado and became an early adopter of tenkara which perfectly suited the small, high altitude streams and lakes there. He has not fished a Western-style fly rod for trout since.

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83 Comments
  1. April 15, 2019 at 9:52 pm
    Nick

    Tenkara is my preferred bringer of pleasure and pain.

  2. April 15, 2019 at 9:55 pm
    Joshua Sutherland

    One stream, a tenkara forever a changed man.

  3. April 15, 2019 at 11:08 pm
    Jerry Milam Emmert

    Tenkara, less is more.

  4. April 15, 2019 at 11:13 pm
    Jason Klass

    Jerry, “Tenkara … less is more. More less.” 😉

  5. April 15, 2019 at 11:15 pm
    Jerry Milam Emmert

    Tenkara, less is more

  6. April 15, 2019 at 11:17 pm
    Brad Huang

    Tenkara, free and simple fly fishing

  7. April 15, 2019 at 11:21 pm
    Brad Huang

    Tenkara, let me Feeling very relaxed!

  8. April 15, 2019 at 11:27 pm
    Marc Blank

    Springtime, riverside
    Uncluttered thoughts flow downstream
    Tenkara and I

    (a haiku)

  9. April 15, 2019 at 11:28 pm
    Vladimir

    Tenkara- has no boundaries, it is in all of us.

  10. April 16, 2019 at 12:37 am
    Christian

    Tenkara is freedom!!!!

  11. April 16, 2019 at 1:13 am
    Vitalij

    Tenkara forever!

  12. April 16, 2019 at 2:48 am
    Yury

    Beauty, grace, ease, simplicity, relaxation, freedom, pleasure, fun, struggle, success,

  13. April 16, 2019 at 3:35 am
    David Riley

    Simplicity in ten colours

  14. April 16, 2019 at 4:09 am
    Joseba Barandiaran

    The Minimalist fishing, Stylist, Enabler and Effective for all.

  15. April 16, 2019 at 4:46 am
    Adam Hanna

    Tenkara is journey to discover your rhythm with nature.

  16. April 16, 2019 at 5:19 am
    Rob

    Solitude, peace, nature, focus … Fish ON!!

  17. April 16, 2019 at 5:27 am
    Mike Hepner

    Brookies and Beer.

  18. April 16, 2019 at 5:38 am
    Douglas Taylor

    Keep your friends close and your Tenkara closer.

  19. April 16, 2019 at 5:43 am
    Kyle

    Water flow
    Rocks create
    Trout and fly
    Humbled smiles

  20. April 16, 2019 at 5:52 am
    Fred Church

    Tenkara: Freedom to have Fun

  21. April 16, 2019 at 6:19 am
    LeoHunter

    Get the joy when killing time-
    Keep tenkara all your life!

  22. April 16, 2019 at 6:24 am
    Randy Gerdes

    Peace and serenity

  23. April 16, 2019 at 6:25 am
    Leo Hunter

    Get the joy when killing time-
    Keep tenkara all your life!

  24. April 16, 2019 at 6:28 am
    Eddie Fast

    The best fun in the sport of fishing with flies!

  25. April 16, 2019 at 6:28 am
    Dave R

    Tenkara, a simple way of fishing that sets me free!

  26. April 16, 2019 at 6:41 am
    Martin

    Tenkara: keep it simple old sage!

  27. April 16, 2019 at 7:08 am
    Mike Valento

    Delicate and precise.
    Beautiful and effective.
    Traditional meets modern.

    Tenkara.

  28. April 16, 2019 at 7:24 am
    Bret D Goddard

    Tenkara, so easy a caveman can do it.

  29. April 16, 2019 at 7:38 am
    Barry Buschow

    When it comes to simplicity and fun, TENKARA is the word.

  30. April 16, 2019 at 8:07 am
    Jerry Campbell

    A great way to enjoy nature and fish simply !!

  31. April 16, 2019 at 8:14 am
    Eric Burkhart

    uncluttered contact with the quarry, uncluttered mind for the task.

  32. April 16, 2019 at 8:27 am
    Hud Peters

    Using less, to fish more and have more fun!

  33. April 16, 2019 at 8:35 am
    Jeff Abramson

    Tenkara … Fish more – fuss less.

  34. April 16, 2019 at 8:36 am
    Wendy

    Freeing
    Calming
    Balance
    Grounding
    Soothing
    Zen
    Enjoyable
    Simplicity
    Uncomplicated
    Relaxing

  35. April 16, 2019 at 8:37 am
    Jeff Abramson

    That was obviously a tip of the cap to the currently closing Badger Tenkara Co.

  36. April 16, 2019 at 8:45 am
    Sean

    Focus on the fishing and the beauty, not the gear.

  37. April 16, 2019 at 8:59 am
    Chris

    Tenkara. A question. How can I trick the wily trout?

  38. April 16, 2019 at 9:23 am
    Larry Olagues

    Catch and Release was never more fun!

  39. April 16, 2019 at 9:32 am
    Max Rutzer

    Elegant in its simplicity

  40. April 16, 2019 at 9:55 am
    Barry

    Fly fishing; elevated to the basics.

  41. April 16, 2019 at 10:19 am
    Mike Haas

    I have enough complexity in my life. Give me Tenkara!

