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Category Archives: Tenkara News

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Tenkara USA Launches New Online Store!

The company that introduced tenkara to the U.S. has just launched a new online store. It’s a much cleaner, faster, way to shop and helps you make a decision on which rod to get based on your area and stream type. Plus, the navigation is more intuitive and you can translate languages and pay by…

May 29, 2020Leave a commentTenkara NewsBy Jason Klass

Three Rivers Tenkara

Three Rivers Tenkara

A testament to tenkara’s continuing growth in the West, another new gear company has just entered the market. Online retailer Three Rivers Tenkara officially opened their e-doors on July 19th, 2014. The company was started by renowned blogger and avid tenkara angler Anthony Naples of Casting Around. Anthony was one of the earliest adopters of…

July 24, 20143 CommentsTenkara NewsBy Jason Klass

Tenkara no Oni Rods

New Tenkara Store!

You may have noticed I haven’t been posting much lately. It’s not because I haven’t been inspired or don’t have anything to write about. It’s because I’ve been working on a new project behind the scenes. I’d like to introduce you to The Tenkara Shop, my new online tenkara gear store! I’ll be the first…

June 2, 201421 CommentsTenkara NewsBy Jason Klass

The 2014 Wintertime Blues Project

Last year, Anthony Naples of the Casting Around blog put together a great collection of tenkara and fly fishing inspired content called the Wintertime Blues Project (read it here). The idea was to provide some relief from cabin fever during the frozen winter months. This year, it’s back and Anthony is now accepting submissions until…

January 31, 20141 CommentTenkara NewsBy Jason Klass

New Tenkara no Oni Rod

New Oni Rods are Coming!

Yesterday, the video below appeared on YouTube. It’s a video of Tenkara no Oni testing the casting action and fish fighting ability of the two new rods he’s launching soon. Please note: that’s not a real fish in the video. From this post on his blog, we know that the new rod will be offered…

January 7, 201411 CommentsTenkara NewsBy Jason Klass

Tenkara Rod Co. Rods

Tenkara Rod Co. Kickstarter Project

Further proof that tenkara is steadily growing, a new online retailer is about to enter the market. Tenkara Rod Co. has just launched a Kickstarter project to get their new line of tenkara rods off the ground. And based on their backing so far, it looks promising. Tenkara Rod Co. will initially offer two 12…

August 12, 201314 CommentsTenkara NewsBy Jason Klass

Tenkara Growth

Tenkara Has Graduated!

Every once in a while, I like to step back and take a look at the state of the tenkaraverse. This week, a couple of things in social media really made me pause and think. And I think it gave me a couple of insights into the current state of tenkara outside Japan. The first…

June 18, 201313 CommentsTenkara NewsBy Jason Klass

Scientific Anglers Tippet Spools

Scientific Anglers Reinvents the Wheel

  It’s hard to imagine how you could improve something as simple as a tippet spool but the geniuses over at Scientific Anglers have done just that.  They’ve added a built in line cutter, a rotating hub that allows the spools to rotate freely (which will work very nicely with my DIY tippet spool holder…

June 10, 20128 CommentsTenkara NewsBy Jason Klass

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…

March 14, 20125 CommentsTenkara NewsBy Jason Klass

Tenkara Auction to Benefit Japan Relief Efforts

Tenkara USA is auctioning off the ultimate Tenkara outfit with proceeds to go directly to aid victims of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.  The auction was donated by Thom Darrah, inventor of the Ebira Rod Quiver and founder of TrailLite Designs and includes the following gear for a retail value of over $425: –…

March 27, 2011Leave a commentTenkara NewsBy Jason Klass
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Jason 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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