  42. April 16, 2019 at 10:24 am
    Craig wilson

    Craig W.
    Effective simplicity

  43. April 16, 2019 at 10:55 am
    Ralph Nicosia-Rusin

    My light and easy companion with an instinctive fish connection.

  44. April 16, 2019 at 11:17 am
    Bob Sink

    Get the drift you always wanted and needed.

  45. April 16, 2019 at 11:27 am
    Paul Kling

    Tenkara is simple, easy, light, fast, precise and friendly user.

  46. April 16, 2019 at 11:29 am
    Lee Rush

    Simplicity of cane poles without the stigma of low cost.

  47. April 16, 2019 at 11:52 am
    FairOaks Woodhen

    Elegance, graceful,
    Lightly dancing on a stream.
    Breathing between casts.

  48. April 16, 2019 at 12:38 pm
    Chris Walport

    The simplicity and peacefulness of being alone free enjoying nature..

  49. April 16, 2019 at 1:20 pm
    Jeremy Drouin

    Catching fish and snagging higher tree limbs than ever before.

  50. April 16, 2019 at 1:27 pm
    Jeffrey Arterburn

    Tenkara is the touch with which water kisses sky

  51. April 16, 2019 at 1:48 pm
    Michael

    morning dew
    rushing waters
    serene beauty
    fish beckon
    tenkara soul

  52. April 16, 2019 at 2:34 pm
    Tom McAllister

    Best Way to Bug a Fish right into your net

  53. April 16, 2019 at 6:03 pm
    David M Christiansen

    Simple, not easy.
    Finesse, without force.
    Contentment, over success.

  54. April 16, 2019 at 7:02 pm
    Thom Cross

    A method of simple, elegant and effective fly delivery.

  55. April 16, 2019 at 9:53 pm
    shan cousrouf

    It’s just fishing.

  56. April 16, 2019 at 10:29 pm
    Kurt Pennington

    Simpleness and Peacefulness with brief moments of controlled Chaos..

  57. April 17, 2019 at 6:09 am
    Paul

    Tankara; a simple liberating method for all fishers.

  58. April 17, 2019 at 7:07 am
    Mike Hebert

    My Tenkara goes to Eleven.

  59. April 17, 2019 at 7:08 am
    Sean

    Tenkara, The art of bashing orvis and catching more fish!

  60. April 17, 2019 at 7:10 am
    Mike Hebert

    My Tenkara goes to Eleven…

  61. April 17, 2019 at 7:24 am
    Ulysses

    With line delicate
    Present fly with perfection
    This is Tenkara

  62. April 17, 2019 at 7:59 am
    James

    time to myself and the river, not my gear

  63. April 17, 2019 at 8:32 am
    Walt

    Tenkara; one with nature and peace.

  64. April 17, 2019 at 10:15 am
    Shauna Holden

    Zen angling

  65. April 17, 2019 at 3:37 pm
    Brent Auger

    Tenkara, easy to get started but a lifetime to master.

  66. April 17, 2019 at 4:35 pm
    Ben Long

    Tenkara is Samurai Sword crossed with a Ronco Pocket Fisherman.

  67. April 17, 2019 at 5:35 pm
    Rick Lair

    Tenkara, what a blast, it’s what I love doing.

  68. April 17, 2019 at 5:39 pm
    Rick Lair

    Tenkara, it gets me up each morning.

  69. April 17, 2019 at 8:10 pm
    Walter Welty

    Tenkara focuses me on the fish and it’s environment.

  70. April 17, 2019 at 8:38 pm
    Rick Munday

    Tenkara. It’s fishing. STFUandFish!

  71. April 18, 2019 at 6:15 am
    Tony

    Tenkara, a great way to get into fly fishing.

  72. April 18, 2019 at 7:13 am
    Matthew K

    Dramatically reduce unnecessary complexity to focus on intentional fly fishing.

  73. April 18, 2019 at 7:31 am
    Dennis Precourt

    “Tenkara’s not Zen . . . just a good way to catch fish.”

  74. April 18, 2019 at 9:50 am
    Chris Maltby

    Tenkara rod and hopper dries, my favorite combo

  75. April 18, 2019 at 3:36 pm
    R. Perry

    Tenkara is a tiny parachute of persuasive presentation.

  76. April 19, 2019 at 2:14 am
    A Murray

    DV friendly fly-fishing for my one good arm

  77. April 19, 2019 at 9:17 am
    Geoff McM

    Simplistic art of presenting aquatic insects over riffles and pools.

  78. April 19, 2019 at 10:32 pm
    Jack Harford

    Pragmatic method of making a living on Japanese mountain streams.

  79. April 20, 2019 at 6:58 pm
    Kevin Baer

    Tenkara is unknown to me, but soon to be not.

  80. April 22, 2019 at 1:56 pm
    Jerry Griffin

    Tenkara in 10 Words of Less

    Fly falls from heaven
    Life tugs on the line

    A more complete Tenkara Haiku just for fun (15 words, but 5-7-5 syllables)

    Fly falls from heaven
    Fish rises, rod lifts, hook sets
    Life tugs on the line

  81. April 25, 2019 at 1:22 am
    Leohunter

    Charming nature, rapid river and tenkara – that`s my world

  82. April 25, 2019 at 11:13 am
    stephen

    Water Wand Wielded Whilst Wet Wading

  83. April 25, 2019 at 11:17 am
    steve brown

    Water Wand Wielded Whilst Wet Wading

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